Parque Pumalín – Campsite Cascadas Escondidas | Established Campground

March 31st, 2024 by mitreisend.com

Campsite closed, but the bathroom is still open (if you need a bathroom or some water)

March 25th, 2024 by closesalesman42

Closed now!
We stayed here for one night, in the morning the rangers came and asked us to leave because they will close the camping for the season (25.03.24).
Nice spot though, although no electricity and very cold showers.

March 18th, 2024 by x-mo.world

We tried to park here, but all campsites of Parque Pumalin are closed since March 15th.

February 17th, 2024 by racklifetales

This place was PACKED when I‘ve been there. Was a nice atmosphere, but no more space for tents whatsoever. I’ve seen another campground not far away (south) the next day, so for those looking for solitude, that might be a better option.

January 24th, 2024 by travelonely

6000pp collected sometime between 8-10 in the morning after. Not a lot of communal space for tents and the showers are extremely cold, so I went swimming in the lower waterfall instead : ) The location is great as it's close to three senderos.

6000pppn. CONAF llega entre las 8 y 10 para cobrar. No hay mucho espacio comunal para carpas y las duchas son de agua helado. Fui a la cascada baja para bañarme : ) Está cerca a tres senderos.

December 29th, 2023 by rob.bike

camping now open. all else as mentioned before. enjoy

December 23rd, 2023 by Peter & Kati

Wonderful campsite, very quiet, clean and nice spots. We didn't see any ranger but would have been happy to pay for such a lovely spot. We didn't use the public bathroom.

March 20th, 2023 by michael.lz

this Camping is closed a the Moment! some problems with the septic system. but there where still 7 tents who stayed there overnight. a Ranger came in the morning and told everyone to leave.

February 12th, 2023 by molinandrea55

They have communal spaces, bunch of tents in the grass with one kiosk with tables to share; price per person is 6,000. Then, the private sites are 16,000 (for site, not person) - they come with your own kiosk and a space to park your car. The kiosk in the private sites is nice to have but it would only fit 1 small tent under the roof, there’s some more flat ground enough for another tent. Bathrooms are shared for everyone.

February 8th, 2023 by ken.waragai

We came here by the Somalco night ferry (2AM from Hornopiren, first ferry arrive at 5:30, drive for a while until you reach the second ferry and arrive around 7:00) we were asked to pay from staff but we told them we weren’t staying, and then we didn’t have to pay.

Clean toilets (V on the left is for men, B on the right is for women), clean water to wash your dishes, and did not use but cold shower available as well.

The walk to the waterfalls start here, 2 beautiful waterfalls. 5km there and back. It took us about 2.5 hours.

February 7th, 2023 by aducampos

The camper site is open since a feew weeks.

February 1st, 2023 by mathi

Open in high season. Can get very full after the ferry from north arrives...

January 28th, 2023 by magda.marco

The campsite is open during the summer season. Very nice and well maintained campsite. Toilets, wastbins, cold showers. $6.000 pp in communal place and $16.000 for a private place with shelter incl. table. From the campsite there is a very nice walk (1.5 - 2 hours / 6km) to two waterfalls. About 1.5km north on route 7 there is also a nice short walk (700m) to have a look at the giant Alerces trees of over 3.000 years old.

October 15th, 2022 by 3paarschuheauf4raedern.de

Still closed, but toilets and water ist Open. Looks very nice.

February 16th, 2022 by triangleventures

Nice sites. Filled up by lunch time. Private sites 16000

December 13th, 2021 by paperbait

As of December, the campgrounds in Parque Pumalín are closed (not sure if it's still due to COVID or if they're just not yet open for the season). There's a rope across the entrance.

Bathrooms are still open and water is turned on.

February 24th, 2020 by Liisa

Clean showers and toilets. A spot where you can put tent up under covered roof is 16000 pesos per tent. On campground 6000 per person.

December 12th, 2019 by lebravom

only cold showers. nice bathrooms and facilities in general. good for couple of days. nothing to buy food so you have to carry plenty from hornopiren. the shelters are very good, near the two hikes for alerces and waterfalls. recommended.

December 9th, 2019 by tbustos

Sendero cascadas escondidas 1,5 hr aprox. Señalizado todo el camino.

November 26th, 2019 by n3mo

Open - although no one collected money. Beautiful campground even for big rigs. Very clean and well maintained. Hikes starting directly at the campground. Highly recommended.

November 24th, 2019 by vanpanam.com

Open now though no one came to collect any money.

October 6th, 2019 by lausteen

Closed off with a chain, probably because it’s low season now.

April 2nd, 2019 by alana.m.hughes

This was closed when we came past. It had "peligro" tape across the entrance. we continued to the next campsite which was fine.

March 25th, 2019 by pr.kurai

very clean campground. to tidy for me^^
because no possibility to make a fire to cook. therefore didn't stay
beside that it seams to be fine

March 19th, 2019 by maloletort

Beautiful campsite with a sharing area or private area with a shelter and a table. Very clean. It was free because its gonna be a conaf national parc. Amazing trails near the campsite (cold jungle and huge alerces)

March 18th, 2019 by world.nopebone.com

We stayed for 2 nights to do some hiking from here, very well located in the center of the park. We were in our campervan and found a leveled place to stay. Not suitable for large campers.

February 16th, 2019 by douhe

Very nice campsite. Some sites fits a small Camper. Only one is almost level for Camping Cars.

January 11th, 2019 by marenowschenski

Very nice campground. Every site has it's on sheltered table with bench. Unfortunately you cannot move them and a two person tent doesn't fit under the roof. As it is clearly raining a lot in a rainforest that would be nice. Also in walking distance to the trails "alerce" and "tronador".
4 private sites for 16.000 (people who just want to do the trail can't see you-that is the only difference), 5 "normal" sites for 6.000.

December 28th, 2018 by jack.holmes11

Very clean campsite and very quiet due to size. 👍🏻

December 17th, 2018 by bestel

very beautifull, well kept, about 8 places

December 17th, 2018 by nghredfern

Clean bathrooms, beautiful walk up to the waterfall. Best spit is right at the bottom by the river - totally private!

November 13th, 2018 by henk.berendsen

Pretty sites. Only cold water. No fire pits!

November 1st, 2018 by dumerguesanchez.v

This campsite is the best camp site I've ever been to and it was free coz it was low season. I couldn't believe the immaculate conditions it's kept in low season too. Clean and well maintained toilets, showers, shelters, access to water, mown grass, good gravel and the entry to the Cascadas Escondida trail.

October 25th, 2018 by goroxygofar.wordpress.com

All the campsites in this park are fantastic! They are well designed, built out of quality materials and meticulously maintained. There is cold running water, showers, toilets and taps everywhere. Beautiful shelters with picnic tables at each site as well as individual garbage cans with their own roof. Roads and parking spots are very good gravel. Each site has a mown grassy area for tents. Camping is free except in the high season.

May 5th, 2018 by ichbinkreativ

The campsite offers five private sites with shared bathroom, which are all reachable by car, as well as one community area with shared bathroom and three sheltered huts with benches and tables. A ranger usually collects the campsite fee in the morning during the high season, from about the middle of December to the end of February.

March 7th, 2018 by Fred Manseau

Very well kept campground. Toilets and shower, sink for washing dishes and clothes, shelters and pic nic tables. The little hike is cool too. It took us 2 hours but we stop to swim in the first waterfall. It cost us nothing as we didn't see the park ranger.

January 14th, 2018 by Overland The Americas

Small campground with about 8-10 spots not all of them leveled spots or big enough for larger vehicles. Clean restrooms. Sinks to wash dishes and clothes. 5,000 per person in the general area near the restrooms and 16,000 for the private little cabañas. Very nicely kept. There aren’t any signs with prices, so be aware. Ranger came at 9:00am to collect. The hike to the Cascadas was nice. Both Cascadas were really pretty. 1.5 hours round trip taking photos and with a short snack break in between.

December 5th, 2017 by evanderknijff51

The rangers came later to clean up the toilets and repair the water system. So the situation improved a lot and no payment was demanded. Also a chainsaw team went up to clean the path to the cascades escondidos.

December 4th, 2017 by evanderknijff51

Nice camping along river with exclusive locations. The water system is out of order so toilets are a complete dirty mess. Portal is high enough for our camping car, bit more than 3 meters. Waterfall tour is bit complicated due to fallen trees in the upper part. Good for self supplying rigs at this time.

December 2nd, 2017 by detourbydesign

Beautiful well manicured campsite. Clean bathrooms. Stunning river. We did cascade walk from here which is beautiful. Didn’t stay as wanted to get closer to cerro hike for morning, but heard don’t charge during off season (starting 15 Dec).

October 22nd, 2017 by instagram.com/wayfaring5

A beautiful campground. In October 2017 only one other person camping. Wish we could have camped but NOT big rig friendly. The campground would have been fine but there is a "portal"/gate which has a height limit. We are 3.2m and the entrance gate looks to be about 3.0m. Gutted we couldn't stay! So now we are staying in the parking lot (Alerce hike) just north. Says no camping but we'll see what happens tonight.

October 20th, 2017 by olaf

Also to our fellow Dutch friends dutchonwheels, please bear in mind that Doug and Kris Tompkins have spent nearly 25 years and millions of dollars to make this amazing part of nature accesible to us. Pumalin is celebrated the world over as a model for how well maintained and organised a national park can and should be. Furthermore, the entrance is free and we as users of the park with our vehicles have a (negative) impact on the ecosystem. We believe the campsites are more than adequate and they are obviously not designed for the wishes and comforts of the modern world traveling overlander. But that is a good thing. A bit of gratitude to Tompkins is more appropriate than complaining about the price. Buen viaje!

October 20th, 2017 by olaf

Wanted to camp here but the entrance gate is slightly too high for us. We are 3.20m so I guess the gate is approx 3.10m. We went further down to Lago Blanco.

February 20th, 2017 by rdgroen

We arrived at 17:30 and at 17:45 the guard showed up and collected the fee. 16000 for one of the shelters, 5000 if you stay at the general parking area. You can half the price of a shelter by sharing with others! Everything else as previously described, the shelters are awesome to get away from the rain:)

February 10th, 2017 by dutchonwheels

16.000 pesos for a "sitio" now! We said we would leave because that's far too expensive but eventually we payed 5.000 to stay overnight at the parkinglot of this campground. Heard from other overlanders they payed 10.000 (also 2 people and a car), so don't get ripped off!

January 29th, 2017 by ocean to cross

Tends to be packed in high-season. We had to go as far as lago negro campsite for the night.

January 26th, 2017 by wandersouth.com

Beautiful little waterfall hike, nice covered spots away from rain, left at 9:45am and we're never charged.

December 15th, 2016 by BjoernonTour

Well organized camping site. Nobody charged me.

November 1st, 2016 by alex.holt

Best spots to the left as you come in. Very nice campsite, very clean and well maintained, no litter. Take a torch to the Banõs! Unmanned and no fee collected.

May 17th, 2016 by We Ride South America

Perfect stop if you want to do the hike the next morning which is really nice, dense forest, beautiful waterfalls, worth it. The campsite is great too, shelter, bin, toilet and cold shower, water. Nobody came to collect, so free.

April 13th, 2016 by alexm_

great spot for camping, especially on a rainy day. rainshelter, tables and toilets like in El Volcan. The hike to the cascada starts exactly here , takes 1,5-2h there and back. Nobody came to collect any money

February 28th, 2016 by staceyskitt

Good small pitches with covered tables, toilet block with cold shower & dish sink. No electric, no fires. Nobody came to collect by 09:45am so free

February 6th, 2016 by penguin-bingo.com

A lovely campsite - not quite as tidy/clean as El Volcan, but idyllic all the same (aside from the horseflies and mozzies). Around 6-8 spots for rigs with shelter and bin, toilets, cold showers, $7500 for a site but we couldn't find anyone to pay. Great hike to the two waterfalls.

February 5th, 2016 by foxesonthemove.com

Beautiful campground within walking distance to Cascada / Alerce / Laguna sendero. Stayed 2 nights. Cold water only but didn't matter with the heat. 7500 per spot - 3 spots have room for a car with a private covered seating area but there is a car parking area as well. Way less horseflies than at the volcan campsite

December 10th, 2015 by nonurbia

Only checked it out and moved on. Nice gravel spots with covered seating areas. Medium size campground. There seemed to be no one but the posted price was 7500 per "modulo".

November 29th, 2015 by moorefuntravel.com

Another great Pumalin campground, super fun shoots 'n ladders hike to the falls.

March 1st, 2013 by norbertontour.com

Cold water only. Close to the sendero. Nice spot.

Price:5000 Chiliean Pesos