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Amazing views!! Road up was a bit scary as some of the it has fallen due to heavy rains. We made it up with plenty of room in a rav4. Two other cars at our site but it was very quiet with little traffic nearby. Gorgeous view of the stars. Please please pick up after yourselves so we can all share this gorgeous place.

Great place to fill your tank or containers. Big red hose attached to the building as described below.

This is a nice spot if you are passing through and need to sleep. Its right next to the highway but feels a bit private because of trees. Good for a night if you need it. No cell coverage

Incredible bicycle shop in Cusco, Peru called Troy Bicycle Specialist. Troy gave my bike a tune up and clean for a very affordable and fair price. High quality work and highly recommended! Located in central Cusco near the post office.

As stated in other reviews but price went up for 2023. Tent $10, RV $20

cargamos pipeta colombiana sin problema 5 Kg 21 soles, 10kg 40 soles

great place. they filled my colombian bottle in less than 10 minutes. I didn't have converters but they managed to filled it without problems

Really a nice place. We decided to stay a second night. Possible to walk in the city Centre.

Le terrain de camping Karen Hornaday sera fermé pour la saison 2023.

Karen Hornaday Campground will be closed for the 2023 Season.
as seen on the website

I can confirm this is the worst corrugated road we've seen so far, it gets better in the north part next to the salinas but most of the road is in quite bad condition, we were on enduro bikes and didn't enjoy it!
No phone service, there are sos antennas but only the first few kilometres. The road is still used by some vehicles anyway

Potable Water and dump next to building. Please respect their property for future users. Someone had cut off the hose when I got here. They came to fix it. Had it been a weekend they would have been closed.

Potable Water and dump next to building. Please respect their property for future users. Someone had cut off the hose when I got here. They came to fix it. Had it been a weekend they would have been closed.

Ótimo lugar para quem tem autonomia de água e energia. Barra ainda é bem tranquila em termos de segurança, então não tem problema em ficar em um lugar isolado.

Beautiful and very quiet place, lots of marine life to spot from your chair.
Basically 2 spots where you can setup camp, one on the higher bank closer to the cliff wall with fire rings. This one is easy for most vehicles. The other one is in the gravel on the beach, but is very soft and needs a 4x4 to get in or out.
This place is perfect for vehicles that cannot make the road further North, see the warning on the map just 1 km away.
We stayed 3 days and saw nobody !!!

we are at the fire station and public WiFi works.

We liked it. We had a good kitesurf session here. Small but very good fish restaurant on the beach. Relaxed vibe. You can still camp right on the beach. The restaurant has water for shower and clean pit toilet. We ate at their place and they had no problems with us using it. Friendly young staff.

We didnt need our 4x4.

frente a la oficina de turismo hay una canilla para cargar agua.

Called ahead and given ok for the night. In a van.

LEAVING MEXICO: we were told to stop here ONLY if you need to cancel a TIP and/or you arrived into Mexico via plane and are driving out.

We originally drove into Mexico in Nov 22, but had to fly home for a week in May before leaving. Since our latest arrival into Mexico was via plane, we had to stop here and fill out an exit form on our forms before they would stamp our passport with an exit stamp.

I’m not sure where they would have stamped our passports though, if not here.

We got our van registered with a 10 year TIP with no deposit, so we didn’t need to cancel.

No overnight parking allowed any longer. See pic.

c'est un hôtel qui se situe calle lavalle 289 à Tigre. très bel hôtel 3 étoiles, très peu cher, avons passé 3 nuits pour 59000$arg petit déjeuner inclus. situé au bord du canal, au centre de Tigre, à proximité de la gare de train pour Buenos Aires.

Left Mexico with our van and dog (which we adopted in Mexico) and entered Guatemala with no problem.

Bring cash. There are people that will exchange pesos for quetzals. They had the same rate as a ‘casa de cambio’ in San Cristobal.

18Q fumigation fee
110Q dog import fee (make sure you have the certificado de salud from a vet in Mexico, as well as updated vaccines. Info online https://visar.maga.gob.gt/visar/2021/sa/Reqmascotas21.pdf)
160Q vehicle import permit (registered as motorhome)

I am from the United States, and my vehicle is registered there. Only needed my driver’s license, passport, and registration. No title or proof of ownership via a bank loan. They want originals of everything and will copy it.

The actual border crossing is nuts but somehow functions. It’s like a crowded street market that somehow has two way traffic flow. Everyone was super friendly. We went on a Monday morning and were the only car. I can’t imagine what it’s like crowded there.

The process is really back and forth as there is an order for everything and requires different offices and banks… but it works out!

Oh, and they didn’t inspect inside our van.

Got a 90 day TIP and 90 day visa.

confirmed free water spigot on pump 18 (truck side)

Free dump station.
There is 2 dump station in the parking with non potable water.
Potable water seem to be at the blue hose.

Still open and free dump station with water

🚿 nice temp, no change. I did work out while here. nice place.

Trailhead parking lot w/ hiking & mountain biking trails. Quite a few mosquitoes.

No “no parking overnight / camping” signs.

It’s a ways off the highway. The roads are a little rough but high clearance 2 wheel drive will do. There are old open mines and small shaft mines here.

we spent three chilled nights here. pretty quiet. locals come by to chat. the park across seems a popular spot for locals to walk their dogs. D1 across the road. we were told it's safe. on our last day we got a ticket on the car windscreen and were approached asking us to pay 20,000 COP. they told us this was per day although we were lucky and they hadn't came by the previous two days.

Free dump, what else to say, nice clean easy!
Also water, you just need your own pipe.