Rancho La Periquera Camping | Established Campground

This is the best place to van or tent camp while surfing or visiting Punta Mango. Carmelo’s beach-front location is directly on the long, sandy, beautiful beach attached to the short and rocky beach of Punta Mango. He owns a few large palapas with hammocks, tables, chairs, outdoor showers, and a flushing toilet. A 2-minute walk down the beach is an empty sandy lot he is developing with a friend for camping. Currently you drive onto the beach and then into his lot. You can also use his facilities and hangout spot. However, they are in the process of building a road directly onto the lot to cut out the beach drive. The current road onto the beach is definitely 4x4 required. Getting down was pretty easy, but we needed 4x4 and airing down our tires to get back up in our Sprinter van. You can’t drive the beach at high tide. It was $5 USD/night per person. The pin is marking where our van was parked. To get there, drive down the “Punta Mango Access Road” that has the Punta Mango Hotel and Restaurant at the end. The lot will be on your right before you reach the hotel. It might have a gate, so text Carmelo on WhatsApp to let him know you are coming! +503 6860 3836. This will likely become unnecessary when the road is finished being built. We checked out Cielo y Mar (another iOverlander location nearby), but it was more of a dusty parking lot on the rocky beach (with less nice facilities). We much preferred the beautiful beach set-up. See photos.