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Fairly straightforward as previously described by others entering Belize. The only thing I would mention is the customs guy who did our vehicle import permit wanted to hear concrete plans, campsites/hotels and a contact number. There didn't seem to be a standard length of time for the permit, the guy made it clear that he was making the decision on how long to give us. It worked out fine, but make sure to be nice and be prepared.

The station looks deserted. We drove up and paid 100 mxn, but they didn't fumigate the car. He entered our information in the computer and gave us a slip of paper that we never had to show to anyone. While we were at the fumigation station, no one else stopped there and plenty of cars drove by. We asked the insurance guy about this later and he thought it was strange and assured us that fumigation (or at least the document) was still required.

The owner of the parking lot allowed me to stay.
Quite place, in the morning tourists comes to park.

No facilities, no wifi but great view over the mountains.

There where also people who wants to camp here with tent but thats is not what he wants.
Self suffient cars okay but no tents because he is not a camping.

The owner is very friendly.

I was going to the spot further north but figured it was going to be more of the same and stop here instead, just before the 4x4 area (going north). Only 2 cars drove by on a sunday afternoon. Very quiet. 4x4 not absolutely required, but recommended : There are a few wind blown dunes along the way which you can blow through if you don't stop, but if a random dog jumps in front of your car and you are forced to stop in the middle of one of those, then you would be happy to have 4x4 instead of getting out the shovel!

Good showers, decent pressure. $2 per 5 minutes.

Quiet place below the trees, which provide shade, next to the costanera and just a few steps from the beach. At the beach, you can also find open air showers with warm water. During weekends, locals park here too when they visit the beach.
From the costanera, just drive up at the small park.

Tried to stay here Sunday night. Could not find anyone around, tried front and back entrance and tried calling a few times with no answer unfortunately. Maybe next time.

Excellent view, obviously. Very quiet night spent next to the cascade. Though we were here in dry season, the bed of the waterfall is still very interesting to see, but the view over the lake is the real winner with this spot.

There are three potential areas to park, one when you first enter, up near the road, which is most suitable for taller vehicles due to a low branch on lower levels, upper view is great and has a breeze. Next level down is a bit of an incline but we had no trouble and passed the branch with more room above us (we are 2.5m). right next to cascade, if in rainy season you'll fall asleep to waterfall sounds. Third level we did not try to go to as it was a bit Rocky, but also probably fine. It has another lookout point and some small stone tables.
It is $.50 pp and $1.00 per vehicle. when we asked if we could stay the night she first told us $10, which we said no way to. She quickly said ok $5, which would have been fine. However after to speaking a bit more she allowed us to stay the night for just $2. So the lesson is be friendly and gracious, and it can work in your favor.
The gate is locked overnight, we felt very safe. we came around 430 and she left before 5pm so don't be too late getting here I'd you hope to stay.

even managed to park with some little ocean view, it's a long drive thrue many fancy places but for us our favourite overnight in tulum.

Amazing big sandwiches with jamon crudo!all fresh ingredients! 300 pesos for a great lunch (we shared it, so big!)

nice beach area to stop no amenities but far enough away from houses to feel you are alone.

don't follow maps.me! enter the town and follow the beach.

Wow... this is the most beautiful beach spot we have stayed in 1,5 years traveling in south america. We just couldn’t leave this place and stayed 9 nights. The bathroom is very basic but ok. There are watertaps (unfortunately not very clean water) and electricity to plug in. The people are very friendly and helpful. With wooden panels, they helped us to park on a shady spot in the sand with our 2wd van.

Super nice beach to spend the day at if you are in this town. Just south of the McDonald’s. Lots of people playing beach volleyball and they even invited us to play with them! Also a pier like cement structure to walk down and a doc you can swim to. Packed with locals all day and into the night!

Another turn off Lovell Canyon Road (to right, you will need to use coordinates) takes you to about 5 fire pits and very nice (clean) set of sites. Highly recommended!

We came in at dark. Stayed beside the pavement, but close to a "topes". After 11 p.m. it wasn't noisy. We bought so edrinks and stayed for free.
Night temperatures were good!

at first the guy was really nice and helpful, the next morning he was demanding money. we negotiated with a bottle of wine we had.

We parked here for 3 nights while hiking the Santa Cruz trek in reverse (started at the trailhead right beside the property). Super friendly little lady runs the house which also has a restaurant. She made us tea while we organized our backpacks. Felt very secure and safe! As previously mentioned it’s 10 sols per day to park there. Clean toilet and sink available, as well as outlets for charging.

For those curious about the trek, we really enjoyed hiking west to east. Each day was about 9 miles, plenty of campsites interspersed along the very clearly marked trail. So beautiful!

We paid a total of 50 sols to get back to our car from close to the end of the trail in Huaripampa (we were lucky there was a collectivo there waiting!) From Caraz we paid for a short ride in a Tuktuk and then hailed another collectivo to take us back up the hill to our car.

Nice spot for a few nights. Nice neighborhood and close to Coyoacán metro.

After 15 minutes walking we reached the beach and there was a sign including ropes that said ‘not continue’. Little enjoying that they didn’t mentioned it at the beginning.

Nice hike, beautiful view, even with cloudy weather!

Had one great night here with no issues. The next night the police came and said the park closes at 10 and there’s no camping. Seems like it’s just whoever is on park duty and if they feel like booting you.

Small but level spot very visible from the road. Definitely be considerate and keep this space clean

I called ahead to verify with the store and they allow overnight RV parking in the back of the parking lot, farthest away from the store. I stayed for 1 night without a problem. Very quiet all night.

It was $20 pesos per hour, so a little steep for what you are getting but I guess that’s the going rate in SMA. Very quiet after 10PM but the public washrooms locked at around 11PM and didn’t open until 7AM.

Not sure if this still exists. The coordinates, alone, got me into a culdesac in a residential area. The link from here too me no where. The "Lancaster Soccer Field" search took me to a huge parking lot, but no dump site that I could see.

Beautiful- by the river and falls...

Green grass and jungle

Locals are friendly faces...

Quiet! Perfect place to decompress and open your doors.

Stayed 2 nights. Would recommend this camp! Hope you get to enjoy it. The cascading waterfall makes for such a rad day... great hiking trail through the trees as well- we saw howler monkeys!

WiFi for sale at the small tienda...
15 MX for an hour

50 MX pp A NIGHT

Stayed 1 night

Dreamy Agua Azul! Had this on our agenda for a while.

Great to wake up to the falls and have it to yourself before tour buses and combis come!

No cell signal- WiFi for sale at local tiendas in the car park

ENJOY it’s beauty!

* Side note *
We FOR SURE crashed our DRONE here... It flew away and never came back. Super strange situation as it did not return to home point. Our time will forever be tainted, had trouble with connections in this areas could be our drone but the locals said that the same thing had happened to two other people RECENTLY. Be careful if you’re a pilot!! Someone found our drone all mangled and asked for $ for finding it...

This spot is amazing to see the baloons in the morning! They take of short before sunrise and fly over you. A must go if you are in Cappadocia. It's even to stand and the nights are quite + you have an amazing view. But you may have company in the morning. The 4x4 Tours take a short brake here for Pictures and stay arround 15min with 4 cars. So it might be a little loud. But every perfect spot has a weak point and for that amazing view it was no problem to us.

Wild camping overlooking the lake. Bring everything you need and take everything out (leave no trace). No water available. No wind protection. Perfect place to sleep before or after visiting the amazing and highly recommended proyecto Dino nearby (do the „be a paleontologist for one day“-tour).