Monumento Nacional Bosque Petrificado | Wild Camping

October 31st, 2023 by nomadxplorers

Amazing spot before the entrance (park is still 15km from here).
No wind today and Literally no noise at all !! You can here yourself breathing. Beautiful sunset.

September 14th, 2023 by pascal.la.croix

Bon endroit pour passer la nuit mais pas de protection du vent. Aucun service. Juste avant la limite du parc ou le camping est interdit

March 16th, 2022 by bsg9854

Nice spot in the middle of nowhere, desert, really quiet, no cars on the road, very few people go to that National Parc.
We got no wind, amazing sunset and sunrise !

January 19th, 2022 by robjansenphotography.com

Good spot to stay the night. This is the last allowed place before you enter the border of the national park. The visitor centre is 12 km further away. We stayed one night. The wind was getting stronger in the night so we slept in our car instead of in our rooftent. On the way we saw two South American Grey Foxes and seven Patagonian Maras.
Enjoy

February 5th, 2020 by evifoulaki

We arrived late to enter the national park, so we stayed at this place. We should have been some of the lucky ones, as there were absolutely no winds that night (so rare for Patagonia), so it was extremely quiet, no sounds whatsoever! We had a very nice sleep and head to the park the next day!

November 30th, 2019 by dgrolfe

Decided against this place and drove to one of the others...but those were closed. This is just a wide spot on the road. We tried other side roads but some minors stopped and didn’t recommend staying along this route due to strong winds and workers driving by would stop and ask what you are doing there....

So this is the only place to stop except for campground.

January 24th, 2019 by douhe

Good spot to spend the night bevore or after park visit.

January 16th, 2019 by world.nopebone.com

Nice place beside the street. As only visitors for the bosque petrificado are using this road, there is no traffic durig the night and it‘s absolutly quiet. The only thing you hear is the very strong wind!

November 10th, 2018 by losdosbelgas

Convenient spot just outside the entrance of the park. Very nice sunset and stargazing but a lot of wind. Park in the right direction to shelter from it!
We found some plastic and took it with us, please keep take your trash with you!
The ranger passed by before the night fell and confirmed it is allowed to stay here (but not to take any rocks/petrified wood with you).

February 3rd, 2018 by en la carretera

As said previously, very convinient to visit the petrified bosque on the morning. When we came, the graveled road was ok, we did it easily with our volkswagen combi T2. we were a bit affraid of how to get out the place, but finally, no problem !
Don't expect a "forest" as the trees are all lying down, but still very interesting - and the landscape is breathtaking.
water in the bathroom of the informations center is drinkable, and has no taste :)
the only company we had were some guanacos and maras, we didn t saw any car from 19:30 to 10:30 ! Nice place !

interesting rangers and museum

December 6th, 2017 by tavapelomundo

Nice place to stay one night and go to the park in morning.
Quiet, visible from the road but have no traffic.

(Ótimo lugar para passar a noite e ir no parque no outro dia cedo, tranquilo, você pode ser visto da estrada mas não tem movimento)

February 27th, 2017 by mayavoyage.de

We had very impressive sunset and sunrise. BUT it was extremely windy in the night. We hear several times the sand strom scourged on our car. For cooking we went down to a dry stream graben as light wind shadow.

January 5th, 2017 by essesloyon

Entree du Parc pour une nuit calme, car bivouac interdit à l 'interieur des Parque Argentin

December 9th, 2016 by alex.holt

We found a spot with more road cover a few km down the road (on the left when leaving the park).

November 25th, 2016 by lesvirevoltants

flat place just next to a small track on the right when heading to the Parck. can be windy but very wild and nice

June 11th, 2016 by uyarak.ch

Just outside the park boundary behind a small dirt hill. From here it is just a short drive to the parking lot at the 'museum'.

April 1st, 2016 by alexm_

bare field behind a little hill just next to the road. Nice and quiet in the prairie. Nothing here but ok for the night.

February 14th, 2016 by www.practicingforretirement.com

this is an excellent spot and having the road close was no problem. there are also plenty of dirt tracks about that could be nice to explore.

January 30th, 2016 by gringorick

Awesome rock hounding out here. Very cool rocks and petrified wood shards.

January 26th, 2016 by kasbah.ch

No shelter from the wind whatsoever but otherwise a convenient option. The spot is almost pristine so please don't leave rubbish or toilet paper and use a shovel if you "must".

July 25th, 2014 by Get out of Town

- free
- visible from the road, but there was almost no traffic
- it is not allowed to camp within the park limits, so we camped just outside, a few kms from the visitor center
- nice views
- careful if the ground is wet, it could get slippery

January 1st, 2012 by abenteuertour.de

It is forbidden to camp on the grounds of the park. A ranger sent us away quite rudely. Alternatively, we then parked just outside of the park next to the road. As the road is almost exclusively used by the visitors of the park, it's very quiet here at night. Toilet at the visitor center of the park.

There is no admission fee for the park and we thought it was the most impressive one of all the petrified forests (USA, Ecuador, Argentina) we have visited.