Watina Sports Bar & Grill | Informal Campsite

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Verified:
5 months ago
Altitude:
3.0 masl
Website:
None
Contributor:
chinooking-around

Amenities

Electricity:
No
Wifi:
No
Kitchen:
No
Restaurant:
Yes
Showers:
No
Water:
Non-Potable
Toilets:
Running Water
Big Rig Friendly:
Yes
Tent Friendly:
Yes
Pet Friendly:
Yes

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Barranco is a super relaxed little village. We stayed for the weekend and loved every minute. You’ll meet pretty much all the residents within a few hours.

Could pretty much park anywhere within reason, but we met the village council chairman and owner of the only bar, Ras Jerry. He insisted we stay behind his bar next to the village church, just to be sure. Didn’t pay anything but we did buy some beers from him. He has bathrooms too, and let us use his sink to wash up when my water pump shorted out.

We got lucky and arrived on a weekend that they were holding a Garifuna memorial ceremony, so it was great to catch that at the Garifuna temple.

Barranco only has two little tuck shops, so definitely stock up on fresh groceries before you head out.

WARNING: the road the Barranco from the Punta Gorda junction is not paved, and even though it’s only 25km it took over an hour each direction. Some parts are pretty gnarly, but no 4x4 needed. I took it super slow at ~10mph and had no problems (in my RWD micro-RV).

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Unfortunately Watina was closed, but Baranco is worth the (big) detour. A very quiet Garifuna town with 50 souls, within 2 hours we almost met all people and they are very friendly. They learn you about the history of the Garifunas and this town, being very close to the Guatemala border and hidden in the dense jungle of the Deep South.
Parking indeed is allowed everywhere, but next to the church is the better place for all kinds of vehicles.
The 27km dirtroad is in a reasonable condition also for any vehicle, count on 1 hour single way !
No shops or fuel to see here, so stock up intime

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Barranco is a super relaxed little village. We stayed for the weekend and loved every minute. You’ll meet pretty much all the residents within a few hours.

Could pretty much park anywhere within reason, but we met the village council chairman and owner of the only bar, Ras Jerry. He insisted we stay behind his bar next to the village church, just to be sure. Didn’t pay anything but we did buy some beers from him. He has bathrooms too, and let us use his sink to wash up when my water pump shorted out.

We got lucky and arrived on a weekend that they were holding a Garifuna memorial ceremony, so it was great to catch that at the Garifuna temple.

Barranco only has two little tuck shops, so definitely stock up on fresh groceries before you head out.

WARNING: the road the Barranco from the Punta Gorda junction is not paved, and even though it’s only 25km it took over an hour each direction. Some parts are pretty gnarly, but no 4x4 needed. I took it super slow at ~10mph and had no problems (in my RWD micro-RV).

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