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Recently graded road and nice quiet flat area. 3 of us shared the small trailhead.

Stayed overnight large area behind CB with large grassy area quite with very little road noise

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

It is free and amazing. We could see turtles, 4 aquariums with big and beautiful fishes, seahorses, 2 nature trails, etc

Parked in the gravel parking lot next to the Walmart parking where we spotted some truckers, RVs and a couple of other vans. No one bothered us - a good place to stay!

There is some space for larger vehicles (like our truck camper) here, but it is tight if you have a larger vehicle. The bathrooms are excellent and have hot water 24/7. Wifi is good, but our mobile data was faster. $2.000 pesos per night. Very helpful owner.

Nice dirt lot surrounded by trees along the river. Houses and businesses nearby but pretty quiet. Porta potties in lot and free wifi. Didn’t have any problems and slept well with the sound of the river. Quiet and dark at night.

Second night, nice camping, visited ice cave and a bath cave very near the camp site. done some shopping and did some bbq🤠

it is an automotive mechanical service, repairs, oil change, maintenance. 7am to 7pm. look for it in other apps

Good job. But they charge you a minimum of 5 kg. That's a lot of laundry. We had one basket, which was only 3.5 kg, but had to pay 200 NAD. So to us it was expensive.

Loved this place. We arrived at 11:30 AM and were greeted warmly by the staff. The lady showed us around and let us pick a campsite. Ablutions are 10/10. Very clean and amazing hot water showers. Also a very convenient kitchen with gas cooker.

Phone signal is bad. At one place we managed to get some 3g signal, but that was about it.

Price is still $10 or 180 kwacha pppn

We had been here with Victor from “Victor’s Refugio”
Excellent food for reasonable price. Extreme good value, friendly service and the owner even speaks good english. Really worth to spend some time and enjoy seafood :))

apparently can no longer stay here. We asked at both the park and a place that seemed like a sports center and military base. They said they cannot host people to camp.

Excellent professional, very attentive, fair price, helped us immediately.

Excelente profissional, muito atencioso, preço justo, nos ajudou de imediato.

Dirt pull off on the side of the road. Pretty spacious. We parked our 2WD Sprinter in the back. The middle is the most flat spot. We didn't want to use our leveling blocks to not bring more attention to us. Road is family quiet at night. We had no issues when we stayed one night. One bar ATT, no Verizon. Other pull outs along this road that are both smaller and larger than this one. I'd recommend this one since you can tuck yourself into the back of the pull out to be more low key.

Pin is approximate. As you arrive in Sodwana, navigate to the lighthouse restaurant, after this, with the restaurant on your right hand side, turn right down small track and then turn immediately right again and you will reach an orange-ish gate at the end of a short track. Campsite in a lush garden setting. Good hot water shower. Archi is a great host and knowledgable about the area. There is a shared kitchen, communal fire pit area, though you can also do you own by your camp. Lots of shade. PowerPoints at campsites. Secure. Though overall would describe as simple, informal camping, only a few pitches. Perfect base if you are diving in Sodwana! Would recommend sending a WhatsApp to Archi so he can arrange to meet you and send you the gate code (there is no doorbell) he can also send you a better location pin: +27 (74) 164-3646. 150pppn.

Great spot! Funky smell outside.
Some industrial noises all night. Very pretty! I just read the review warning people to stay away. I'm happy I didn't read that before staying here.

Very friendly host and nice place. Lots are tight together but we were the only ones there so no issue for us. Showers and laundry still work in progress, but the host is doing his best to get this done asap. Fully hooked 40$ is a good price.

Great family owned campground. Super friendly owner and great prices. They have cabins and plenty of tent camping. We had a great spot by the river.

Super loud between road noise and train coming a bunch of times during the night. Wouldn’t recommend this spot if you’re a light sleeper. Not horrible tho. Bathrooms were decent.

Congrats to the city, great job building this campground! Potable water and dumping available (but not direct hooks)

great free spot right near tahquamenon falls. dirt road that circles around with a good amount of space - we were perfectly fine with 2wd. quiet and peaceful with few bugs and a great fire ring. no facilities. we only saw one other camper and no one came to check if we had a camping permit.

Um estacionamento público grátis, ao lado do rio perto do centro e do museu Cheroke. Tem uma trilha na ilha, que começa no estacionamento, ótima para caminhar e para pets. Chegamos no fim da tarde e durante a noite chegou um RV maior. não fomos incomodados.
Free public parking, next to the river close to downtown and the Cheroke museum. There is a trail on the island, which starts at the parking lot, great for walking and for pets. We arrived in the late afternoon and during the night a larger RV arrived. we were not bothered.

We wanted to sleep here but they asked for the incredible sum of 350 pesos per person or 700 for two. So we went to the nearby lake where we slept really well.

Check the GPS coordinates for this place - We just blindly followed Google Maps Directions without realizing the coordinates put the location pin right in the middle of the lake. Coming from the west, google directed us to the west side of the lake where there is no access. Reported this error on 5/24/2023, so depending on when you read this, it may be fixed. The campground is actually just east of the lake on the north side.

Paramos aqui pra consertar o pneu, depois do atoleiro na estrada .

Nós passamos uma noite aqui, porém o atendente precisou ligar para alguém para autorizar e foi preciso sair as 7 da manhã. Não abastecemos porque não tinha S 10 .

It's been surprising hard to find spots in this area so close to Memorial Day. But this big lot is completely empty so far. The county came today and mowed the area so the tables are completely accessible. The grain elevator you see sticking out of the water is the only thing left of the original town. The rest of it is underwater and can been seen when the water level is really low. There is no Visitor Center, it was removed years ago and the signs were never updated. There is a museum in town somewhere.
The vault toilets are clean and have toilet paper. Some road noise but quiets down at night. You can hear a train in the distance maybe 2x a day.

we spent the night and the whole morning
local people welcome us, chatted with, and they even offered (for free) mangoes and couple of other fruits that were growing just over there
very quiet, with a very nice view

Abastecemos e liberaram a água, mas precisava de adaptador de mangueira. Perguntamos no posto e no mercado, informaram que não tem ducha.

Wifi is accessible from parking lot without a password. Speed is decent.

I camped one night (no no signs) and got a friendly knock in the morning from the sheriff.

Post office, store, and food truck are a very short walk up the street.