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Cadre très sympathique mais très sale et plein de déchets c'est une honte ! Endroit fréquenté de nuit par de nombreuses personnes qui viennent écouter de la musique dans leurs voitures, très bruyants. A éviter.

If you want to eat nice food, DO NOT COME HERE! The food is tasteless, small portions, industrial... You find far better places in the town. Just a well decorated place for tourists

This place is really amazing. Entrance fee still 50 UYU. The free entrance is on Tuesday, not on Thursday, like written in previous post. Closed on Mondays. Different guided tours, also a biking tour, still for 120 UYU each. Casa Grande is only open on weekends and holidays, entrance free. We visited the place on a Tuesday, it was free. We didn’t take a guided tour, but they opened the factory, we were free to walk around inside, as long as we wanted. Worth the visit!

Quiet road without exit - no through traffic, it is the turn-around place, stayed 3 nights next to the park (lots of dog walkers in the morning and evening - nice, friendly, interested). Trees for shade. Security in a small hut at the park, and also at the building “Edificio antique” right across the street. Friend. No amenities, but two blocks direction north lots of shops and restaurants.
By the way: Pico y Placa in Bogotá = cars with license plates ending on uneven numbers can’t drive on uneven days from 6 am to 9 pm, even numbers on even days. Uber to city center costs about 30.000 to 35.000 COP.

Municipal camping is closed for maintenance of restrooms. They said that we can't stay overnight here.

Está fechado para manutenção, não permitiram pernoitar.

24-hour gas station with shop and good wi-fi. We stay overnight,

Apenas completamos o tanque e usamos o wi-fi, mas o posto é 24h.

ótimo lugar para passar a noite, chuveiros, água quente e cafezinho, um pouco barulhento pela manhã em virtude dos caminhões que saem cedo

This Shop do not exist any more! They closed in Summer 2022. Now ist is an official CLARO- Shop!

Place is closed on November 1st. No way of entering. Gate is blocked.

Wifi, Restaurant. Ok from Gendarmerie to spend the night

Nice spot, lots of breeze. There is a parking in the grass for your car. I recommand to go in the middle of the parking for more breeze and no insects. The wind keep the van fresh despite the sun. Close to the trees there is insects (horse fly, stinging fly and mosquitoes.)
In front of the parking there is a bar restaurant that can be loud at night. There is also Brazilians house’s that can be loud during day time and sunset.

Great place. If you camp in a tent or RV, all facilities are at your disposal. And Matteo is a really nice host. Highly recommended.

I stayed the night without interruptions. I went in and asked at customer service. A nice lady looked as though she was thinking about it for a moment and then told me she did not know of any reason why not. I was sceptical not knowing her position with the store so I parked my van between two rental trucks. I think it is ok.

Great hostal in Tortel. Lovely young Chilean couple run the place, Francesca and Javier. Very clean, comfortable, hot water etc. we stayed in a private room with a shared bathroom and paid $60,000 pesos per night. You can contact them on WhatsApp for availability etc. +56 9 9779 0187

Normal Walmart lot. Asked if it is ok to stay and they told us it is, as long as we stay at the end of the lot

Roca Azul is a fantastic place and we can’t wait to return again soon. The grounds are beautiful and the accommodations are great! The bathrooms are clean, the swimming pools are so nice! The people that work there are extremely friendly and go out of their way to make you feel at home. We were only planning on staying a week, but changed our plans and stayed a second week because we were having such a wonderful time! We totally recommend Roca Azul to anyone looking for a beautiful place to visit! The weather is perfect and you won’t find a nicer place to stay! Roca Azul is the best!

Lindo camping con parrilleros, enchufes, baños, y la cascada. Los baños no tienen agua caliente porque están en reparación y las piscinas también las están arreglando así que están sin agua. Pero la cascada si tiene su afluente normal.

Nice campsite with grills, plugs, bathrooms and a waterfall. The bathrooms do not have hot water because they are under repair and the pools are also being fixed so they are without water. But the waterfall does have its normal tributary.

Lindo camping con parrilleros, enchufes, baños, y la cascada. Los baños no tienen agua caliente porque están en reparación y las piscinas también las están arreglando así que están sin agua. Pero la cascada si tiene su afluente normal.

Nice campsite with grills, plugs, bathrooms and a waterfall. The bathrooms do not have hot water because they are under repair and the pools are also being fixed so they are without water. But the waterfall does have its normal tributary.

Very friendly staff, you can camp close to the beach, in the shade of the palm trees. The restaurant is not open, but it's was still possible to eat something, 2 fish with rice, tomatoes and French fries for 1'500 kwz pp. Very good price and it was good. Bier are very cheap too. For the place, we paid 3'000 kwz. It's was very quiet and we appreciated very much. Description like wrote before, but for us is absolutely OK.

awesome place to stay for a few nights. 😍👍🏼

Clean, new and friendly. Bring change $1 $2 and quarters. They are often on site to give change out. Between 10am-12 noon you can get change @ the barriere chamber commerce down the street. Will have change on site availabile during hrs by Dec 2022.

Asked at Customer Service about spending the night and got permission as long as we were well away from the store. Very close to the freeway so there's traffic noise, plus an occasional plane because we're also close to the airport. That doesn't bother us because we have a white noise machine. The location is great for us because one of us flies out in the morning. Also fairly close to IKEA.
We didn't check on the restrooms, but they should be available during store hours.
Good AT&T cell service, OK Verizon.

Great spot for complete isolation for one or multiple rigs. Not necessary, but 4WD is recommended. Nice sunset, lots of firewood from logging the area. Would stay here again.

(Solo woman cycling) I was recommend by a guy passing by to pitch my tent at the beach. It felt safe. It’s very beautiful but lots of sandflies. When I had pitched my tent the guy later came back and said he owned the palm plantation dadada. He just wanted me to pay and rip me of. He later came back and woke me up in the middle of the night and asked if I wanted him to stay. “If I find any turtles I’ll tell you”. It was maybe 3am. A guy I talked to the morning after said his name is frank and he’s a thief, a creep and a crackhead (he’s pretty skinny and has dreadlocks). I’m sure he’s not dangerous but just be aware.

Very friendly towards cyclist. Also let me shower

I was desperate to escape the rain (hurricane season) and asked if I could pitch my tent behind the restaurant. It was fine (but I’m not sure if it hadn’t been pouring). There was a small roof. I locked my bicycle to my tent and woke up to someone trying to take it. Don’t think esquintla is the safest place. Just make sure you lock your stuff up

Nice and quiet place for stopover.
We don’t overnight stopped only for lunch. Nobody come through!!

LOVED this spot. We stayed for 3 nights and had the whole beach completely to ourselves. Not too many flies, it's possible to swim you can also climb the rocky walls surrounding the beach to see the epic sunset. We felt very safe and private, even made a little party with our DJ set. :D

Just don't get discouraged as you drive from the main road all the way here, it is quite a long and bumpy drive. We have a 4x4 but I think it'd be manageable in 2wd as well. No cell service. Oh, and one more thing - don't park too close to the sea. We did that, not knowing that the tide was still rising and we had to move the car eventually, cause the water came right to our doorsteps. :D

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We had a strange noise coming from the back of our van (differential). We stopped here and Jorge was super helpful. The problem was actually quiet important so we had to stay there for a while. He let us stay next to his house, use his bathroom and he even invited us to his birthday. He is a genuine guy and a really good mechanic. We have been driving our sprinter for 3 months now, since the problem, and everything works perfectly. Thanks Jorge, definitely recommended.

Great spot. Multiple other folks but plenty of space. Very convenient in and out.