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We had a beautiful spot right on the River. We loved that Place and recommend it!!! Make Reservation for December 22, they gonna be busy.

A spot overlooking the Morgan Bay seafront. Its not hidden, but we were not bothered by anyone during our two night stay. No facilities at all. Walking distance to the The Deck, a great bar/restaurant on the seafront.

This is in the wrong place. No idea where its supposed to be.

Inside a small wood, hardly any passing cars. There's a Lebanese restaurant 1km away.

still looked good. Could park our cab next to the Refugio for some shelter from the wind

Great tortas and fruit milkshakes at the same place at very affordable price. Not much place for seating except for a few bar stools. Attached menu and torta I purchased.

Really nice place at the river. The first place at the left and right are a little bit higher than the rest. We had lots of rain and the river level was really high, so the gravel area before the big tree flooded a little bit, the two higher places where perfect. After the big tree it is loose gravel, so don’t go there with a 2WD. Quiet at night. In the day some short visits from some other cars

Spot by the road but trail to lake is closed to traffic. Beautiful lake area.

Knob on water spigot is missing. Used plier to fill water.

Unfortunately there was nobody there when we arrived (4:30pm), and there was a wooden gate barrier (which we could have opened). The place looks super nice: gorgeous view and full of llamas (it’s called “llama park” now) and far enough away from the road. Unfortunately, since there was nobody there to ask permission to open the gate, we decided to leave. Definitely worth a try though!

Super friendly family, using their backyard as a parking for people going to MP. It’s the first house on the right after crossing the bridge (there is a parquadero sign). We paid 20 soles per night and left the car for 2 nights, there were lots of other cars and motorcycles parked there. Felt very safe. If you want, you can also camp there (but we went straight to Aguas Calientes).

This is BLM land.
Nice level lot w pit toilet & yeah can! I choose this spot over the one down the road because I get MUCH better signal here (3 bars verizon) & that parking lot has a lot of traffic coming through. The blm caretaker is within view of this lot too so I felt really safe, she even stopped to chat w me when she came to check the bathrooms ( which are cleaned every morning around 10am) & picnic tables next to the dock!
The pond is dried up, but there are several trails all around! stayed here 3 nights, 1 night at perry's riffle. Marking this spot for a return trip!

Great place. Breezy. Much needed wind to cool down hot summer nights. Parked into wind. Friendly lighthouse guard. Lovely beach in front. No one disturbed and fisherman who passed only said hi. What more can you ask for.

Wonderful place to do a try dive with Greg and Gwen. I am a non swimmer and they both helped me a lot!! We camped at lighthouse and just drove down to do the try dive split two days as the weather was better the next morning. Just remember to leave before high tide!! Hahaha we were having such a good time chatting everyone forgot

Still exists. 300 mtc for burger 650 for seafood mix

Crossing from Colombia to Ecuador: very quiet and relaxed. Everything is in the building across the bridge already in Ecuador, so have stuff ready if you have a Colombian SIM card because there's no signal on the other side. NB: If you need internet, ask to the Colombian Aduana, they are super kind and give you their password (nobody else will help unless you tip them).
1. Exit stamp from Colombian immigration. You need to fill out the CheckMig online beforehand.
2. Colombian Aduana to cancel your TIP.
3. Ecuador health check. You fill out a form, they may ask for vaccination card.
4. Ecuador entry stamp.
5. Ecuador Aduana for new TIP. Have copies of everything with you. They will also require a copy of the 2 stamps you just got, if you're lucky the guy will make a copy there for you, if not they will send you back to the Colombian side to make copies. This last step is the most tedious one, but overall the process is quite smooth.
If you arrive at lunchtime be prepared to wait because everyone leaves for about an hour. Good luck! :)

one of the few campgrounds open year round. very quiet this time of year. be sure to visit the local brewery and pizza place!

i stayed there 3 nights to explore around Revelstoke without any problem! every night there was 2-3 other vans or RV's, i parked in the P3 but driving in P1! the view is beautiful! great cell service, a bit windy, but you get use to it!

A bunch of RVs and vans same night of my visit. In a busy area but didn't seem loud.

The only chai house open we found since Kaila-kumb. End of October though.
No sign on the building, but it’s the only one near the road. Had some rest, tea and snacks.

Very nice place. Actually the only one open in late October. Had a local dish made of bread mainly. Coffee/ tea/ snacks.
A very local place with local prices.

We stayed for one night and felt safe. Windy and very freezing. You can use the toilet of the refugio for 3 Bols.

Nice and quiet wildcampingspot at the lake side. It is right next to a road but there is not that many trafic. We arrived at about 7.30pm at a tuesday and heard not many cars.

When you enter the place, you can go right. If you drive a little further you can stay out of sight behind the bushes.

Me again. There must be some Twilight zone for my GPS. Found and stayed here for 4 days. Pond was pleasant to walk around. Lots of HOV activity everyday

Used my GPS for another location when I left and it took me to the same intersection...

Forgot to add the menu. So here it is as a picture…

Great butchery next to the road and good place to stock up before heading to Mana pools or Kariba. Meat is frozen but seems really fresh. Variety of beef and pork meat as well as Boerewors (tastes great!). Also lots of biltong.
Food in the restaurant seems to be nice but we were too late to try as the kitchen was closed (5pm).

Bruce and Sue are the owners and are very kind. They will be opening a campsite soon, 10 km further north along the road. The place was not formally open yet but everything was available and they let us camp at the place which was really nice! In the evening they came by to check if everything was fine and we hade a lovely chat about life in Zim. Campsite has nice green grass and perfect ablutions (the best shower we had in Zim: hot and lots of pressure). Blessing (care taker of the place) was around to lit the donkey and help us with everything we need. Very well recommended to stay here!

No change getting gasoline in bidon for local price. We needed a copy of our bolivian id wich we don’t have ofcourse. We went to the next gas station on ioverlander more south. Bidons for local no problem there.

What a place, wow. Anna is so friendly and she will do anything to help you. We parked inside the gate together with 2 cars (no problem). We could plug our extension cord in the kitchen. We had coffee and tea during the day and we used the super nice bathroom. She even got us gasoline in our bidons for the local price ofcourse. Wifi is great too!! Because of the help with the gasoline/ the free coffee and tea and electricity we paid 50 per night. But she will also accept half of that.

Came on a night when the kids were out being kids (loud, roudy, doing burnouts and doughnuts worryingly close to our van). They scared all the other people who were sitting in their idling cars off then left at 11p and it was quiet after that. Ran into the marina worker in the morning who was very friendly. Not many other options close by so try your luck.

Usual place I stay when in Calgary
Can range from being only one, to a few campers/cars overnighting.
Downside get the noise of vehicles from Crowchild Trail & the occasional vehicle driving through lot at night.