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we payed 90 Pesos for two persons plus car. not a bad option for one night.

very good spot in Lima !! secure and quiet at night. we stayed there almost 1 week without any problem and we left the cc the day during the city tour. there are cameras and the police run regularly. there is a very nice view and a French bakery at 5 min.

Also fruit and veggie control! They took all our fruits from chile!

Watertap at the playground next to information center. Very good taste!

Missed the road to the pass from the chilean side and went up and down from the argentinian side with 2WD. Great views and doable in any vehicle. Some tricky parts with sand. Two cars turned back. Others passed. Recommended!!

Parking devant l'office d'information touristique et à côté de la police. Arrêt de bus pour le centre de Bariloche. Bus numéro 81 qui passe toute les 30 min. 27 pesos pp. Payer un passager pour qu'il passe sa carte pour vous(conseil du chauffeur de bus).
Au retour prendre le bus 71 direction "aduana", il passe rue Ada Maria elflein.

Nice cabins just created in a farm with access to three hotsprings. 5Km access road is well identified in the way coming from Volcan city. Need high clearance 4x4 and not for big rigs, but is a nice 4weling route with some challenging steps. 100$ for a room of 4 very well equipped. Springs are not very hot 36-37 C, but enough to relax when outside is 12 C. Electricity is being generated by small hidro power plants.

Crosing the river and continue the road will match with Mount Totumas lodge but cold be challenging. Nevertheless could be posible to camp as we have been told.

After being here for two days the owner Carlos Alfaro and I discussed over the possibility to accept overlanders. He mention that absolutely and will accommodate the original old house of the lodge to allow the use of bathroom, kitchen and shower for overland ears and backpackers. Not sure what the cost will be as I stayed in one of the new apartments, so enjoy.
Spend time exploring the sourondings an neighbor farms specially the natural hotsprings

Along the Cotica River at Carlos Alfaro property

Now is US$12 per person per night to camp. Couldn’t negotiate. Yes, it’s nice. No, I don’t think it’s worth that much. We spent a nice cool night, but is very pricey. All the packages are over US$20 with lunch. If you only want a guide to walk you to the coffee plantations or laguna verde is $5
Probably would be a lot of fun for kids

Covered spaces for tents and a couple of small RVs. Was cramped when we visited due to the heavy rain. The facilities are good and the location is great. We walked downtown, and the lakeshore is 2 blocks away with a few restaurants and a coffee shop if you turn right at the lake and walk a few blocks. There is a pool and a restaurant on site. We paid 600 pesos for 2 people and our pickup truck.

Wow, I can write a book about our short time here. It would be called something like, "How to do EVERYTHING right when running a bed and breakfast. Something like that I reckon?

My wife Alyssa and I stayed here for a few nights after narrowly escaping an INSANE all night music festival in nearby (and more popular) "quiet" town of Salento.

We arrived here and Yvette (even though she was busy cooking dinner) immediately showed us around the property and made us feel right at home. And people say "they made me feel right at home" all the time, but I never do because I (think I) tend to see through people's fake niceties. I really mean it here. She was an absolute pleasure. She gave us advice on what to do in the nearby town (about a 25 minutes peaceful walk uphill - the way back is downhill and even more serene) and she helped us with all the loaded questions we had.

The room are beautiful, rustic and very clean. We slept like babies. We had their home-cooked meals (breakfast and dinner) which they made to suit us as we are vegetarians and the food was heavenly.

They have beer and wine on site (honour system- write down what you take and pay at the end) and everything else you could want, whether it's good company in like-minded travelers, netflix or some of the cutest dogs you've ever encountered. Oh, also DIY projects. If that's your thing, their property will be a treasure trove of fun projects Yvette and Paul somehow strung together. She is brilliant and can offer great advice on a wide range of topics and ideas you may have from all the inspiration you find lining the walls and floors of this house.

Then there's Paul, Yvette's other half. We had the pleasure of talking with him one night to the wee hours of the morning and he's just as brilliant and cool as she is. He is full of great conversation and, for me, it was like kicking back and talking about life with an old friend. We loved him just as much as we loved Yvette. A brilliant team they are and I (strangely enough) feel like we've made dear friends in them.

So, in conclusion, I would highly recommend this place if you're looking for a true holiday a short distance (but easily walkable/drivable/bike-able) from the downtown of Filandia. I'd even say it's impossible that one would regret staying here. And it may just be the greatest place you ever stayed too.

Thanks to Yvette and Paul and if you're ever in California/Canada (depending on where we are), you've got family there. Our home is your home.

Alyssa and Joe

Spent three nights in this super beach. Very clean place. 2 or 3 other vans or camper there.
The view is amazing, the water very clear. Can be quite windy . The dirt road to get ther is accessible with a 2x wheel camper.
Would recommend this place. Coyotes at night !!!

Fantastic place on the beach. Free. No amenities.
A lot of birds to watch and coyotes at night.
Stayed three night there with 2 or 3 other campers.
Highly recommend

what a special place! we spent 9 days and finally decided to leave to get more supplies. No fishing here for the next 5 years (Nov 2022 will open again) we were told fishing isn't as good here this time of year. Unfortunately that meant no shrimp & fresh fish as previous reviews mentioned. you can still fish by line within 50m of shore (see picture for sign and regulations) Great place where sailboats come and go every day. eco cruise shows up every Monday with 65 passengers that hoard the beach.

Public beach of the small village Pescadores, approximately 1,5 km outside of the village. Bumpy dirtroad leads there but doable for any kind of vehicle. Not sure about conditions when it rains. Take the small road shown on maps.me leading towards the coast. Then always keep to your left until you reach the beach-parking.
Good Claro 3G signal. No facilities. Very quiet, only the sound of the waves.

Nice and professionnal garage ig you want to replace your suspensions. You can do alineacion, balanceo.... . They can find all sort of suspension even for Fiat Ducato.

Quiet place next to dried out river close to the dunes.

We stayed overnight in January and no one was around. Climbed the dunes in the morning.

The river is almost dried out and completely frozen, so if you have a light 4x4 you might even manage to get up the dunes :)

There is a way next to the road that guides you to an open place where you can acamp. It is following a narrow river.

Sleeps 6
Great accommodation
Has all the essentials

Muy bonito sitio para estar pero caro a nivel USA, 50 usd por noche. Tiene duchas de agua caliente, baños limpios y restaurante que cierra a las 20:00.
El lugar tiene hotel y Cabañas tipo palapas en las cuales los Canadienses y Estadounidenses han metido sus motorhomes y han construido . Hay un local en el que puedes alquilar equipo de buceo y kayaks, pero no lo recomiendo, la persona que lo lleva es un poco especial .

Seems to be the place everyone knows about. EVERYONE. The beach is crumbles shell almost like broken glass. Hard packed but not barefoot friendly. Our closest neighbor used a generator. I think so did the next guy. It’s fine for a pinch but the cell service was slow on top of the crowd. It just didn’t work for us.

We loved this place!!! Farshid and Saeideh gave us a real " homefeeling".
Everything they do, they do it with love.
Also a nice place to stay with kids. Farshid loves to have kids around him.
The only problem of staying here, is that you don't want to leave anymore... :-)

We highly recommend this place!!!!!

The boss was not here so a young boy gave me the correct price without bargaining : 3 months for brown card is 12000 CFA
My motorcycle is a 400cc

We highly recommend this place! Very friendly owners and the hot chocolate is amazing!

Picnic Spot with flushing (clean) toilets. Not much shade.

If you are lucky you wild find lions lying in the shade of the toilet :-)

South African police service border control working hours:
Opens 07.30
Closes 16.00

in the building which seems to be under construction.

Nice spot 100 meters from the road in the forest very well protect from the wind. can not be seen from the road if you go on the right .

Beautiful campground with lots of space around the sites and palmtrees all over the place.
A nice big pool area and many amenities.