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é uma lugar na beira do lago, com mesas para fazer lanche. muito agradável com uma ótima vista. a noite e durante o dia é super tranquilo. os moradores da cidade usam o lugar como recreio. ficamos uma noite. o por do sol é lindo!!

nice place easy! self check in.
water, electric and dump. $20.00 cash

good place on the road.
cold shower, toilet, electricity.
good people. 3000c pp.

It's now open again.
Camping for 3000 pp.
Also cheap restaurante with breakfast or lunch and bread or tortas criollas. The owners are Rosa and Cristian. Nice familly.

Bear island campground,site 2
Gravel road access to site. Smooth for the most part but some washboard sections.
Very quiet. Plenty of birds. Sites are well spaced out. Site had a picnic table, fire ring with girl, and a lantern post. Centrally located pit toilet. Site was level to park . Slight slope on the picnic table.
Mosquitoes are insane from dusk through dawn. Bring plenty of spray and have screens on sleeping quarters

Nice place. I missed the New Year's Eve party but folks here are very helpful with advice about crossing the boarder and routing on to Monterrey. Juan is storing my truck and motercyle trailer here for a few months while I continue on into Mexico on mi moto!

Beautiful camping in a green environment. Lovely family runs this wel kept place. Monique and Carlos are very helpful. Separate area for camping.
Nice swimmingpole. BBQ area, electricity and amenities are clean. Free wifi and a bar and also a covered area where you can sit if it rains.
surrounding is beautiful.
We have been here for 3rd time but it’s one of our favourites!
prices now are:
per person 1000 pesos
tent 800 pesos
motorhome 1200 pesos
caravan 1500 pesos
dermis 6000 pesos
good prices because we paid elsewhere much more for less! But things can be change because of the inflation.
we calculate with blue rate

W trek advice - logistics

Hey, this is just personal advice on the parking and transport for the W trek, something I wish I'd been told before to make it a bit easier.

So you either start (and park) your vehicle at Pudeto or Hotel Las Torres and do it from west to east or vice versa. As everyone says, we experienced as well that Pudeto had way to much wind for us to feel safe parking there for a few nights. So even when the forecast would say whatever, it'd always blow much harder there. So we still wanted to start from Pudeto, but we parked at the other end where everyone else was, so at the visitor center at Las Torres (fairly sheltered from wind in our opinion).

Then the buses - well rangers don't really provide accurate information on where and how to get those shuttle tickets.

From Hotel Las Torres you first need a shuttle bus to Laguna Amarga entrance. It takes 15' and you pay directly to the driver, no reservation needed or possible. Dec 2022 first one was at 8 am. It costs 3000 CLP pp, cash only.

Then you got several buses from Laguna Amarga to Pudeto. Tickets for BusSur you CAN buy at the Las Torres visitor centre. They cost 5000 CLP pp and you can pay with card. First bus was at 8.45.

Anyway, at Laguna Amarga there were more buses (also other companies) so some drivers told us we could do it without any reservations in advance.

So, all of this said, there's no way that you'd catch the first morning boat from Pudeto using this public transport options. Neither was there any option for a private transfer or whatever at that moment.

* For Pudeto ferry you also don't and can't make a reservation, they would just put in all the people waiting there. Maybe come 15-30' early to ease your nerves. Good coffee at the cafeteria there tho.

So I hope it helps anyone :)

* pumas, Dec 2022 - someone said that recently some have moved closer to laguna Azul. However one is said to be hanging around Lago Sarmiento entrance for a few days.

* Wind - on 28/12/2022 one passenger car was caught in a mini tornado, turned 180° and back and got shattered all 4 windows - in the middle of the road, so in no special place. Also one camper trailer got blown over. Despite the guards were saying that morning that there was nothing to worry about with wind (on the forecast of 100-120 km/h).
Later we also heard that on that day a bus full of passengers had overturned as well in the park 😬

So just keep that in mind and be extra cautious :)

Stayed here one night without any problems. Also some other campers were around.

Wanted to spend the night here as the wind forecast looked promising, but around 23.00 it got too windy for us so we moved to a parking lot next to the park.

This was our favourite place to sleep due to the relative wind shelter and the presence of many other campervans. Officially you're not supposed to sleep here but staff told us that nobody really cares (it is however a spot for long term parking if you're going trekking). So it was still windy all the time, but much less as in other places. Toilets were nice and there was always toilet paper.

Wir hatten die Probleme wie unten beschrieben nicht. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt und dieser Platz hat uns sehr gut gefallen. Uns hat niemand angesprochen und abends war es sehr ruhig.

loved our stay here! planed to stay two nights, but ended up staying a week. because of the vibe, the good people we met there and frans,anneke&taco who made our visit really nice. you are right at the beach and a little further away from the busy part of the village. so you have the beach part almost to yourself. you can enjoy a beautiful sunset in the morning while having coffee. lots of shade due to big palapas on the proberty and two umbrellas in front of it, at the beach. facilities very clean (get cleaned every day) and European standard (toilets with seats and plenty of paper ;)) outdoor kitchen with many plates, cups and pans. even if it got crowed we were able to cook without problems. shared sitting area where you can talk to people and make friends. bookshelf where you can get new reading material/exchange old ones. very quite and save at night. also place to charge your phone/laptop. you can rent:
different boat trips (we did fishing and snorkling which we shared with other travelers and loved it), bodyboards, snorkling gear (check out the reef!), umbrellas for the sun, tuktuk, tents and sleeping bag. beer and water for cheap. (20$)
it was a little crowed when we came, because of all the new years travel/visiters from Mexico City, but drizzeled out after the third day. but even when it was full we felt that we had enough privacy. the cozy space gives you the opportunity to meet new people and possible friends for life if you are open for it. (many sit in with overlanders and owners at night with beer). if you like more privacy and space this might be not the place for you. (not really space for big rigs)

with 250$/night (no hook up)for our camper van a good deal (since you get water, gas and etc. for cooking for free). also good place for dogs. during our visit there were at least five dogs. all but one little one very quite and got along with each other. just clean after them! be respectful with water usage and aware of others and you will a have a wonderful stay!

This place is safe with 6 campsites and a ablution block. Swimming pool. Self catering rooms with outside lapa.
Price campsite: R200 per site
Rooms: R500 couple
Single R 350
4 Bed Room R700
Kids under 15 years old free.

beautiful place, hard Wind today, but quiet and peaceful.
Nice!

100 pesos per person now.
Still only 25cents per person if you get the blue dollar rate.
Driving the loop is still free and camping in the valley was peaceful and quiet.

Great place. Clean shower, toilets and Kitchen. wifi. Laundry. Bar. Nice staff. And of course lot of hippos in the river. We had problems on our Land Rover Defender and we stayed here 6 nights (and met 5 others defender's owners)!

Great and simple family camp, we came in 1rv, 1 trailer and 2 vans, spent the new year and it was great. Many tenta! Respectful persons around, the bathrooms are ok.
There’s a good with near the reception!

Cadena de saltos con buen campamento para acampar

in total WE where three Times here. all good. dont worry to ask for hot shower Water and/or to Heat the comunal Hut. very funny must See place.

Beautiful spot!! So safe, tons of van lifers. Could fit big rigs too. No hook ups or bathroom. Cute gas station around the corner. Little beach with waterfalls!! Parked on the beach part. There is a large parking lot. State trooper came on day two of our stay and hung out for 2 hours. But no issues, just patrolling. Loved my stay here and the area. Locals are nice and welcoming too! Watch your speed in the area - per a local! Three of my friends in their cars all parked here with me too.

What a gem! Open field with 2 covered areas. It backs on to the Rio de Celeste with a natural pool. Can't get any better. The washrooms were a short walk and despite a farmy look, very clean. Pedro is a super nice guy. If he is not there, go further straight a bit and knock a few doors and ask for Pedro.

(12/31/22 - 1/1/23) Lots of spots available. It was $35/night. I only saw 1 other person there.

superbe , 200p par nuit,eau et électricité. vraiment génial..tranquillité, la mer turquoise et chaude

Locação casa de veraneio. Cada mobiliada. Direto com dono. Tem wifi completa espaço quintal para montar barracas e estacionamento

Locação casa de veraneio. Cada mobiliada. Direto com dono. Tem wifi completa espaço quintal para montar barracas e estacionamento

Covered picnic tables. Fire rings. Plenty of space at the 4 sites. Sites require registration ahead of time (the website was a bit hard to use on mobile). When we pulled in our spot was occupied and there is no one on site to enforce reservations so we ended up splitting our spot with strangers 😕. I would advise showing up early to get in. Great spot overall - and free!!!

Posto 24h muito bom para pernoitar, dormimos aqui uma noite e gostamos.

Tem local para:
- Abastecer água gelada
- Churrasqueira
- Pia para lavar a louça
- Bancos de madeira par descansar
- Banheiro masculino e feminino com chuveiro
- Wi-Fi
- Vários pontos de energia
- Restaurante

@aprendendopelomundo

Very good camping, we pay 10 reals per person, they have good showers, potable water, quiet and excellent camping

Beautiful place by the lake, garden, bungalows, restaurant and bar, all super quiet and relaxed, but they've upped their prices to ridiculous levels now. They asked for 150cedis pp/pn to pitch a tent and a hammock, when the bungalow is 200. It just makes no sense, so we had a drink and left for Green Ranch

As said before, beautiful eco-friendly pmace built on a steep hill with a big terrace, an amazing view of the lake, great vegan homemade food and even nice red and white wine. Perfect place to relax and chat with Elodie, the super friendly owner who likes to hear overlanding stories. We slept in the dorm for 90cedis each, nice and comfy, mosquito nets, dry toilet and great shower. All clean, all good, would definitely recommend. The entrance is pretty steep tho, so careful with bikes.

price now 5500ARS, 750 for the car.
devil's throat is closed, which was a pity. even other highlights were closed. sadly.