Raquira Silvestre | Established Campground

September 25th, 2023 by david3943

Beautiful place for a quiet camping night; plenty of spaces like around the pond, across the bridge or even in the football field with access to wood for a bonfire and flat grass surfaces. Bathroom service is well maintained and clean, with fresh water supply. If you're not a camping person, you can rent one of the cabanas with very rustic setup, typical colonial style, perfect for a family time. Also they have a restaurant, we didn't try it but looks good. We reached the place via non paved road, but no 4x4 required (during dry season). Definitely recommended 200%

March 24th, 2023 by aventurandoando_ovrlnd

Beautiful and peacefull place to have a great campground and enjoy the nature. I have been here camping alone and also with a big group of Overlanders. Huge space for car and tent setups. Nice bathrooms and showers, great restaurant and also a very nice ecological walk that you can do. The staff is very nice and helpful, Gustavo will help you on whatever you need, and Andrea cooks wonderful. I loved this place.

December 16th, 2022 by hourlesslife.com

Extremely quiet, peaceful place to camp. We spent two nights here. No swimming in the pond anymore, but there is an old rowboat you can tool around with. Dog-friendly. Camping area is large grassy field. There is a bathroom and shower (with hot water, ask for it to be turned on). No place to wash dishes really, unless you cart everything to the bathroom sink. There is a big building a short walk away where you can relax in bad weather. WiFi is decent there (it doesn’t reach to the camping area). We had two dinners here and they were both delicious. One was trucha and the other was a Mexican-style soup—so comforting on a cold, wet night. They even lit a fire in the building one night, which was lovely. Gustavo is the grounds keeper, and he is eager to help with anything you need. He will build a beautiful campfire in the camping area, and he can clean up the horse manure in the camping area if necessary. We paid 60,000 COP/night for two adults, one child. Dinners were 30-50,000 with drink and dessert.

April 22nd, 2022 by troopy vagabonds

This is our second time here. It is a wonderful place to camp and relax. Hernando and Cristina are great hosts.
Many beautiful hiking places around the site.
The food is very good.
Prices have gone up since last time we were here. COP 50.000 Pppd, including a very good breakfast.
We will come back for sure.

October 28th, 2021 by michieldrummer

They have new prices for almost everything. Check their website or give them a call to check it out. 45k for an army tent dormitory.
32k for a dinner, so not cheap, but the trucha (fish) we got was delicious!

The place is very cosy and the owners are really friendly people. Sometimes they have events for large groups of schoolchildren, so it is good to call ahead.

October 10th, 2021 by papillon3.com

Beautiful place in protected surrounding. Very tranquillo. Everything is perfect. Nice owners. We love it here so instead of one day we stayed tree.

January 29th, 2020 by southboundseahags

No luck on a Wednesday. Full of students. Owner told us to return on weekend.

January 23rd, 2020 by Jean Jacques Babette

Very quiet camping in a beautifull environment. The staff is friendly. You can eat at the restaurant.
Nice place to rest.
Jean-Jacques

January 14th, 2020 by el.cams

We loved this place. Very quiet camping. Great hot showers and friendly staff.
We could buy home made bread !
The last 4km are a bit tricky. Not easy with a big rig, but doable and worth it.

October 20th, 2019 by millertimes2

This place is fantastic! 20,000COP /n The 4km gravel road is slow going but worth it. Very quiet here. Lots of room. Host Hernando and Christina are wonderful ppl. Highly recommend. Also great hot shower!

August 31st, 2019 by esmeralda.life

Beautiful grassy area, clean toilet and best hot, privat outdoor shower. Very peaceful.
Paid 20000 for 2 people in a truck camper.
Very friendly people.

August 9th, 2019 by Sigi

Absolutely lovely place and very nice and helpful people. We could connect to the electricity in a fix tent. All facilities, especially the shower is super. Good WiFi in the restaurant/sitting room. Big load laundry machine for 10K per load. Nice area surrounded by beautiful nature and clean air. Very quiet.

July 31st, 2019 by cd-on-tour

+ nice location
+ waterfall near by
+ nice grassy area for camping
+ beach volleyball and soccer court

- gravel road (no need of a 4X4 however)
- wanted 40.000COP but negotiated to 30.000COP
- might be crowed in the weekends (according to owner)
- cold shower (was supposed to be warm, maybe the owner forgot to turn on gas)

March 5th, 2019 by vivewaira

It is perhaps with Al Bosque near Medellín, Waira in the Laguna de la Cocha near Pasto, it is one of the best Ioverlander sites. Don Hernando is very friendly, the place is large, water abundant and super hot, fireplace in the restaurant, in short, highly recommended. The fare is COP $ 30,000 per vehicle, it went up a bit, but it is a very fair price for the quality of the place. Highly recommended

February 26th, 2019 by rupertinum

Very nice relaxing place with a wonderful hot shower, WiFi and rooms to rent if you need. There is plenty of space for a nice walk and a little lake for swimming.

The heart of the campsite is a big cozy house with a fireplace to enjoy and here also lovely food is served. Definitely try dinner or/and breakfast, it’s worth every Peso and very delicious!

Hernando gave us a very warm welcome and we really enjoyed our stay very much.
It’s a place where you perhaps stay longer than expected, like we did.

November 10th, 2018 by It's not a slow car, it's a fast house

A dinner was 26k per person. Sleeping in vehicle was 15k per person. The food is delicious. Must order ahead. The bathroom is amazing with a private but open air HOT shower. The parking area is lovely, near pond and easy stroll to bathroom, restaurant and hiking trails. Great place owned by Christina and Doonie and run by Sondra and Jose. Nice folks all of them.

September 5th, 2018 by ameibinns

A beautiful place, peace, excellent food, very reasonable prices( 15000 sleeping in car, food 20000)and a host who makes every guest feel special.I loved staying here.

August 2nd, 2018 by sabina_bis

Beautiful and peaceful place. The road here is about 4km on the dirt road. Up and down, wide and narrow but doable. Hot shower, ire place inside the restaurant.

July 17th, 2018 by momonksberlin

Super nice place! The Owner is very friendly and helpfull. Fireplace and wood for BBQ. We payed with our car 15.000 pp/pn. The place is very big and nice. Lake for swimming and a lot of glowworms and stars at night. Plan was to stay two days but we stayed four. High recomedadion!

February 14th, 2018 by ShredAir's Journey

Very nice place and friendly staff. We would have stayed longer if it weren’t for the arrival of a large school group. This could be a good base from which to do day visits to Raquira and Villa de Leyva.

December 26th, 2017 by javiersintiolo

muy buena atencion. su dueño hernando muy linda persona. nos cobraron 10000 por dia por persona para estacionar la rodante y dormir en carpa....Las personas que atienden son muy amabless... el lugar es muyy bonitooo

September 25th, 2017 by stawittchens-budenzauber.de

Great place. nice walks through the mountains possible. very good homemade food. the owner is absolutely lovely. we wanted to stay one day and stayed four days. the children enjoyed very much also.

August 12th, 2017 by goborrero

Great place for camping with enough space for trucks or small RVs or tents. Lake for swiming, close to waterfall. Very quiet. Clean.