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Good spot with great view, on a first-arrived first-served basis.It may be the free spot the closest to Island in the sky. Not very flat everywhere but still fine. A bit sandy. some puddles after the rain so we were a bit worried with our 2wd campervan but we made it 3 times.

Note that having at least a portable toilet system is an obligation to sleep here.

Sandy parking lot, but nice. There was other bus here camping he said he’d been there for 3 nights and police would show up just to make sure no one was drink and didn’t bother him. But today I was asked to leave by the sheriffs department, said there’s no overnight parking, someone probably just complained, so they had to have us leave.

Above average Walmart. Nice grass near the entrance of the lot for dogs, almost entirely level lot, quiet at night, little to no riff-raff!! Stayed here once last year as well, still just as chill!

Pasamos una noche en este lugar es una zona de pago rotativo que es de Domingo a jueves de 8:00 a 19:00 y Viernes a Sábado de 8:00 a 24:00 el costo por hora 2,15 reales. lugar muy iluminado y seguro pasamos una noche muy cómodos.

Don’t use google maps to get here, it will drop you off in a driveway, where it seems they have recently put down boulders where people had been camping oops.

This Chevron has a large parking lot with mini spaces. They rent out. For stealth vans I think it’s $10 for a space. We paid $60 per 24 hour to fit our 37’ foot A-class. Pay inside the gas station, if you’re in a vehicle larger than one space then be friendly and ask if you RV can fit by the back fence (see pictures).

One block from Voodoo Donuts, Chinatown, and a bunch of other great food and sightseeing.

Right by the road but quiet enough. Only two other cars till 1 when some sketchy transactions happened between 2 cars pulling in. Did not feel safe after that.

Crossed on a Sunday from Colombia to Ecuador. Parked at the little “parqueadero oficial” just beside the DIAN. Could also park further down.

Got exit stamps in our passports, then went to the DIAN to cancel our TIP. Supposed to get an email, but the Cartagena office didn’t put my email in the system when we arrived… so I took a picture of the employee’s computer screen (her suggestion).

Drove across bridge (center lane for normal cars). Parked immediately to the right next to the Agrocalidad, before going through the police check. Walked to get entry stamps. We received 90 days thanks to being on a list either the Tourism Ministry. Contact Hans at Finca Sommerwind to make this happen. Walked out to the windows outside to get the TIP. No copies needed. The employee took pictures of the van with her van, including the VIN. She emailed me a code. My Claro sim card from Colombia was still working fine. Got the TIP with 90 days.

We have a dog and chose not to export him from Colombia or import him into Ecuador based on many other people doing the same. It was totally chill. I’m pretty sure the guy from the Agrocalidad even saw our dog, and he didn’t say anything.

Drove past the police to leave. They didn’t even bother opening the van.

One of the easiest and quickest border crossings!

water turned off 4/28/24. maybe for winter?

Nice little flat pullout with a fire pit. Great view of the valley and river below. It is exposed to the wind and you can hear the highway/ train below but it's not super loud. Overall great spot to camp for the night!

Over the mountain near a stream, between two mountains. Trees, greenery , lots of different wild flower. Quite, no one around..

The ATM was out of order when I was there :(

When I went there the ATM was not working!

The only ATM in the city that was working. Takes VISA but it’s charging a fee of 69.000 GNF

It’s a nightclub in first line. I was searching for a place to pitch my tent and they offered me to put on the terrace right next to the pool. They asked me how much I would like to pay. I said 50.000 GNF and it was okay for them. The vibe was nice, but it’s loud till 3am.

Small parking lot near the canal for hiking, cycling and dog walker.

You can go a little further (200m) to a more remote spot, just turn left at the end of the parking lot.

It is now 20US$ ppn! Firewood is 150KW.
Everything else as described.

Endroit super calme mais avec beaucoup de moustiques. Chaque emplacement a une table, des bancs, un bbq.
Des chevaux sont tranquilles dans la propriété.
Le prix est à votre appréciation, c’est un système de donation

Spent 2 nights by Holloman / Raptor Lake. 1st night stayed pretty close to the entrance as we arrived after sunset and it was dark. 2nd night felt emboldened to travel further down the gravel path because we walked it during the day. Several beautiful spots to stay with other rigs around. Also saw one of the most beautiful sunsets here. A great option so close to White Sands. A gentleman from the base did stop by, however, midday. Did not ask us to move but warned there were a lot of snakes around AND to avoid the water at all costs (I.e. especially for the dog) as it’s evap / runoff / sewage from the base. Be safe and enjoy!

Grate place to have fresh vegetable and meat, nice, clean and good pric
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Stayed here 1 night. 15,000pp for 24hours entry. Very windy but there are some spots against the hill on the left before you get to the top parking lot that were more sheltered for us. A few other campers and van people staying as well. Beautiful sunset & even got some snow in the morning!

Stayed here for a night with a few others as well. Quiet night.

Great stop for RVs. Just check in with security and they’ll give you a permit. Park in the back lot that says “No Rvs”. After you get a permit, stop by the Membership desk and sign up for their free new member card. $20 food credit and $30 gambling credit for free.

fairly level, fuse of the water, decent cell coverage for Verizon, close enough to town, definitely go down the hill and walk along the shore. the train does come by but not a big deal. there is some traffic but that dies off after dark. I shared it with two other people.

there's a sign in this turnout that says no parking snow route. so I would imagine that probably gets removed once the season starts but as of April 28th you can't park here.

possible to stay up to 2 day's free, this is one of two official free motorhome areas (no service), off-season park entrance is free,

Second time staying here after or before a border crossing. $600 MXN total for 2 people in a truck camper. It’s a nice spot if you like hot springs, and not much more $ than we’ve paid for a campground in San Felipe. Just be sure to time your stay with high tide.

There seems to be a recently finished trail to the wreck, I'm not sure if it's okay to use it for free as the campsite want to charge $30 for a guide to visit.

We walked along the beach and coastal rocks to reach the shipwreck, the last section we had to use the trail as there was no other way. It's worth the journey - we didn't pay anything

Stayed here one night, no problems at all. Few other trucks/boats with full camp set up. Next day we came back. We were the only ones and the DNR came by checked our plates and license. Said we could camp but then 2 hours later the sheriff came by and said camping wasn’t allowed. So we went to the rest stop.

You will pay the visa when exiting Jordan ;)