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hay un pequeño poste blanco al lado de la comisaría con agua

there are several signs saying “no parking from 10pm-6am”

Service desk was rude. Couldn't get them to let us talk to a manager. They said no camping in a camper.

There is a water spigot located in between the gas and diesel pumps (see pic).

Gate is open so all spots on this road are available. Curvy and steep paved road and then huge ruts once it turns to dirt road, but doable for Transit High Roof. Incredibly windy!

Beautiful views here. We didn't park on the flat gravel surface, rather than a few meters away (there's one trail going down to the beach, another one leads around the hill, this one we drove)
The surface is grassy and with small bushes, tent friendly but not really for bigger rigs.
Turkcell worked here and there, with interruptions

Nice lodge on a great setting. Great views to Bwindi forest on its side. We camped the first night, negotiated $15/pppn, normal price nowdays is $20/pppn. Pricey, for what you get. Shower and toilet in restaurant’s facilities. Or they can open one room for
you as your ablution. For the other night we took a room: ”luxury” room was nice with good view. Way too expensive (~$300/night!) from front desk, but you may get it for third the price via booking.com (with full board). So check booking.com! Lunch nice, dinner ok. Friendly staff. Rushaga gate is less than km away, if you want to go tracking from there.

Really nice place! We didn't sleep here as we didn't find it before but it seems to be amazing!

Marius is running this workshop who is doing brillant work. Customising anything you want to convert at your bakkie or trailer. Fix and repair. Great work!
082 7758733

It’s in a small business compound with a gate in the front.

Great mechanic in town. Can build wheels and basic maintenance. Friendly guy! Recommended
088 47 88 536

Great restaurant, great owners (Daniele and Elena - cycloscope) perfect blend of Italian, Malawian and Asian food. Try the homemade Ravioli 4 cheeses!

You need originals and copies of:
Precheqeo (just the pdf emailed to you is fine)
Passports
Covid vax cards (or test results, presumably, we had cards)
Driver's license
Vehicle registration
Vehicle title

We had to pay a bribe to get in without our original title; we only had copies. It started at $150 and ended up being $50 after some verbal sparring

Loving this spot. Our rig is right next to the beach. There is lots of shade from the palm trees. Owner is super friendly. The surf school is just 3 feet away. The facilities are very basic but fine. Would recommend this place when visiting Samara

Two large parking lots with benches overlooking water. No “no overnight parking” signs. Stayed one night, traffic was not bothersome, quiet night. Beautiful area to catch the sunset and space for dog to run.

This is one of the most beautiful spots we have stayed in. Stayed for 3 nights. Hiked to the dinosaur tracksites, which is a must see. The weather was perfect, no wind the whole time we were there. 50’s and 60’s during the day and mid 30’s at night.

Nice and flat parking right in front of the beach. Less crowded than the other parking places. They have showers and bathrooms, the place is clean and the stuff is really nice. Not a person during the night, really quiet. You can fit any big rig. 8.000 crc per night.

Stayed on the far side of the Sam’s Club lot (shares the lot with Walmart). A few other campers for the night in travel trailers and RVs with us. Wifi closer to the Walmart or at Starbucks across the street. Some road noise but not as much on the Sam’s Club side. Arrived at 2pm and left at 8:30am. Traveling in overlanding SUV towing utility trailer.

Local gratuito, beira mar e com vários motorhomes. Tem um ponto de energia e de água pra quem precisar com uma taxinha pra pessoa que instalou. Não tem banheiro mas usamos o da barraca da frente que tem chuveiro externo para uma ducha. Ficamos 2 noites e tudo ía bem até que chegaram fiscais da prefeitura com uma notificação para que todos os campistas deixassem o local em 72h. Nos surpreendemos pois haviam pessoas acampando ali por semanas e até meses e realimente estava bacana, parecia ser permitido, não havia qualquer sinalização de proibição. De qualquer forma, claro, respeitamos e saímos. Assim como os outros campistas iriam fazer também, uma pena.

nice sized parking lot. the road is manageable on the way in, but washboard in lots of places

Nice area, nice views, stone fire pits, cell service. Plenty of spots to pick from.

A road runs through the campsite that is frequently used throughout the day but quiets down around 9pm. Locals are definitely curious about you and will likely stop to chat. Folks seemed genuinely concerned that I would be cold in a tent. I would not recommend if you’re looking for solitude. Bathrooms and facilities were clean.

Pulled up in the dark, there was a sign along the dune that said Coots customer only, so I parked along the tree line closer to the street - there were no signs here.

Really quiet overnight. Could hear the wave crashing! So peaceful. No one bothered us all night. Good cell signal. Edisto beach is right on the other side of the dunes and is off leash dog friendly during the winter months!

still a pretty decent spot. made it in from the west in a class B no problem. nice level spot. quiet with 4g coverage.

several fairly freshly cut-up deer carcasses made this place pretty gross. decent sized spot which could have been level enough to stay, but i moved on

We are a cargo van, parked near here on Calle Sinaloa at 24.149639,-110.331279 after dark for the Friday night, as Marea had an event with lots of vehicles parked on the street including past the gated pull-out. Slept fine, some passing vehicles and pedestrians as usual, nobody knocked. Unfortunately woke in the morning to find windshield had been hit forcefully once on the driver's side. Set of shoe prints, dress-shoe type, leading to the spot in the dirt. No other damage, nothing taken that we have been able to identify including small electronic item accidentally left in the cab. Feels random but deliberate.

There were a few other campers out on the main road. We saw a few campers come down the road after us. Nice spot.

Stayed one night and was surprised by how many people are here in the winter. Free camping, dump, and pit toilet available, but no trash. Between 0-1 bars of service on ATT. Hot springs nearby are not that hot, but fun to check out. Expect lots of families.

Campground was nice and we would stay again. Showers were nice and hot! Price is $20 or $10 with annual NPS pass.

Corpo de Bombeiros de Caraguatatuba
possui uma torneira no estacionamento ao lado
também é possível pernoitar no local com segurança!
Apenas coletei água pois possui muitos prédios públicos e movimento na rua!

Not many peopel, no Water, no Power, start Point to go to the „ Schwarzer Leuchtturm“