Sandy Beach on Rio Mañihuales | Wild Camping

April 15th, 2024 by laberding

Beautiful place to spend a couple of days. The entry looks a bit sketchy, but we managed to get in and out with our 6.6m 3.6t Fiat Ducato.
There is a real sand beach where you can sunbathe if it’s sunny and the water in the river is Cristal clear.

February 26th, 2024 by racklifetales

Amazing spot, not to trashy, almost alone there end of February.

December 8th, 2023 by visualsbyalex

We were driving late night and tired so we stopped here. Ended up parking right next to the road. The path down to the beach looked too bumpy for our van so we didn't risk it. Flat spot. Some traffic at night. Some garbage all over the place but okay for a night.

November 2nd, 2023 by bearilyawake

Cool spot. We had a bit of a hard time finding a flat spot to put out tent as we didn't want to be too close to the rio and the cold humidity but other than that amazing to have the opportunity to make a fire, sleep on comfy sand. There's quite a lot of garbage around but we've seen worse. Would recommend!

October 16th, 2023 by l_j.taylor

Rough track heading down to the beach, but doable in 2x4. Lots of space for tents and vehicles.
It's a really nice spot, but there's toilet paper and rubbish all through the grassy area. Please take your rubbish with you.

April 16th, 2023 by juanpelater

good place but a little bit cold in this moment of the year.

April 1st, 2023 by Endurancejunkie

Great spot. Stayed on Saturday night. Not many locals. Except a couple having very loud sex at 2am. Tent get soaked with the damp valley air on the sand in the night.

March 16th, 2023 by damien.reynaud35

Perfect place for cyclists with tent. Along the river, but some spots to put your tent on the grassy area. Cold but quiet night.

January 21st, 2023 by anamuribe

We just stopped to look at it. Very beautiful spot with a sandy beach and cold nice river. Steep entrance. It’s still morning time for us but would have stayed if later on the day!

November 10th, 2022 by filha13

Great spot! Some locals here when we arrived but they left around 1900 and we had the place to ourselves. Nice, mostly flat campsite tucked in between trees gave us wind protection.

November 30th, 2021 by emiliesmets

Nice place, we were alone during the day but at night around 11pm some people came for a night swim but they didn’t stay long. We could do a fire and swam in the morning. We didn’t had a 4x4 and it was no problem with the road on the right.

July 29th, 2021 by adri_matton

Really nice beach, easy access with a 4x4.
Calm area, we were alone (winter and Covid...). We didn't manage to do a fire because of the wet wood.
However, we didn't have any wind so it was ok.

January 17th, 2021 by sixwheelseast.com

With 2WD do not drive down to the sand, but keep left. There is a level grassy patch at the end, near the fence. There was a party until late on Saturday night, but that is what ear plugs are for.

December 24th, 2020 by tropicalalchemy.com

Great spot! Some locals saw us picking up trash and gave us a gift! Be careful going down if you don’t have 4x4.

February 26th, 2020 by jessdiamond

Lovely space, lots of shady places for tents, and lots of other cyclists and locals camping for the night. Found other bicycle travelers and made some new friends. :)

January 12th, 2020 by jellevdmunnik

Not the best place on a sunny Sunday, it was really crowded and we decided to move on to the camping 10 km South. Looks nice, though.

December 12th, 2019 by emilyconnor

Good camp spot. I was there in the rain and there was shelter under a tree which provided enough shelter to cook on a fire. Loads of space!
A little rascal did chew through my tent to get to some food - but could happen anywhere if you forget to put things away properly!!!

February 22nd, 2019 by adventurehaks.com

We really enjoyed this camp. A beautiful spot. Lots of great places to pop up a tent.

February 15th, 2019 by nicaundmoritzreisen.de

Indeed nice location, but not so easy for 2wd... We had a problem in the evening and needed help to get out of the sand and this morning another car got stocked. So you need either 4x4 or at least big wheels and a light car. But there is a trick: when you drive down to the beach, in the first curve to the right, there is a grassy path going straight. Follow this one and you’ll end at the back of the beach on grassy area, no problem to drive here. You avoid the deep sand that you needed to cross if you continued the curvy road down to the beach.

November 12th, 2018 by aeschurs

Very nice spot to put your tent! Spent two nights here. On Sunday a lot of locals were here to BBQ, but on Monday we’ve been the only visitors.

October 23rd, 2018 by boismaigre.stephanie

Magic place to stay 1 night and more. Locals friendly, only 1family (tuesday). Ok for 2*4, we have a furgon (kangoo) and it's was ok. You can make a fire, you can swin, you can take a bath and you can also fish!

February 4th, 2018 by betamodiano

Very nice sandy beach, easy to go into the lake. Safe for children too. Around 30 cars/families on a warm sunday afternoon, so I didn't stay. On a weekday, I'd definetly spend the whole afternoon and night.
No phone or data reception forEntel.

January 16th, 2018 by sonja_winti

Fire rings at the sandy beach. Only the beach is visible from the road/ bridge. Many places to pitch a tent or park a small motorhome, shaded/covered by trees. Access road might require some ground clearance, but accessible by regular 2x2 cars. Lovely spot to spend the day & night.

December 26th, 2017 by lesmamatoch

super spot pour dormir avec une petite plage de sable . remonté un peu difficile mais ca passe .

November 29th, 2017 by voyage.pour.moi

Great stop, i would say only for 4x4 vehicles, the road down seemed pretty steep for our vw bus but we went walking and jumped in the water!

January 15th, 2017 by robneurotrip.wordpress.com

stayed on a Sunday evening. very popular among locals indeed. peaceful at night. loved the place, worth a longer stay

April 27th, 2016 by iona.flett

Small track with open gate on north side of bridge, downstream side of river. Follow it down to beach. Lots of fire sites - probably popular with locals on weekends. Awesome swimming spot...if it was a couple of degrees warmer!