Hornopirén River Boondock | Wild Camping

March 22nd, 2024 by natze.p.1994

Everything as described. Nice place, trash around but not to bad. Good to stay before or after ferry!

January 14th, 2024 by sensitivedonna90

Lovely stay- some trash around but not too bad (take some!) and we had a fun time with the horses. Music at night but no idea from where (from the water?)

November 30th, 2023 by mochileros.diary

Good place to spend the night! A lot of place to park you Van/Car also a bit out of sight. During the night two cars came by, but didn't bother us. Only disappointment was the trash everywhere.

May 8th, 2023 by nadineshh3

Beautiful place with view of the volcano! The road to get there is a bit bumpy but easily accessible wirh a 2wd. Some locals stopped to tell us that the water is not drinkable because there is a waste water treatment plant nearby.

November 14th, 2022 by ioverlander

Many sites for both tents and cars. Road is quite bumpy but accessible by 2WD. Police stopped by a 10:30pm, informed us to keep the car locked and allowed us to stay. Very quite at night. Sadly a lot of trash.

December 12th, 2021 by paperbait

Lots of spaces here- some in full view, but some that are tucked away and hidden. Some trash, clearly well used sites. Good Entel signal. At 4am (on a Monday) a group of cars drove to the adjoining road and blasted music for 10 minutes before driving off. (Not with car stereos, but with full-on, high volume, high bass sound systems- at least their choice of music was OK). Why???

January 4th, 2021 by sixwheelseast.com

Two friendly dogs came for our scraps, and this morning a herd of cows walked by. Plenty of wood (and firepits) around, so made a fire as well. Perfect Entel reception, so even managed to work from here. Great spot.

February 7th, 2020 by alice.canzi

Beautiful place with many nice spots where to camp. Flat, grassy, fire pits. We really liked it till at 12.30 am when a bunch of kids arrived and parked right next to us and started partying and blasting music. We had to leave and move few spots away. Other than that, totally recommended place.

January 15th, 2020 by ignaciogutierrezd

Loved the place. plenty of grass where to lay a tent. Decent privacy. it seems to be close to an industrial site. Quiet at night. Some locals coming and going but not much. Good fishing in the river. unfortunately some spots are full of trash, try leaving with some of it.

January 8th, 2020 by intuixpowa

We went there the night before we took the morning ferry.
It was so rainy and windy that I could we could not escape from it with our campervan.
Preferable to go and Park there if you have a 4wd.

December 21st, 2019 by /blogs/62638

Easy to find after the bridge, not really the 2nd but rather the 1st entrance.

March 21st, 2019 by maloletort

Nice for one night. A lot of area to pitch the tent. Not really beautiful. A lot of trash ! If you can pick up some trash, thanks !

March 21st, 2019 by momonksberlin

Nice place for waiting the ferry. Some locals where fushing when we arrived. Different spots where you can park your car or big rig. A bit tricky to find, the second street looked for us like the first street. So first we drived to far ended at a private property gate. The entrance is really close to the bridge, think after about 100/200meters.

March 20th, 2019 by destinovagabun2

Very convenient if you are waiting for the ferry the next day. Beautiful glacier views. Leveled grassy spaces, firewood available around. If going south we believe here is were the landscape started changing into the epic Patagonia views. In front of a clear water river.

February 19th, 2019 by nicola.honig

Absolutely beautiful spot right on the river. plenty of soft grass. stay here with tent or vehicle. lots of locals use this place for hang out or fishing. a bit of noise from dogs barking. never saw any stray dogs around. top beautiful place!!!

February 14th, 2019 by ExploringElements.com

Lots of flat spots for vehicles & tents. Very humid & lots of bugs. Relatively quite, but you can here the dogs & music across the water from town. Beautiful spot. No locals driving around after about 10pm. A few other campers scattered about. Free.

February 11th, 2019 by tomgeijsen

Don't follow maps.me, but take the second the the right, the first leads directly to private property. Many places to put your campervan or tent, all very nice view and all very quiet! Also saw a horse walking around in the morning

December 11th, 2018 by fl.vanstraten

We came here easily with our campervan. We took the second turn right after the bridge. We found a nice flat spot beside the river. There were no camp tables but there was a used fire place. Quiet during the night.We got company from a black spotted, really nice dog 😍.

November 20th, 2018 by lipp.spam

Great spot. To get here, take SECOND gravel road after the bridge (coming from the town/pier). Quiet during the week, clean river, flat grassy areas and excellent Claro 4G reception if you want to get a few things done online. Can highly recommend.

October 30th, 2018 by dumerguesanchez.v

Peaceful and great spot to stay for single night before boarding the ferry to Caleta Gonzalo. It's a dirt road with managble puddles for our 2WD van. Yes, there were a few barking dogs when we arrived however, they quieten down later in the night.

October 11th, 2018 by barnis

good place to stay which is very quite and rekatively private. you can hire horses from the guy near the road for $25,000 pesos for 4 hours.

March 6th, 2018 by Fred Manseau

Beautiful levels sites near the river. A lot of space with table and firepit.

January 17th, 2018 by there.today

Tried to check this spot out but the road to the river was blocked by cones and piles of wood.

Update: after talking to someone else it seems the road that maps.me was routing us down was a private road— the actual road to the site is the next one over that’s NOT blocked.

January 17th, 2018 by fred-971

nice place close by the river to enjoy the view. quiet area to spend a good night.

January 16th, 2018 by travelamateurs.com

Beautiful place to camp before/after taking the ferry. Several other campers in tents and rigs along the river but we found a place to ourselves near the end. Recommended.

January 5th, 2018 by ssfeir

Amazing spot with a beautiful view of the ocean and mountains. I'm not sure but on clear days you can probably see the volcano. It has lots of peaceful tourist life.

December 4th, 2017 by benanfanny

Nice spot for a night near the river with view on volcano. A large strip of flat grass with trees to be hidden from the road. Some trashes. When you are driving on the carretera to the South, you go out the city, just after the bridge 2nd on your right. We drove around Hornopiren, it was the best place to stay with our camper van. We drove by the entrance park, nowhere to park and be hidden from the road.

November 8th, 2017 by susanne.olsthoorn

Found a really nice and clean spot next to the river, almost at the end. A lot of trash indeed. Some people/cars passed by bit did not mind. Also had a surprise visit of a Friendly dog who almost jumped into the bed! Best option in low season when you do not have to wait in line for the ferry.

April 25th, 2017 by americano.frenchpress

Quiet spot on the side of the river. Flat and would be good for tent camping. Easy access 50 meters after the bridge. We didn't see another car out there, relaxing spot.

February 20th, 2017 by outonalimshaw

Nice spot by the river, but it seems to be a dumping ground for household trash in some areas. We took what we could from around our camp but there is still a lot to clean up

December 8th, 2016 by claudiayanezpalacios1

beutiful place by the river
great place to spend the night waiting for the ferry .
beutiful view sorrunded by volcanos

September 27th, 2016 by anitavanwijk1

nice place, just out of town. quiet!! there is some garbage, but if you set camp the right way you won't see it.... nice river and no-one else around :-)
beautiful view over the bay

February 7th, 2016 by Tucks' Truck

Convenient spot for a night-stop if you are coming to or from the ferry. Busy with locals camping & fishing but we found a space. It's mostly overlooked bu houses on the other side of the river, but no problem with that. Some dogs barking during the night. No facilities. Free.

December 18th, 2015 by www.practicingforretirement.com

Stayed here a night on the way south, whilst waiting the 9am ferry. Entrance is at the northern end, at the bridge. Camping on the eastern shore of the river. A fine spot for a short stay. No problems.

December 1st, 2015 by moorefuntravel.com

We stopped here after a late night ferry going north, only issue was barking dogs through the night.

April 25th, 2015 by Nomadizens

Decent spot. But 5 or so cars drove by after dark (sat night) and police drove by in the morning. They didn't tell us to leave. We didn't see any picnic tables, but didn't search for them.

February 11th, 2015 by survespaonfacebook.com

Clear area next to river, view of the bay, clean and fire pits around.

January 11th, 2015 by Song of the Road

We needed to find a place by the ferry and found this area near town but away from houses and people. Next to river with views out to bay. Free. Fire pits and a few picnic tables nearby.