Cangilones de Gualaca | Wild Camping

February 29th, 2024 by tortugando_

at the end of the road is a large and flat parking space, very nice, full of trees. The canion is beautiful and the water is great, but always with tourists there, we came on a Wednesday 3pm and it was full, next day people start to come around 9am , but still worth it

December 13th, 2023 by souldope_overlanding

we were camping on the end of the lot - mid day sun, nice breeze from mountain > real gem, totally peaceful- couple of locals during the day
police drove by said it is (all the time) safe and quiet (idk about the prev posts)
no sirens no snakes no trouble

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December 10th, 2023 by schultheiss.raphael

Arrived at 1 pm on a Sunday and paid 3$ for our truck camper. A normal car is 2$. But apparently you only pay on Sundays. It was a little crowded but everyone left at around 5 pm. Very quiet at night.

July 29th, 2023 by ComeDueVagabondi

Beautiful little canyon. We slept the night there too, super quiet and nobody bothered us. At midnight the police drove by but did not knock at our door. Be careful during the rainy season though, we were there taking a bath and the siren went off. Within 30 minutes or so the river became huge..so much power.

July 19th, 2023 by instagram.com/catarinasemfronteiras.oficial

pasando de vuelta por aquí después de 4 años y todo sigue igual y bonito!
aguas cristalinas y fresca. solo cuando llueve mucho se pone marrón pero en uno o dos días vuelve al color normal.

May 21st, 2023 by on.vagabonde

Nice and free canyon. We arrived at 4pm on a Sunday and didn’t had to pay anything. Spend the night there for free too.
Little 4G with +Mobil

March 20th, 2023 by nomadxplorers

Spent a lovely quiet night here. Some locals come during the day but from 6pm we were on our own.

April 23rd, 2022 by thekombichronicles

This is obviously luck! We thought we’d try to stay here and move down to one of the other free spots if the police kicked us out. They did turn up and warned us it was dangerous because apparently there’s lots of snakes. They were very friendly and welcoming, said to make sure we lock our doors and they would be patrolling. Had a lovely night, cool and incredibly quiet. No cars at all.

January 17th, 2022 by fluchtwagen_muenster

According to the police, this place isn't safe at night! We had to leave.

December 4th, 2019 by m-e-a-j.com

Great refreshing place ! Quite busy this time of the year and in the middle of the week, but we’re close to holidays so that might be the reason... still highly recommended and very calm at night

October 17th, 2019 by kaladeviaje

Nice spot to swimming, lot of space to park and spend the day in the river. We were there all the morning and it was very nice, cold and clean turquese water. Only few locals swimming.

Buen lugar para nadar y saltar al agua, hay mucho espacio para parquear y pasar el día en el río. Estuvimos toda la mañana y estuvo muy bonito, el agua es fría, limpia y turquesa. Pocos jóvenes de la comunidad nadando.

April 25th, 2019 by amukankombichilenasporamerica

Un lugar bellísimo y tienen que conocerlo! pero deben venir con mucha precaución ya que le robaron al auto de nuestra amiga y nuestra kombi la resgistraron (pero por suerte no robaron nada) solo tener precaución con los autos y sus cosas dejaremos fotos del chico que nos robó, por suerte recuperamos las cosas!! La policia solo se dedicó a justificar al chico ya que era menor de edad pero la denuncia la hicimos igual!

March 27th, 2019 by elmamaga.com

We tried to sleep here but at 7pm the police came and told us we can’t stay here (w/o clear reasons) but we could stay 200m down the road.

January 15th, 2019 by mito.alpedal8

I asked locals about camping here but they told me it could be unsafe for solo travelers.
I trivel by bicycle so after all I went to the central park and asking the watchman he allowed me to camp there.

October 9th, 2018 by nossakombieumaviagem

Nós adoramos o lugar, é lindo e tranquilo. Água azul turquesa. Só tomem cuidado quando chover, nos estávamos aí, em 10 minutos de chuva forte e o rio já encheu, ficando bem perigoso.

September 20th, 2018 by vismaplanete.com

Bon spot gratuit pour une ou plusieurs nuits. A l’ombre sur un espace plat mi herbe mi gravier, tranquille jour et nuit. On se sent en sécurité, la police tourne la nuit mais ne vient pas vous importuner. Le petit canyon est facilement accessible pour la baignade, attention au courant quand même. L’eau est propre est rafraîchissante, l’endroit est vraiment sympa. Quand la sirène retentit sortez de l’eau et montez un petit peu, cela annonce une éventuelle montée des eaux.

June 1st, 2018 by It's not a slow car, it's a fast house

No signs. No fees. Just a great swimming spot. Well worth it to cool off. Plenty of places to park, pitch a tent, hang a hammock. A few locals swimming. Beware the siren- when you hear it, move out of the channel up to the parking area.

October 23rd, 2017 by stefinicoandchico

Beautiful place to stay. Do "the jump" Is great! but BEWARE! when the siren sounds, it means up in the mountain the river is growing so get out. It gives you like and hour, but it transforms into a dangerous and fast river. We left when we Saw that, it didnt seemed safe anymore. we went to the firestation, they let us Park un the SIDE and told us about the siren and how dangerous can ve staying when it rains. we slept There and Came back in the morning, the river was calm and thin again.
Hot wheather day and night.

September 8th, 2017 by convosviajo

cañón a lo largo del río para saltar al agua verde cristalina. cuidado cuando se torna turbia o vira al marrón, señal que va a crecer muy rapido y con gran fuerza, quintuplica su caudal en poco tiempo. luego vuelve a la normalidad. ideal para dormir aquí dos o más carros.

August 24th, 2017 by nomadfootprints.com

Quit place to spend the night. Police drove by in the evening. In the morning at 6.30am , 2 big tourist busses arrived (weekday). Free.

July 21st, 2017 by travelingtogether814

We preferred this spot since we were only doing one night. Nice flat concrete. The other spot was very buggy and could get muddy during the big rains we have been experiencing. No one not even the cops came by the whole night, at least not to our knowledge. Had the place to ourselves all morning. I recommend every one on the way to or from Bocas stop here. Really lovely free spot to relax, and freshen up. We had 4G Claro work well here. Does say no dogs, so we just broke the rules in the morning while no one was around.

July 16th, 2017 by werner.focke

The Place seems to be no Safe anymore. Police came in the Night and warned us! We should stay overnight in the village!

May 10th, 2017 by travelschool101

Nice place thou the parking lot is pretty exposed (off the road in a outside a quite hamlet). If you have a motorbike or 4x4 you can just drive off the road a little ways up & camp in many spots.
You can jump off the cliffs into the canyon (10ft drop) in the rainy season & not hit bottom.
Nice place:)))

March 21st, 2017 by twohungrytourists.tumblr.com

Wonderful campsite! We were here in a Tuesday night, and it was extremely quiet. After dark we were the only ones there, and swimming in the canyon in the evening and then late the next morning with very few other people around was all kinds of magical.
We were visited by police around 8pm, but they assured us that we were fine to camp, they just wanted to make sure we were ok.
There was also a air-raid-like siren from the direction of the town that went off a few times at night, but didn't seem to mean anything at all.

January 29th, 2017 by santiab

clean water, lovely wind at night. Excelent place, i spend 2 nights. Sunday $3us and lots of people. anyway good place.

January 20th, 2017 by Flinking Around

Free! Really quiet at night. Canyon is nice. Get's really busy. On Sunday morning a guy from the city came by to collect a 3 USD parking fee. Busy on the weekends with locals until about 5pm.

December 6th, 2016 by panchosway2015

Very nice and super quiet. Police checked twice the night.

November 30th, 2016 by st.messing

Super quiet and dark during night. Only couple horses checked on us. Perfect sleeping after all this Caribbean sweetness.

The mini canyon is amazing. So much fun to play around.

March 6th, 2016 by facebook.com/megamacaqueiros

We didn't sleep here but the place is cool and a nice place to swim. On sunday there are a lot of people and noisy. The water is clean.

February 26th, 2016 by Flathy Panamericana

We stayed the afternoon at the river. Really nice for a swimm. We wanted to stay overnight but a local family came over and we were told that the place is not safe and to remote. Better staying in town overnight....

February 4th, 2016 by Jamie

Nice spot for a cool dip ! Just a few families swimming but I bet it can get busy. Cool mini-canyon to swim through. Big flat concrete pad to camp on, and grass along the road if you're tenting. A must to break up the drive, or to camp. Free.

November 11th, 2015 by rolf_bettina

We were there for one night and for free. Talked to a friendly local and he warned us about the snakes in the area. We didn't see any!

November 10th, 2015 by jucamadison

Very nice and quiet at night! Beautiful swim!!! Some people in the afternoon and nobody in the morning. They are used to have campers here but we were warned not to leave anything unattended. Free! Nobody asked for money and we even met the mayor and he didn't ask for us to pay either. Met some other travelers who camped near us too.

February 16th, 2015 by ajsml

We were here over carnival and were charged $5 because of the camper. Very popular place during holidays!

December 31st, 2014 by Nomadizens

Our gps took us the wrong way at the end, but just follow the signs after you turn off the PanAm and you will easily find it. There was someone charging a small entrance fee ($2 per car) , but I think this was probably due to the holiday. It was also busy due to the holiday, but everyone left by sunset. We walked further up the stream and found some large, deep pools to swim and bathe in. A wonderful place. Would be perfect when not busy.

October 14th, 2014 by melcahill

Quiet lot at the end of newly paved road. Watch for low electrical wire at the beginning of the concrete parking area. Free with no amenities. Water was too low to swim but still a pretty spot.

August 23rd, 2014 by adventuresinskyhorse.com

Natural canyon and river you can swim in. There are some flat surfaces (grass and pavement) at the top of the canyon to park on. We stayed overnight and no one was out here. The next morning we jumped off the canyon into the water and swam for hours until others arrived. FREE!