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A big gas station with lots of place to park. Bathroom 🚻 24 hours open. safe. non potable water. no wifi. electricity plugs available to be used. Claro and Movistar work perfect

UNREAL PLACE
The road is super smooth and flat from Ayaviri
Vicente the owner is super nice, we paid 20 soles for two of us and he let us park/camp next to the museum. No the museum is nothing special but the circuits he and/or the local people have constructed make the 20 soles you pay seem cheap. The entire canyon is from another planet. If you have a sunny day swim in the river it is incredible.

Kankacho is the local preparation of roasted lamb. It is soooo delicious. This is a tiny little place next to the gas station but the food is fantastic and cheap.

Arrived here after Livingstone's camp would accept cards or a lower offer as we didn't have enough cash on us. Management and staff are both very friendly, helpful and committed. Campsites are large and private with private ablutions. Pool is, as mentioned before, a real pool and has perfect views over the area. Restaurant has breakfast, lunch and dinner. The latter is a fixed menu which changes daily. Food was delicious and portions very generous. Price is 355 NAD p.p.p.n. which might be considered steep but is in general cheaper than Botswana and we feel the place makes it worth it.

called and asked if they allow overnight RV parking and was told that they do not allow it. :(

John is a long term expat from Lebanon. He will help you with anything you need. Very kind and generous family that is worth to stop by if you need accommodation recommendations or restaurant recommendations in town. I ended up staying with them and had the best meal there I have had in weeks. Staying is not guaranteed though and more likely if a solo female but will likely offer you to pitch a tent if you are camping and male.

Very straihgtforward, fast and welcoming laundery service. The attendants are very helpful. The service is fastp: cothes are washed, dried and folded.

Cool local coffee shop, great local coffee and fast free internet. Also serves some baked goods.

Plenty of tables and couch seating to work, plugs to charge around most tables.

Lots of street parking out front and a public lot about a block away for larger rigs.

Arrived here by bike. Rooms are now at Pesos700 plus 100 key deposit. Bring earplugs; it’s also a 24/7 truck stop with trucks that let their refrigerator units run for most of the time.
There are some small tiendas ‘in town’.

Toujours un très bon spot, nuit très calme à côté de 2 autres campers.
Nous sommes en tente de toit et nous n’avons pas été dérangés ! Arrivés de nuit mais très belle vue du réveil

Best Margueritas in Baja so far- right on Surfers Beach with your feet in the Sand.
Also great food. Yes - the pries are high though - bit it is worth it!!

A nice place to camp lakeside, surrounded by mountains. It is nestled at the end of a quite street in a small town. Temperatures cool down in the evening and it is breezy. Free to camp if you eat at the restaurant. The food was good, limited menu options.

Long drive in but totally worth it! Free campgrounds in the off season! (No water available in off season) Has tent camping area, RV area and 1 pit toilet aswell as boat launch. Great trails from this area and can canoe the whole lake.

As reported. 3 nice spots with good views and quiet. I had no Verizon signal at all so had to rely on Starlink.

The last spot is quite steep and probably hard to navigate for larger rigs. I could just manage with my truck and 13ft camper. Would not try bigger.

auto service laundry available, with dry machines, accept payment in credit card, debit card and Brazilian PIX.
Good place to do laundry express.

We stayed here for a very quiet night. Beautiful view of the volcano and the mini lakes! When the road was renovated, they tarred a little further away (a dead end), where parking is very easy and level. There is very little traffic during the day and actually none at night. It can get very cold at night, as it is over 3,800m! And windy, as it is a bit exposed. We had a thunderstorm with hundreds of lightning bolts that night, a wonderful spectacle!

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Right at the Plaza you can find a little restaurant serving a menu at lunchtime. I payed 6 Soles for a huge Soup and Rice/Potato dish. Afterwards you will def. need a siesta. Good vibes as well, everybody was making jokes and trolling the waiter.

Went to see the visitor's centre first to get the map for $5 showing all the 85 camp sites. Barbara told us lots of stories and the history about these grasslands and showed us a very informative 20 min video. Fantastic refuge, all open wide spaces. Saw a pronghorn antelope and some white tailed deers. Otherwise just peace and quiet with great views all round. Very sketchy internet reception at Camp site 34.

Road heading to the place is blocked by several big trunks, probably by the camp owners nearby.

Set between road and railroad (both little used, about 2 trains a day and no increased traffic expected due to derelict rails).

Camp owner Mike (owns a Lodge in Vic Falls, too) is very nice. Campsite still under development (expected to be finished in June 2024) offers 3 options:

1. 4 Tents for groups with private pool/ablutions
2. Campsite with private ablutions (25$ pppn)
3. Campsite with shared ablutions (15$ pppn)

Two small waterholes (rather concrete potions). We only saw antilopes due to little rainfall but elephants frequently visit the place.

Fast WiFi (StarLink) and electricity on the whole premises.

Whereas De Hoop is popular and busy, I was the only one at Richtersberg. I'd say there's good reason De Hoop is popular. Flat ground by the river is limited here, but if you prefer being in solitude it's really nice and peaceful here. Just be careful about the monkeys.

I also heard more people talk about Tatasberg 3km east of here, but it's not on iOverlander so I didn't know about it before.

there is a tap here. You can fill your tank.

Relatively easy access, 2wd is ok. The gravel road is drivable. Quiet, I didn't see anyone except one shepherd who didn't come close and a boat on the lake. Very beautiful views of the mountains and the reservoir. Suitable for large trucks. A relatively flat and large square. You can see places of fires and some garbage, but generally not too badly polluted. Good 4g.

No Camping and No Overnight Parking signs. Didn’t stay.

Ok camp semi closed in spring, not sure If shower worked on full pressure, clean bathroom, nice little town. $28 for site honestly box. We took forest roads from port Rentrew rough but fun.

ATM from the bank BCI. You can get maximum 5000 Meticais at ones. We withdrew with Mastercard.

Exit Zimbabwe fast and easy.
Entering Mozambique was also quick. We have a Swiss passport, so we just have to pay USD 10 or Meticais 650 to get the stamp. The staff spoke English 👌
Traveling by bicycle 🚲

A local and lovely restaurant. They serve sadza, beans and fish.

Unfortunately we didn't have a good experience with guide Ras Amani (Rasta) in Key Afer. He had promised to take us to visit tribes and the bull jumping ceremony but he couldn't keep any of his promises. He is a friendly guy, he introduced us to his friends and family, invited us to his home, and took us to local places to eat, but he showed us what HE wanted to show and not what WE had requested him. He was more like a local friend that would invite you to follow him on his life but will not focus on you and the experience that you are looking to have. He is not a professional guide with knowledge and technical/historical information on the tribes and culture, he prefers to talk more about his own experience and his personal life. Not at all what we were looking for. We ended up staying an extra day hoping to see what we came for but that still didn't happen, because he didn't manage time we'll, and we missed the ceremony again on the second day. And in the end he didn't apologize for not being able to keep his promises on taking us where we wanted to go, he kept just blaming others. I would not recommend his services. If you want a general guide try looking for someone professional if you don't want to waist your time. Otherwise just take a local guide in each village that you visit, I think that is the best option, and not take. a general guide, not worth it.

here you can add COMESA third party for a year TZS 81.000 for car for 2 months. but only on top of local third party TZS 118.000 for one year.