Copec gas station | Informal Campsite

October 15th, 2023 by gosia.kowalinska

Good stop, nothing crazy good, but good enough for a one-nighter. Wifi is good enough, toilets open all night (we think), loud from 6 am. Showers were only cold though so we ended up not using them

October 14th, 2023 by It's not a slow car, it's a fast house

We spent the night WAY out back to dodge the excessive dust. Parked near the abandoned bus. No one bothered us for a quiet night.
Gas and diesel for sale. No water available. Did not check facilities.

April 30th, 2023 by instagram.com/vanlife_steps

Campervan with pop-up roof and a dog

Safe place to stay and kind staff. We stayed in front of the administration because there are cameras (advices by staff). Because of our pop up roof it was noisy at night. Further good place! We could fill our watertank but it isn’t potable. Not really a good WiFi connection but good enough to receive and send messages by WhatsApp or email.

July 9th, 2022 by cricketstales.com

Hot water has been fixed and everything was nominal. Tried to find a better (quieter) spot but the small park between the two buildings won out. Able to charge devices and nice having a camera watching the tent and bike. The restaurant next door was INCREDIBLE and a three course meal for 5,600CLP

April 10th, 2022 by cabra.rodante

Now toilets are working with water, aparently showers too.
spent the night here,felt safe.

March 17th, 2022 by wegwerfmail22

toilets without water, not even to wash your hands. showers also didnt work

July 14th, 2020 by mathilde.merley

good to stay a night. Wi-Fi near the bathroom. bathroom are clean.

July 18th, 2019 by adventureisupthere.com

Old Copec with a big parking space full of trucks. Showers are often cold and they ask you 1000 pp anyway. No signal with Entel but Wi-Fi close to the bathrooms.

June 13th, 2019 by isabella.townshend

For us the wifi was very fast. Downloaded a season of Netflix. Bathrooms clean. We didn’t use the showers. No problem to stay here overnight. We parked behind the copec in a big sandy area (not the nicest or cleanest) but quieter than the front area

May 4th, 2019 by TheBethovan

First stop coming from Bolivia (ollague border) . In this place I could feel the difference between Chile and bolivia. Chile is a very good country. Good quality in their roads. Crédito card every where. Shower for 1000.
The place feel secure and good internet for the night.

March 2nd, 2019 by o.stoller

Good for one night. Only snacks. Quiet after sunset. Toilets were clean. Secure.

November 17th, 2018 by Adriaan&Isabelle

Great for a one nighter. We showered, took the vehicle (with roof tent) all the way to the ghost town at the end of the dirt track behind the gas station. Very quiet, especially for a Saturday night!

Showers reasonably clean; WiFi a bit slow.

Paid 1000 pesos for each shower.

August 29th, 2018 by vantastiks

We did not only sleep behind the Copec station (as mentioned by an other Overlander), but could also refill the water tank of our van for free.

April 1st, 2018 by overlandcruiser

Behind the station you can drive a bit into the desert to get away from the noisy road.

June 26th, 2017 by wu-tour.de

internet pretty fast today. nothing else to add.

June 26th, 2017 by wu-tour.de

internet pretty fast tiday. nothing else to add.

June 14th, 2017 by Pack to life

Small Copec gas station indeed, with a shop and banjos/shower. As said before can confirm good showers and clean toilets. Fuel prices are good (especially because you are in the desert). We parked just past the fuel pumps, there's a huge parking space for trucks. Very quiet at night, would recommend. Also the ghost town 5 km's further on is certainly worth a visit.

June 12th, 2017 by www.bummelmitpummel.de

we came to this copec to fill the fueltank and we did our email staff. For an overnight stay we moved an on highway nr. 5 too the 4,5 km away ruinas chacabuco. A goost town and it was also a prisoncamp when pinoche was in charge. We arrived at 6 pm and it was going to be closed. So we stayed here over night beside the entrance. pos. s23.14425 w69.61591. And we visited the town the next morning after 9.30 hr.

May 10th, 2017 by abori.gen

Really good place to rest and sleep. We stayed here for one night. Very good shower and t was clean! (The lady's bathroom) very good wifi, and really nice people!

April 28th, 2017 by jpablanco

Does the job. The manager set the time to set up my tent after 20:30 and to just have it down before 8:00. Couldn't ask for much else. Some sand and trees to sleep on before reaching Calama mañana. Cycling btw.

March 29th, 2017 by lasti.ch

Good for one Night.
Enough Space for Big Rig

March 6th, 2017 by Avocado

Toilets and shower were under construction. Big and safe parking place to camp. A lot of trucks stopping by.

September 22nd, 2016 by pdxpanam.tumblr.com

(on bicycle) This place was an oasis on a hot day. Ice cream available in both of the two stores, cold water to drink, shady spot to rest under trees, free air pump, decent free WiFi. I tent camped in the sand behind the wall of the rest spot and didn't get bothered. The guy in the store with the baños let me charge my phone.

May 29th, 2016 by Rainbows on tour

Copec gas station, hot showers for 1000 CLP pp (not really clean but hot and good pressure), slow (free) wifi, quite calm, and nice staff. Secure and quite comfortable overnight stay.