Parque Nacional Torres del Paine – Laguna Amarga | Informal Campsite

January 8th, 2024 by shayed

They don’t allow overnight parking here anymore, only at the Visitor’s Center and Lago Grey ranger station.

There are paid options available at the Pehoe camping (58k/ night) and Rio Serrano camping. There’s also a camping + motorhome parking at Lago Azul (which the ranger did not mention). 30k / night for motorhomes. Nice spot.

December 8th, 2023 by joostdiede

Not allowed to camp here from this season (2023-2024)

November 14th, 2023 by gosia.kowalinska

Still a good spot for one night with a campervan. We had the tickets starting on the next day, but they let us stay here for the night. Scanned the tickets, asked few times if we have bathroom inside the car (to make sure you won’t pee outside the car probably), and then showed us a level parking to pass the night. Next day we can just drive in into the park, they said.

April 13th, 2023 by Radio Baobab

One of the designated places where you can stay inside the park for free (if you are fully self contained), they have this new rule where you are only allowed a single night . Really really obnoxious ranger who kept repeating this rule as if we were children. If you ever want to feel unwelcome.. this is the place to be :-) nice views, but is is right next to the (rather busy) road and noisy bridge

April 5th, 2023 by andylop848

Not ideal, very busy even in low season, toilet is up the hill, closed at night.

March 29th, 2023 by l.gilliand

We stayed here 2 nights. Just confirm with the ranger that it's okey but they have a paper on the window of the office saying it is (in case he told you no, like us). Others campers and toilets at the office until 22.

March 9th, 2023 by lauryvanbedaf

impossible to stay when you need to leave your camper due to the mosquitoes. The park advised us to park here overnight but due to all the mosquitoes we left hastily and did not stay overnight

March 2nd, 2023 by sarahhayes

just inside entrance to park, quiet at night. free to stay

January 29th, 2023 by simberwart

we tried to stay here but god, to many mosquitoes. Just impossible we left to the welcoming center

December 5th, 2022 by mulder.jeffrey

This is an ok spot to spend a night in a campervan. There is however no windprotection. It's better then the alternative of paying 50USD to be allowed to park at the campsite.

November 27th, 2022 by ioverlander

Not too many leveled spaces and is busy quite long and early in the morning.

November 2nd, 2022 by fabianojapa_drums

It is possible to spend the night with a motorhome here without any problems. It has a bathroom open at night and a list of other places where you can spend the night free of charge.

April 30th, 2022 by adiantes

We stopped here to spend the night with others RV’s and the Guardaparque said to us it was not allowed to sleep here.
Buuut we had taken a paper in the visitors center, which was showing that this was an area allowed for motorhomes.
So he allowed us to spend one night here, but we would have to leave early in the morning.

January 25th, 2022 by travelmood.ch

We asked at the Office and they said that we can stay overnight at the parking. They also informed us, that workers will be arriving in the morning between 8 and 8.30 am. No problems.

January 21st, 2022 by masurel.pauleric

we arrived at 7:00PM asked to conaf if we could stay and the guy said thats is not posible. we told him that many people stayed here before and he told us that since he was here (4 months) it s not authorized because of the bus witch arrived and can t parked because of many campervans etc.
we went to pudeto and it was free

March 11th, 2021 by transhumances.eu

Everything is closed at the moment (covid time), no shower or electricity or wifi accessible. Only a small parking to spend the night with chemicals toilets.

March 3rd, 2020 by sf.chile2019

through to high water of the river we were not allow to stay down at the river. just make sure to check with the guardaparque before

February 29th, 2020 by Baluaufweltreise.wordpress.com

Free, quiet at night, nice view of the torres in the morning.

February 20th, 2020 by Einmalrundum

Bushcamp on busy road to Torres del Paine hike, as mentioned traffic luckily dies down after 9pm so it was a quiet night. Worth to get up early (before sunrise) to take pictures from the torres shining red in the morning :-)

February 20th, 2020 by anneleenvdb

we wanted to park here on our first night but it's already inside the perimeter of the park. if we entered on the day we arrived that full day would've been counted as one of 3 and we'd only have 2 full days in the parc. btw, if anybody like us, just entered from argentina and didn't think it through too much, I saw nobody mention the fact that everything is to be paid in cash except for the 80000 clp ferry to glacier grey. so stock up on cash before leaving chile

February 16th, 2020 by PorOndeFui

I spent 3 nights here, its Ok, nobody bored us. Unfortanelly it forbidden use tents (roof tent too). Ours friends needs to go. The next night 3 cars opened the tent, so depends oh the ranger.

February 10th, 2020 by intuixpowa

Noisy and dusty place to stay because of all trafic behind but calm between 8pm and 7am.
Full of mosquitos when Sun goes down.

February 6th, 2020 by linzibo

Officially overlanders can only stay for free at the park rangers stations, but at this entrance the ground isn't flat so it's ok to drop 200m down to the river and park there instead - so long as you use your own bathroom or the one in the station. This is a good base from which to then head up to the welcoming centre for the Torres Mirador walk, and the views of the Torres are pretty good. It was also by far the busiest ranger station we stayed at, with several Overlanders and also tour buses etc parking up here. We had very quiet nights by the Grey and Serrano rangers points, which are also good places to start different treks in the park. Serrano also has pumas visiting, if you're lucky...

January 29th, 2020 by capucine.m

Don’t forget to park just were the gps point is and not like us in front of the office. You are further from the toilets but closer to the water and there is less car passing by because it is not a crossway.

January 28th, 2020 by marit_sing

Drive down from the parking lot to the bridges. There is a parking lot, gravel, and behind the rock you can park out of the wind. Near the ranger station there is a lot of wind. A ranger told our neighbors it was allowed to park close to the rock, but next morning they came to tell us it wasn’t. Nice view on lake and on mountains.

December 9th, 2019 by tembo.tadaima

As advertized. Avoid staying too close to riverbank as it is geese breeding season. Maybe worth staying on the tarmac part of the parking to respect the grassy areas around the parking. National park after all :-)

December 5th, 2019 by Avonturen van Hans en Marleen

Just 75 meters in the direction of Cerro Castillio at the right side of the road is a deep gravel place with reasonable wind shelter. Place for 2 campers. Preferred this above the larger parking area in front of the ranger station.

November 30th, 2019 by maya.quest

Free, quiet night. Many other overlanders. Great view of the Torres! The bathrooms are up the hill at the info center.

November 23rd, 2019 by 5atw.org

We've stayed several nights. Great view, close to trails, enough place for the kids to play.

November 18th, 2019 by dgrolfe

Arrived late and offices were closed. Parked here for the night. No wind, but rained all night and next morning didn’t look any better, so we left the park, not wanting to pay entrance fee for rainy day. No issues.

October 30th, 2019 by adventureisupthere.com

We spent 2 nights there, a ranger said it was ok and totally free. We were several Overlanders each day.
Not wind protected but very quiet and with beautiful view on the Torres.
No phone signal in the park.

October 24th, 2019 by stefan.strahammer

Nice place beside the river, comfy walking distance to actual ranger station but still far enough away to have privacy and not feel like you are in a parking lot

April 6th, 2019 by alalstravels.at

We stayed here one night and parked next to the sign "Torres del Paine National Park", opposite the toilet facilities, which were open all night. No issues at all as described by previous travellers. We arrived after the office closed and left before it opened.

January 28th, 2019 by Calderescapes

Spent a quiet and not too windy night here with five other rigs. 200m uphill to bathrooms so not great if you don't have your own but free.

January 4th, 2019 by douhe

Good spot to stay overnight. No wind protection. Good view to torres. Toilet at park entrance.

December 13th, 2018 by 1984flores

we stay like 200 mts before the check in place, at left side, is a flat zone and had some wind protection and more close to bathrooms.

December 4th, 2018 by Larksters

This has the best views of the four different free parking areas. It looks right up at the Torres Del Paine. The river runs right next to it but you do have to walk up the road to get to the bathrooms. The ranger did say the water in the bathroom is potable. Many other overlanders stay here and we made some friends during our couple night stay at this spot.

November 23rd, 2018 by hordago.fr

Still possible to sleep here for free.
200m from the office and the restroom.
Very windy at night when we were there. No wind protection.

April 5th, 2018 by gladys.bimp

Slept here for two nights
Very quiet

April 4th, 2018 by ichbinkreativ

This parking area of the entrance at Laguna Amarga is one of the few place, where it is officially allowed to stay overnight in a motorhome. The other four places are at the Lago Sarmiento, the Pudeto Cafeteria, the Grey Ranger Station as well as at the Administrative Headquarters and Visitor Center. Or the short version: everywhere you have access to a building with toilets during the night.

March 18th, 2018 by becuriousabouttheworld.com

Rangers commonly accept cars to park overnight there. 24h opened toalets nearby. Cooking is allowed in the bus stop shelter close to the gates. Beautiful view. No wind protection.

March 13th, 2018 by ian.m.scoon

Great for an overnight stop, good view of the Torres when the weather is clear. Reasonably sheltered.

March 13th, 2018 by undtschueuess.wordpress.com

this is one of the four places to camp free. leveled space with Baños closeby

March 4th, 2018 by viva-panamericana

We spent a windy night here. Nice view to the torres. Some traffic untill dark. Here it is allowed to overnight for free in your rig.

February 14th, 2018 by grey-heron

This was one of three places where you are allowed to overnight for free in the park, a small distance from the rangers station and also the public toilets. Quite noisy when cars cross over the bridge, but otherwise peaceful spot, with a good view. Be choosy where you park - some parts were very muddy after a night's rain, so go for the more gravelly bits!

November 21st, 2017 by sandrabronsvoort

Nice place at the river with great view of Las Torrws. Free. Toilets nearby. Ranger told us we cloud stay here for a single night only. They didn't seem to be checking though. However no protection from the wind at all, meaning for us in our rooftop tent, we had a very uncomfortable night.

November 16th, 2017 by ameibinns

This is where you buy your ticket. They offer a good place for the night near the river. No wind shelter but nice views. Cooking is not allowed.Free

November 8th, 2017 by thesouthamericanroadtrip.wordpress.com

Spend two nights there. Very nice view, one of the places with a) very nice view on the Torres and b) a beautiful sunset. No wind protection

February 15th, 2017 by avanbeijsterveldt

Quiet place to spend the night.

December 6th, 2016 by biggrasshopper.wordpress.com

Sehr guter, in der Nacht ruhiger Parkplatz. Gut geeignete Übernachtungsstelle, um mit dem Fahrzeug am nächsten Tag weiter zum Ausgangspunkt für die Wanderung zu den Torres zu fahren.

January 19th, 2016 by www.practicingforretirement.com

Exposed off the side of the road. Nice view of the Torres. There is also a toilet block across the road from the CONAF building at the intersection