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Place is still here and is a nice enough place with lots of shade.

It is definitely acceptable for big rig overland vehicles but I doubt it would be okay for a full size RV’s.

When we passed it was just an old toll location with pleasant people looking for donations.

According to previous post this is not an open campground. I am marking it as a hotel.

We didn’t sleep here but we did encounter many armed men extremely close to here. No harm to us just uncomfortable.

This road is currently not passable due to a very large washout. There is also a history of washouts on this road and it will likely be remedied this year.

The roadway is paved and is frequently one way due to rocks which has fallen onto the road. It seems to be passable by any vehicle but I would suggest high clearance.

This is a higher end hotel with secure parking, the entry might be tight some larger vehicles but local transit vans fit.

Holiday weekend cost was 800 MEX
Showers and sinks have hot water
The hotel has AC
Accepted out dog after many questions and some time watching her
No wifi when we visited but power was out so not sure if they have it

The parking area is large, it’s possible they would permit camping within it - we didn’t ask

It seems there is a permanent road closure heading up popo at a three way intersection, this does not impact the road up/down to and from the visitors center.

For us this place has been great, we visited a few times from April through September 2019. The area is a large courtyard with some wealthy houses, Airbnb’s and an established camping area with power and water.

Toilets- their in good shape, just use the ones they tell you to use, the dirty ones aren’t owned by the company that does the camping.

DOG NEWS
We have a now 2 year old 25kg/55lb female dog and we return for her, she gets so much exercise with the dogs here.
On site dogs:
- <1 year male husky- owned by staff or campground -timid, playful and steals things to destroy them.
- >2 year male border collie- owned by a permanent resident -great with our dog but pee’s on things.
- >3 year Male Weimaraner- owned by campground -great with our dog, eats shoes and anything else left out.
- >5 year female mix- she is aggressive but maintained. She stayed by the guard gate and usually on a leash. We have not had a problem with her but we have never gotten close to her

It seems this location is southbound only and there is not a second one northbound.

The AC is quiet!

Good enough for a night, accepted our dog and even had a small grass space!

There is a Pemex north and south bound at this location.

Easy place to get a health certificate. They are a vet office and they sell basic medication.

Spanish speaking but we don’t speak Spanish and had success.
Open weekdays after 9AM.

Guatemala into Mexico:

This border requires only the vehicle driver to drive the vehicle through the lane. All passengers and pets must exit and walk through. Driver should keep his documents and vehicle documents with him white he drives through.

DOG: health certificate must be valid within 15 days.

There was a police stop here today, police were hiding but we didn’t cross the yellow line until they showed themselves and waved us through. Not sure what what was going on but we didn’t get pulled over, just laughed at.

Free and reasonable wifi.

Just though it was worth mentioning that if you stop here you should watch out for all of the men hanging around. we had one guy approach us and block our rear view mirror while another guy stole some soap from the side pouch of our trasharoo.

We approached this check point and traffic was coming through towards us. We pulled up to the cones and stopped. Once the police men waves us through they directed us to pull over. Two men approached and asked and asked for our papers.

In the end four men came over to chat and we spoke only broken Spanish with them. They were friendly and loved our Jeep! Eventually our dog started to growl and they said goodbye.

VERY EASY, FRIENDLY, WELCOMING & SLOW!

We arrived at 1345 on a Monday and we left at 1715. We were leaving Honduras and that exit was fast (maybe 30mins), the people were kind and chatty.

We were not hassled on either side by ‘helpers’ instead both wides were very calm and orderly.

Our Spanish is very limited but unless we were spoken to in English (a few people were excited to practice) we only spoke Spanish using our limited vocabulary.

Good crossing for dogs, she was inspected and given some water! Total pet fee was $26USD.

This is the last place where the officials take a copy of your TIP. If you have a pet they will check the paperwork here, but didn’t take a copy.

This place is permanently closed.

Good enough place that we would return to but no matter how many passwords they issued we couldn’t get our Canadian iPhones connected.

We were charged $5pp, $5 for the vehicle parking and no fee for our dog. Restaurant seemed fine and they open super early, we didn’t go. Really close to the city.

Amazing place, we were welcomed like old friends.

DOG OWNERS: this is a place worth stopping, our dog was also welcomed as though she was family.

Something not covered in previous posts is that there is no need to bring groceries here, there are multiple trucks passing my daily selling all sorts of things (bread, vegetables, fruit, eggs).

Dog people: we have a hyper 1.5 year old dog and together with Pierre’s information of his dogs there were no issues. Don’t be concerned with taking you dog if you can keep you dog under control.

Other notes, it’s a great place.

We camped on location 8 and there were a significant amount of Andes Mosquitoes there when we visited.

We arrived as the sun was setting, we asked about sleeping overnight and using their facilities in the morning. This was not an issue. We don’t speak Spanish but we shared some beers.

The next morning we enjoyed their facilities and spent the day with the family on their property in the mountains. We asked and they let us sleep in the mountain that night although no one else has camped there before.

For us it was absolutely an amazing experience.

The only cost was the cost to use their facility. The board inside posting prices are 25-60 pesos per hour per person.

FYI
-They have a Jeep and are Jeep people, if you have a Jeep you won’t regret going there.
-Mountain road requires 4x4, high clearance and a narrow vehicle.
-They love animals, our dog was welcome but we didn’t enter the facility with her.
-Camp location is a parking lot.

Although this place doesn’t look all that open it is and it is wonderful!

Prices are on a board inside, we didn’t note all of them but were 25-60Q.

We were waved through, no stopping required.

This road considering may as well be removed. This road is fine.

Some construction still in process, nothing significant to note.

Dog people: dogs are welcome here but not allowed in the river (even though you drive through it three times to get here).

Cost:
25 pesos per person to enter
30 pesos to park here but I think you can park elsewhere for free
100 pesos for palapa (we arrived late and the fee still applied)

Nice place and great location for Guatemala border.
Clean bucket flush toilets open all night.

Road block with seasoned adults manning it, demanded 50PESOS. No option to pass without paying and/or conflict.