Punta La Barca | Established Campground

April 26th, 2024 by steinzeitreise

Amazing place! You can be part of the community but you don’t have to. We cooked together and had fun. Beach and climate was amazing! No bugs or mosquitoes. Best shower since a long time. Loved this place and the owners.

July 7th, 2023 by hagi

Super nice spot with co working spaces and super wifi. Hot shower clean bathroom and kitchen. The space for vans is limited to may 3 big vans, so write them before you get there. 7.5$pp but surfboards are included. They do community work and want to share different cultures.

April 1st, 2023 by lunaenruta28

¡VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

It’s amazing place in front of the océan with a very kind family

This place is a co-living for travelers. If you are a overlander you can park here, the price is
Adult: USD 7.5
Children: USD 3
include: comun áreas, good wi-fi, kitchen, bathroom, hot shower, surfboard, co-work, drinking water, electricity.

Extra activities, kite surf lessons, surf lesson, beach tenis field, hiking

50 meters walk down to the beach. During weekdays you can share cooking meals with the coliving community.

INFORMACIÓN INPORTANTE
Es un lugar para co-living viajaros. Si tienes un camper puedes aparcar acá pagando
7.5 dólares adultos y 3 dólares niños
Incluye: areas comunes, cocina, baños, co-work, tablas de surf, agua, buen wifi, electricidad.
Otras actividades a realizar es el tenis playa, clases de kite, clases de surf.
Si quieres durante la semana puedes compartir la cena con la comunidad de viajeros que se encuentran en el lugar.

February 4th, 2023 by piffl.clemens

Very disappointing, unfortunately. Stayed 2nights .. the only thing we heard was a “hi” by the administrator in all this time. Electricity comes and goes, so does wifi; in total 30% of the time without electricity or wifi. Showers, bathrooms, kitchen are dirty. Didn’t feel welcome…

January 26th, 2023 by sigolene.jomain

Amaaaaaaazing location.
Due to it being on the top of the mountain, a stunning view on the beach.

incredible infrastructure to work.
as well as commun areas (kitchen, shower ...)

minimum stay of 10 days in rooms but camping and vans are accepted for any duration.

we loved it !

January 10th, 2023 by dieke_oss

beautifull place, has everything! like descibed in last comments. When we were there the owners were not there and family took care of the place. But not really good. The garbadge build up (also in the toilet) showers werent cleaned. I guess it is time for the owners to come back

January 7th, 2023 by sigolene.jomain

Amazing place :)
stunning view, great serviced (kitchen, warm showers, toilets...) large commun areas...
possible to camp, park your vehicle or rent a room (long term more then 10days only).
totally worth the stop :)

September 24th, 2022 by evulekotule

Kids don't pay! $10 for family of five! We saw a whale.

April 16th, 2022 by pisa999

nice place above sea with fantastic view. Community kitchen.
5$ per person, but space for 2 or 3 cans max.
Very hot shower

but space for 2 or max 3

August 29th, 2019 by abenteuer-fertig-los.de

One of the nicest spots we had so far: van parked overlooking the ocean (with whales), very clean facilities, (very) hot (gas operated) showers, many, many beautiful spots to chill or work. Our favorite was the cabin at the cliff with a desk for him to sit on the computer and comfortable sun beds for her to read.

We had dinner twice (USD 5 pp) which was prepared by the volunteer - very delicious. The common kitchen is very well equipped as well. We were here Tue-Thu both days some sales man came with fresh fruits, etc. Otherwise not much options to buy stuff. The owners also have connections to a skilled mechanic.

One minor remark: there is only one common toilet, which is fine as the guest rooms have their own. But a second toilet would give this FIVE STAR RATING an extra plus.

August 20th, 2019 by thebigtrip.world

To much wind for our rooftop tent. We left.

August 16th, 2019 by cd-on-tour

+ great Hostel with awesome hang out areas and kitchen

+ super warm showers!!

+ great view, really close to the beach

+ Beachvolleyball, campfire at night

+ possible to see whales and dolphins (at least when we where there in August..)

- was quite cloudy when we were there :(

5$ pp

July 16th, 2019 by linzibo

A great hostel with lots of space for campers. It overlooks the beach (and whales) and the tiny village is a 20min walk away. Stock up before coming as there isn't much available in the village, though the hostel can provide meals for a price, and cheap beers. The hostel itself is amazing with excellent Wi-Fi, hot showers and very cool, friendly owners. We could happily have stayed much longer if we had time.

July 10th, 2019 by maxturzer

We came to spend 2 nights and ended up spending 6. We loved it. Amazing views, hot (Not electrical) showers, walk to the beach is 2 min down, the beach was empty and easy to swim with no rocks, beach games for free at camping, big kitchen with 2 big fridges, every Tuesday to Saturday people come to sell fruits & Vege in the morning, drive to Manta is 15 min, good vibe, friendly owners, super fast WiFi, cabana and office with desks to work, the last meters down to the property are steep gravel but we saw a truck with water do it

June 23rd, 2019 by Sigi

Super place with incredible ocean view. From June to October you might be lucky seeing whales. Good facilities available, including great hot showers, excellent wifi in your camper and a covered platform with ocean view, lazy chairs and even a desk to work on. Inge and Juan are very nice owners. You can join dinner for 5$ pp. Camping also 5$ pp.

May 10th, 2019 by Punta La Barca Nomad Hostel

Very nice terrain on a hillpoint looking over the pacific and the village. It belongs to Punta La Barca which is a small nomad place ran by a ecuadorean-belgian family.
Nice atmosphere, good internet, warm showers, elektricity for vans, beachvolley field, common areas for cooking, relaxing and working, childfriendly.
Big motorhomes: there's a difficult curve to go down which looks scary, but everyone comes down anyhow and never anybody got in trouble going down or up the curve. Up to you though!