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we stayed here several days and nights, after talking to the pleasant neighbour to the left and the beach "guard“. no facilities. crowded on sunday, than music. otherwise quiet in offseason.

Fuel station, with minimarket and toilette

we could negotiate the price to 15k pp pn, first the guy tried to charge 20k pp. and yeah, the French posts do not create much sympathy...

got the lunch ramen with a dumplign and icetea for 10k. It was fantastic! Highly recommended if you need some other food ;-)

worth a visit! Very talented dancers, it took a couple of beers to forget being shy for us. Some locals tried to give us salsa lessons, but I think we failed miserably, we clumsy gringos🤣

Not so big campsite, but a lot of french camper vans are early in afternoon to pick a spot. So do not come to late.
Showers are realy hot! Pool in front of reception is only for the ducks.
Nice views and the sound of the mosques at your service.
Price is Dh20 pp and Dh20 for 4x4. For elec. you pay extra.

Beautiful and safe spot to camp for a night while visiting the ruins at Tonina. A small playground and grassy area was perfect for the kids to use. The owner suggested we drive right up to the washrooms and park there for the night. Although we didn’t plug in, we suspect that you could use the plugs at the washroom. Hot showers!
All for the low price of $100 pesos per night!

Easy to spend a night
Few Rv and trucks

NOT free.
Fee is $6 ($3 with pass).
There are great spots here and clean toilets. Can be quite busy as the available spots are limited. Road in can be rough but suitable for two wheel drive, possible high clearance needed.
Further up the valley is more dispersed camp sites in various washes.

When we were here, 5 units in the actual campsite and 4 more further up the valley.
Lots of hiking. We went about 4 miles up the valley and still did not get to the end of the road.
Limited water available.

Closest camp spot to the Calakmul site. The pin in wrong- actual camping spot is several kms after the turnoff from hwy 186 on the road to Calakmul. The road in is rough.
Campsite was $150 pp for own tent, which was a bit pricey but not many other options. Still a nice spot with coconut showers, bucket flushing toilets, a bird tower and some really nice loop walks through the jungle. A nice spot to spend the night! Howler monkeys were pretty load from 10pm to 8am!

We had a terrific time at Fausto's family property, which is 5 houses for all the family members and a small shop. The whole Ramon family are so warm and friendly and our two nights with them became a highlight of our time in Nicaragua. We were able to park on their property and we had access to electricity with our extension cord, toilets, and showers. Thet helped us to practice some more Spanish and welcomed us like family. There are some young kids who are kind, curious, and so much fun to play baseball (the national sport) and 'lando' (like tiggy or chasy) with, but are happy to leave you alone too if you prefer. One of the brothers in law, Jackson, speaks English but they're all very used to and accommodating of overlanders, having hosted people like us for about 3 years. Fausto is a guide and took us on a 4 hour tour of the somoto canyon which included equipment, and we got to enjoy both the beautiful nature and fun swimming and cliff jumping with him and their dog Rocky. He even went above and beyond when I lost my GoPro down a 10 metres deep part of the river, and was able to get a friend of his to freedive down to get it for us! For both the two nights stay and the 4 hour tour, we paid $15 USD pp, essentially you get to stay for free for doing the tour. It was great to be able to do the tour with a local community member rather than through a tour company and so wonderful to get to meet and interact with the locals. We would definitely recommend anyone coming to somoto canyon to stay here.

We wanted to spend the night at "Above Thermas", but counted numerous signs saying "camping forbidden". As we descended, the sun set. We asked here if anyone knew a place for us and we were told that we could stay right here.

It's not the quietest, nor the most scenic place, but it helped us out.

Situated just behind the fancy Manta Resort, this little place let you camp for 10$ including breakfast. There is no real fence around it but I felt very safe on that island.

I didn't stay there because I already had negotiated a good deal at the Pemba Paradise lodge.. If you want to Dive center at the Manta Resort is a good choice. It has new equipment and is more professional and much cheaper than the Swahili divers. David is an excellent Dive master from Kenya.

Very clean ablutions, beatiful swimmingpool and comfortable sunbeds in the shade. Not much animals at the camp site, but the game drive into Bird Sanctuary and salt pans was very nice. Camping 95 pp pn, game drive 265 pp, 3 hours.

Free cold shower at P&S

Ducha fría gratis en P&S

It’s only a place to sleep, no possibility for walking the valley. But it’s very quiet.

All roads are fenced off, so little options for bush camping. The road this way is quiet, no cars passed after sunset. Perfect place to stay overnight and go into the park early morning.

Perfect wildcamping. Someone build a fireplace with some rocks and left some wood, how sweet! No problems with the thorns but pay attention! We built a ramp to excit the place smoothly. Thank you for sharing this place

Not closed. You can get water from the spigot at the parking lot.

Stayed here 2 nights. Overall pretty good but definitely try and remain quiet and stay in your van as there are police and apartments right next door.

Both nights we stayed were pretty loud and we were woken up by cars blasting music/a motorcycle ripping around for a while in the middle of the night. We generally can sleep through loud noises but we were both woken up each night, though most users talk about it being quiet so maybe we were just unlucky.

After 2 nights we moved to Bay Street and enjoyed it more.

On of the best places we found with excellent quality fruits and veggies in all Ruta 3 and Ruta 40 (so far)! Big variety and many locals come here. The owners are very kind and generous, please come here instead of la Anonima. It won’t be more expensive but at least you will eat properly!

Calm, relaxed atmosphere.
Place is clean.
For 2 people plus car we paid 320 per night for a room, incl breakfast. Camping in the car is possible, but costs 270 EGP.

narrow path off the main track, leads nowhere but with good level parking at the end overlooking a small river, dry in the dry season. completely hidden from the road. quite a narrow track to it with bushes each side, no problem in a landcruiser but a big rig may get a few thorn scratches. easy to turn round at the camping place. lovely view of the mountains.

Nice quiet place in the woods. Starting point of hiking / cross-country ski tracks. We found a level place at the very end of the parking spot. Weak mobile O2 internet.

Open area just off the road overlooking the great Orange River. Perfectly level for parking.

Amazing campground. Now price is 150 ARS pp. They haven't charged me for my motorcycle. Hot showers after 5pm

All the positive stuff said before is true, very recommended! Perfect spot for before or after the border.

Nice hostel with rooms of 4, 6 or private room. 500pesos/pp for rooms of 4 or 6 and 1800pesos for private room for 2. Can use the kitchen well equipped. Staff super nice. Breakfast included with eggs home made bread, jam and cereals. Very relax and friendly environment. Bathroom clean. Sometimes queue to have the bathroom in the morning.

Stayed 1 week. Nice place.
Had 1cm on both sides. Driving in with my vw t5.
But i payed 400rs per night.

Cervecería artesanal. We had a panzona burger (250 pesos) and a Golden Ale Nativa pint (180 pesos), very nice! Not crowded and friendly staff. We had extra 10% discount thanks to our hostel (Glaciar Perito Moreno).