NP Los Estoraques | Informal Campsite

April 8th, 2024 by Jimma

Spend a lovely night here, the rangers were super friendly and had a long nice chat with them. At night there are opossums wandering around to say hello! No one else around! 20k pesos in total for sleeping and 10k p.p. for the hike. The entire town is a lovely hidden gem! People are super friendly and happy to see foreign tourists. Go to Papo Art Café for great coffee and cake!

December 28th, 2023 by poudredescampette.com

Despite the incident in late November 2023 (robbery at the football stadium), it is again allowed to sleep here. We paid 20 000 COP for the vehicle. The parking lot is in fact a large field surrounded by hoodoos, it is very pleasant and very quiet. There are toilets and water. Water is drinkable and we have been allowed to fill our tanks, the flow is however very slow.

August 19th, 2023 by 6quadratmeter.blogger.wf

Arrived in the dark, due to controls by Military Stuff. Muddy road up to the parking lot, very quiet during the night, the dog of the Ranger was on duty :-). Clean toilets, we payed $40.000,00 for one night (2 adults, 1 Landcruiser).

May 8th, 2023 by mrandmrstravel.nl

Perfect place to spend the night before or after exploring the park. It is really quiet at night and no problem at all to camp. We didn’t trust the drinking water as it looked really green and is just piped from a mountain river. Might be drinkable but we didn’t risk it. Really nice people at the office.

December 21st, 2022 by roamingabout.com

Great place to be to see the town and the park. Very quiet, and nice scenery. The cost currently is 8000pp for the park and 20000 per night to camp. There is a small store with cold drinks, and a bathroom. They are also allowing us to fill our water tanks with potable water. Definitely recommend.

October 21st, 2022 by ottenweinerts.blog

Arrived after sunset, road was a bit of a challenge, no light and very muddy, but the parking area in front of the entrance was ok. 1 tree for shade. Free and clean toilet, super quiet night. 20.000 COP for the night, 5.000 COP entrance fee into the National Park per person.

October 13th, 2022 by mathi

Super cool place to camp. Road to the place can be very muddy when its raining. Facilities are okay. Water is quite dirty and not usable for filling up. Perfect place to discover the village and the park.

August 11th, 2022 by woapan

We set up camp under the palapa and parked the bikes next to the office at the entrance. Campo Elias is very nice and played some guitar for us.
Paid 20000 pesos for the tent and 2000 to park each bike under the roof of the office because it rained. Really cool spot and quiet. We were alone.
The office is also a tienda if you need anything.
Clean bathroom available.

June 21st, 2022 by thekombichronicles

No problem to camp. 20.00 per night, they left the toilets open for us and offered us water and hook. Now 10.000 pp for entrance. We arrived late once the shop was shut and they didn’t charge us for that night which was nice :) if you got at the weekend you will be constantly surrounded by locals asking questions. Friendly but not relaxing!

May 24th, 2022 by hkh

Perfect place. Quiet. 20.000. Beautiful view on the mountains.

March 13th, 2020 by dougsurfspr

Very nice place to relax for a few days. If you have a big vehicle when you enter the town be sure and go to the left at the Y intersection. Good cell signal here with Claro.

January 6th, 2020 by contact

He ask for 10.000COP when we left. 40 characters......

January 5th, 2020 by contact

We paid nothing for 2 nights. The toilet is closed at night, daytime 500 Pesitos. Grassy area in nighttime for emergency (toilet) available. Big flat leveled area. Maybe a problem if it's a big big rig to get to the parking area. If you made it through the small village, and destroyed no roofs, then you'll be good.
Lot's of colombian people will talk to you and want to visit your camper. They're nice, at some point it's to much.

December 30th, 2019 by southboundseahags

Fantastic camp. Services as described. Snack bar open daily from 9-6. We paid 10,000COP per night to camp. We have the park completely to ourselves most of the time. A couple friendly dogs live at the park. Clean facilities. We loved it.

November 5th, 2019 by allyouneedisroad17

exactly. it's everything difficult here. the NP is private from diferent owners, and just an small part from the governament, so rules are changing every time.
we spoke to the women Who works there, doña Rita, a really amazing good women, and she said It was ok to overnight there but if someone ask US, we had to say that we slept in town. the Rangers don't want people sleep there.
Dogs are allowed
Really beautiful place. We LOVE It so much and help doña Rita a little bit.

September 8th, 2019 by leslutinstrotteurs.fr

We stay 1 night here. No problem . Very quiet and safe. We pay 15kcop for 1 night. Beautiful sky during night

September 12th, 2018 by Gran Viaje

As others reported there seems to be a disagreement between owner of parking lot and kiosko and the area natural unica jefe.
When the ANU jefe left at the end of day he came by, took pictures of our cars and said something about a multa and cited some laws, in a very unfriendly manner. Then the owner of the lot showed up and the two had a long discussion. In the end the jefe left and the owner told us it’s no problem to stay here. All other park employees were very nice and happy to see us.
At the entry of the park there’s even a sign that explicitly allows camping, so I am no sure what the fuss is all about.
It’s not quite clear where the actual park boundary is, the people at the kiosk told us we can enter the park anytime and don’t need a guide, however at the entry gate there is a sign that says guides are required.

During the day some Colombian tour groups with guides came by too, i am pretty sure that the park is open.

In our opinion it was definitely worth driving here, the town is also very charming.

We stayed two nights and paid 20k. Dogs are not allowed in the ANU.

August 7th, 2018 by It's not a slow car, it's a fast house

The best way to describe this is that it is complicated! But it IS possible to camp here. The camping/parking area is privately owned and they charge a fee of $10,000 per night. This includes a toilet and sink. Then $5,000 allows access to the park trails. I’m not sure about a required guide, as we hiked early before any guides arrived. One day there were no park rangers, the next day the rangers arrived, but stayed inside the gated off-limits area. So they never interacted with us or other visitors.
The scenery is beautiful and the weather is comfortable. The streets in town (Playa Belen) are narrow, but manageable with our big rig. The road to get here is winding, hilly, challenging. If you make the drive, stay a few days.

April 28th, 2018 by eudes.mauris

it's open, we stay 2 days and pay 20000 cop just for the first night. Very good place, quiet and safe place. Big parking on the grass. clean toilet and water refil.

March 20th, 2018 by lafurgonetacosmica

OK, I just had a long talk with the NP director. The so-called rangers are just locals asking for money with no right to do it. The NP is officially closed, but seems like nobody will fine you if you enter. If you do, please be extremely respectful with the rock formations and the flora and fauna. It's a national park for a reason.
The only problem staying in the parking lot here is the safety, apparently. It's a hot region right now with the guerrillas and only a year ago two cops were killed here.
Everybody points towards the soccer field as the best spot to free camp.

February 15th, 2018 by guthier.com

Crazy little town. After driving the whole day, we were happy to reach the park before sunset. We checked in by the lady at the entrance kiosk paid camping and park-fees, but half an hour later a guy from the park administration approached us and told us that we couldn’t stay for the night. It went back and forth, then he acompanied us to the park chef who told us the same and that the police will probably fine us if we don’t leave. We should go to the police station and ask, where it would be allowed to stay for the night. So we drove back into the pueblo, looked for the police office and the guys there had no clue what to do with us. I asked about camping at the park entrance and they said yes, but on our own risk. I agreed, but the discussion was still on going. Unfortunatly my Spanish isn‘t good enough to catch all the details. One of the officers called the guy from the tourist information. 5 min later he showed up - very nice guy, by the way - and I told him, that all we need is a parking space and nothing more. I asked again about the park entrance and to make a long story short, the whole thing seems to be difficult. I guess, there is a disagrement between the park administration and the family who owns the parking space. This is very sad for the whole place. We ended up at a parking lot in the village which belongs to a restaurant and paid 10.000 Cop. We wanted to stay under the stars in the middle of the natur and not between a toilett and a doghouse, so our evening was totaly ruined. The park itself has a 10 min. hike and you have to hire a guide for that - the rest of the place is private and you are not allowed to enter it. I hate to say this: it’s not worth the drive.

December 29th, 2017 by Wir sind dann mal weg

They charged us 5000 COP pp for camping and another 5000 COP pp entrance fee to the park because it's high season (locals paid 2000). Toilets were closed during the night and they wanted to charge 500 COP per use during the day.

December 3rd, 2017 by blog.ginareist.com

paid 20000cop for 2 pepole and 2 days
the friendly guy open the toilets the whole night
also possible to get water for the tank
dogs allowed in the parkinglot

November 22nd, 2017 by pilgrimsonwheels.com

stayed over night, lady from store charged us 15,000COP for night there +2,000pp+2,000for motorcycle. Great place to take short hike and explore those rock towers. quiet at night.

July 24th, 2017 by Break-A-Way

Great place to stay very friendly people. 5000cop per person to camp here. totally quiet at night. through the day are few visitors in the Park. we camped 2 days here. Toilet open.

July 22nd, 2017 by viva-panamericana

Camping is allowed. The scenery is awesome. We payed 5000 pesos per people per night and could use the toilets day and night. No other amenities. The people who run the place are very friendly and helpful. Entrance fee to the park is 2000 pesos per people.

October 18th, 2016 by lesmilav.canalblog.com

Grand parking super tranquille nous avons essaye les 3 bivouacs de Playa de Belen c'est celui que nous avons prefere

January 6th, 2016 by viajantes.de

Overnight not longer possible... But the soccer field 500mtr. In front is fine to use. Right after the town on the right side. It is a 500mtr. Walk in the park. Town is quite narrow for big rigs, but possible. I suggest: if you enter the town there comes on the right hand a wooden show bridge. Take the left street straight through the town. Otherwise you have to do two 90 degrees.

September 1st, 2012 by henryreisen.ch

Magnificent staying for the night. toilets and water available. Very quiet. Free but have taken a tour with a NP-employees and, where a mite. Are allowed so 3 days here.

Drive through the village "Playa de Belen"

January 1st, 2012 by abenteuertour.de

We have stayed several days in the parking lot in front of the conservation area. Clean toilets. A lot of hustle and bustle and a lot of (sometimes) too curious Colombian tourists. Hikes in the nature reserve are only possible with a guide. For a one-hour hike we paid 20,000 COP, for a four-hour hike the next day 40,000 COP.

The last morning we have been sent away by an official from Bogota. The park is officially closed since 2010 because there is FARC activity within only ten kilometers.

Since anybody can guarantee for security of travellers, camping is not possible.