Parque Natural Mexiquillo | Established Campground

March 28th, 2024 by douhe

Many possibilities to camp. 200 pesos per person. Toilet and shower only at the entrance. Hot shower on request. They bring you some fire wood for the cold nights....

January 26th, 2024 by spaskertyo

We tent-camped here one night driving in a front wheel drive hatchback. The roads do kinda suck as the other people said, but we were able to find a nice spot in the forest across the bridge and our car was fine. We walked to everything else like the waterfalls, garden of rocks, etc. We were here in the off season (we were the only people camping on a Friday night)- our spot was secluded but we could hear parties in the distance near the cabanas, no big deal. The excess development in the park, however, was really disappointing. You can see cabanas from the lake and they have annoying streetlights all over the forest by the cabanas. The jeeps running around everywhere IN in the park ruins the serene nature. I would rather they use the money from the tours/ATVs/cabanas to improve the roads. There was a nice Gordita stand, Gorditas Suzy, just outside of the park we walked to for dinner.

December 20th, 2023 by wilde tour

Camping not recommended if you are tenting (expensive 200p pp, cold, loud music, loud atv’s, trash) instead sleep in Hostal Mexiquillo (200/250p pp in semiprivate dormitory). Or cyclists doing the TransMexico route cycle up to 15 km further past park Mexiquillo to enter beautiful pine forest with seemingly multiple options to wildcamp (not tested).

December 17th, 2023 by travel2u.de

Nice landscape but 200 pp/night is too expensive for what it offers. Pretty loud at weekends (ATV, music) even in off season. Staff not very friendly, no Wifi at the reception. A lot of broken glass in the whole area, quiet at night, high clearance might not be necessary, but recommend on the really rough roads.

June 16th, 2023 by paulryandavis

I was charged 200p per night for one. On entering the park, follow the road to the left (going by the paintball or “gotcha” area) instead of going over the bridge. After the rock garden, there are camp sites in the trees near the river. From there it’s an easy walk back to the entrance for bathrooms/shower.

Despite reports, the park was pretty quiet all weekend. Maybe June is low season, even with the great weather.

February 7th, 2023 by 3weltreisen.de

very very beautiful places, hundrets of campspots, but go slowly from the maingate, road is rough, no signs, go right about 1km (not to the lake) and on mainplace go left (23.721938, -105.670169) ca 300m, a lot of potholes and trees /branches
100pP incl fee and camping, free wifi only at Reception (they told you the password), but avoid weekends, so many ATVs and partymusik

January 22nd, 2023 by exploring509.de

beautiful area, but do yourself a favour and avoid the weekends! it's an offroad driving funpark. during the week it's super quiet. you can camp wherever you like, we picked a secluded spot within the garden of rocks. it's 100/Person/night entrancefee included.

December 6th, 2022 by hamon.fab

Nice place after visiting the Mexiquillo.
The entry is 25 MX$/ adult. And the camping is 100MX$/ adult but the entry is included.
So it was 150 MX$ for the night for 2 adults

October 20th, 2022 by lee.myrah

Very nice place. 2nd time we've stayed and likely not the last. 100 pesos / persona. Wifi works very well at Reception. Restaurant open weekends only. We always camp across the bridge and beside the creek.

September 21st, 2022 by sailgalene

I was caught by surprise. This place is so awesome. A regular camper van like ours could go anywhere and you have incredible choices of interesting and private camping. The falls are nice, you can walk the railway passage for miles. The rock formations are so cool. We picked up free firewood at the sawmill behind the yellow car oil shop (Bradal??) in town.

March 27th, 2022 by pascal.la.croix

Tres bel endroit une grande prairie au milieu d une foret de pin. Privilégier le cote droit en rentrant pres du ruisseau attention il fait froid la nuit proche de zero fin mars. Magnifique escale apres la tres belle route gratuite de mazatlan a durango. Cout 125 pesos la nuit

February 19th, 2022 by na_liliana

They charge $100mxn pesos per person.

there are no facilities and shower/bathroon is extra.

you camp at an grassy area or parking lot.

noisy motorbikes running all night long!!

I would not stay here again. Especially during dry season when there is no waterfalls to be seen.

July 6th, 2021 by annendhai

After a long but beautiful drive along routa 40 it's nice to arrive at this little town and Campground. Nice hike to a waterfall. Quiet and with 50 pesos per person per night absolutly ok.

October 4th, 2020 by World Safari

We spent a week here. Very beautiful camping amongst the rocks. No bugs. Cold nights. Biked pdown to the tunnels, passed through 3 but not the long 4th as it had a river running down it. 15km return ride with stunning views. Quiet during the week, busy with 4x4’ers on weekends. 70p p/adult p/night. Kidd free. Nothing here so come prepared. We used river water for washing. Garbage bins & a few outhouse s that we didn’t use. dug a hole. Highly recommend stopping here. Felt very safe.

January 14th, 2020 by Wilde Weite Welt

This could be a great place with nice rock formations, a great waterfall, a small lake and many places to camp. But unfortunately there are thousands of tracks through the area, rubbish, broken glass, human waste and toilet paper all around. If you search a bit towards the Jardin de piedras you can find a private and relatively clean spot in a nice surrounding.

August 23rd, 2019 by victor.zavaleta

Nice, quite place to stay the night. Lots of hiking. I stayed here on my way towards durango from mazatlan. It’s a nice break to get away from the coastal heat and mosquitoes. Its 55f here at night and sleeping in my 4runner will be pleasant as it maintains a 70 deg internal temp because of my fridge. Paid 70 pesos per person for camping and park entrance. I got conflicting info about showers and bathroom use. One said i had to pay 5 pesos for bathrooms and 20 pesos for showers (they need an hour notice to heat the water) another said it was included for camping. Used the bathrooms and was not charged. No one is there to charge for bathrooms. You can camp anywhere in the park. I chose near the lake

April 9th, 2019 by yukonjack1898

We stayed 3 nights without any issues and had calm days ;we liked the surrounding with all these nice rock formations; great for hiking to the little lake..the waterfall or along the old railway; the climate was very dry and warn/hot during the day a still pretty cold at night

March 21st, 2019 by ameibinns

I slept in my normal car for 70 pesos. The toilet didn’t flush. It was far too cold to have a shower. The orange building in the village sells excellent tacos etc at very reasonable prices. Don’t miss this small local restaurant

March 21st, 2019 by m.m.e.gonecamping

Stopped here and paid for 2 nights but only stayed for 1. Nice enough spot close to the lagoon except for all the broken beer bottles. Scary experience at about 9pm when 2 locals on a motorcycle joined our campfire claiming to be cold. Things got weirder and ended up with some mild knife play which scared us enough to make us extinguish our fire and move our camper to the safety of the office/restaurant. Staff were very concerned but obviously knew the culprits. Later the state police arrived with both culprits (minus knife) and made us do a face to face identification. Fearing reprisals, we got the hell out of there as soon as the sun came up.

January 28th, 2019 by catherineinlove

70pesos pp to stay overnight; 20 pesos pp to just see waterfalls. Great place to camp. No services. Had campfire. Cold at night. Lots of stars. Safe and quiet.

August 11th, 2018 by thisbigroadtrip.com

We camped here. I was told it was 20 pesos per person for day use and 70pp for camping. We stayed in an amazing rock garden. Unfortunately we did not remain alone. It was a Saturday night and other campers arrived, playing their usual loud “fiesta” music. If it’s the weekend, pick your spot wisely.

June 2nd, 2018 by Ohlavan

Beautiful place. We stayed for one night on a Saturday and parked next to the lake. Nobody around, a couple cars passed by but did not stay. On Sunday mornings there is a truck packed with local tourists and loud Mexican music that comes to the NP and walk them around, so every time they came by, it got a bit busy, apart from that it was very calm. Showers and toilets are included in the 70MP/pp fee, but are located at the main entrance. Almost no signs to find the cool spots, it might be easy to get lost. Telcel signal. Cold at night.

December 19th, 2017 by lachori

Showers 20$. Toilet 5$.

October 14th, 2017 by travelingtogether814

We stayed one night paid 60 pesos per person. The place is beautiful and if you have 4x4 you can drive to all the cool spots. You can camp anywhere, even by the waterfall although you'll get wet from the mist. We camped by the lake. Way to far from bathrooms and you'll need to have a shovel or your own toilet. It's 8,400 feet and freezing at night. This place on the weekend is like an OHV park in the states. Lots of off-road vehicles driving all night and day. Sign says no dogs, but reception says that's just for the cabins. Our dog loved it here. We had a lot of fun exploring the area in our truck. We have a stock Toyota pickup and we were fine for everything. We did ask, if you camp next to the resturant /reception you can plug into electricity and the wifi works pretty good. I also think if we had wanted to stay more nights we would not have had to pay, but I don't know that for sure since we just enjoyed the one night.

January 26th, 2017 by Rouler sa vie

as described. Very quiet, wide and chilly at night in January!

January 23rd, 2017 by Underway.ch

Since we only stayed overnight we stayed across from the reception/restaurant. From there it is close to the bathrooms and we even had WiFi. They wanted 60 M$/person, finally paid 60 for both of us

July 14th, 2016 by ridewildopen

Parque Natural Mexiquillo in Durango is a great spot for camping. At first they wanted 100pesos per person per night but we talked him down to 50 since we read that's what others paid previously. We stayed two nights. Feels very safe. It's at 2500m (7500ft) above sea level and has a vegetation we didn't expect to see in Mexico. Everything lush and green. Sunny during the day and late afternoon thunderstorms were a perfect mix for middle of July. It reminds of the north rim of the Grand Canyon but with less tourists. There are endless trails for mountain biking, running, hiking, horseback riding or four wheeling. Some locals invited us to ride their horses.

July 7th, 2016 by PikiPiki Overland Blog

Very informal and seems price are made on how they feel. We paid 50 pesos pp. Used showers and toilet in site. Safe and easy.

February 15th, 2016 by tinkerbell

nice parc, we camped for free with the permision of the owner

October 20th, 2014 by SMBoilerWorks

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October 20th, 2014 by SMBoilerWorks

This is a natural forest area between Durango and Mazatlan in the Sierra Madre. There isn’t any wifi or potable water but there is rustic camping. There are cabanas to rent but better for a bigger group (they were 3-4 bedrooms). It was a beautiful spot for camping; we camped in lush grass next to a babbling brook and had some cows walk around. We camped in October and as soon as the sun went down it was quite chilly. Also, the bathrooms (flush toilets but no toilet seat) are far from the camping so we made our own area for morning ablutions. There is good hiking, waterfalls, and caves in the park but we only stayed the one night.
There is water by the bathrooms by the front entrance but not near the camping.
100 pesos/night/tent