Miratenango | Established Campground

Guatemala

Details

Verified:
6 months ago
Altitude:
2626.5 masl
Website:
None
Phone:
None
Contributor:
elmoost

Amenities

Electricity:
Yes - Not at Sites
Wifi:
No
Kitchen:
No
Restaurant:
No
Showers:
Warm
Water:
Non-Potable
Toilets:
Running Water
Big Rig Friendly:
Yes
Tent Friendly:
Yes
Pet Friendly:
Yes
Sanitation Dump Station:
Unknown

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Description

A nice campsite from where you can start the hike as well. Can also leave your car here. Probably they can arrange guides, but we didn't ask.
Way up is doable for every car, the access gate might be a bit tight for bigger rigs.
We paid 150Q for 2 cars, 4 adults and 2 kids.

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The reasons for the 2 spots are that one is the campground, the other is the Parkinson Spot just below the Cafe/Restaurant. At the campground you can also stay in a tiny cabin with 2 beds and electricity. The hosts are very friendly and helpful. They arranged us a cabin on the volcano for the next night and we could leave our bikes and luggage free of charge locked up with them.

Just be aware that this is a basic place aside of the flush toilets and one electric shower.

We enjoyed our experience here!

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The location is wrong. Very wrong. I don't know why this listing exists, but ignore it. Go to the Miratenango II listing just nearby. It's the same campsite but for some reason iOverlander has two different locations for it. The other one is accurate.

Aside from the wrong location, it's a lovely spot. Great views over the valley, very quiet. Cool, fresh, mountain air.

In terms of rig size, the entrance is pretty narrow, long, windy and steep. I wouldn't pull a 5th wheel up here, or a bus conversion. A fullsize pickup camper or LWB sprinter should be ok maybe?

One other thing - there was no one here when we arrived. We waited around for a couple of hours (because the air was a beautiful change after the humidity) and just as we leaving two super friendly guys on a motorbike turned up and let us in. Cost was 50q p/p for one night.

No WiFi, no electricity (I don't think), but good bathrooms.

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We made it with our expedition vehicle, it was a little bit tight but it fit. We are 2,30 m wide and 3,5 m high and the gate is 2,90 m tight. From here we started our own hiking tour to the acatenango (without a guide). It's the perfect camp to start the tour. we paid 50 q for two person for Camping. the entrance to the hike is 50 q per person.

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We camped here for one night and let the car parked here for a second night while we hiked Acatenango. The owners are very friendly and have a little model of the volcanoes where the trails are shown and where they happily explain the route options. They also have a luggage scale and we rented some walking sticks for free. When we came back from the hike we used the warm shower. We paid in total 100 Quetzales (so 25 pp per night also for the night we only parked). Probably could have haggled but we didn't.

We didn't take a guide for the hike and it was very doable without. Some comments on what we would have loved to know before we left we put on the iOverlander icon for the hike starting point in El Soledad.

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Oups, got our measures wrong. Our van is 1.9m wide and 2.75m high.
Parked on the top parking near the entrance. Very quiet at night.

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25Qpp per day. entrance is very small. We just passed with our 1.7m width van. Many low branches for our 1.75m high van but we managed. Flat parking area.

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A nice campsite from where you can start the hike as well. Can also leave your car here. Probably they can arrange guides, but we didn't ask.
Way up is doable for every car, the access gate might be a bit tight for bigger rigs.
We paid 150Q for 2 cars, 4 adults and 2 kids.

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