Lanquin - Grutas | Informal Campsite

Guatemala

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Verified:
13 days ago
Altitude:
0.0 masl
Website:
None
Contributor:
pawsontour.com

Amenities

Electricity:
No
Wifi:
No
Kitchen:
No
Restaurant:
No
Showers:
No
Water:
Non-Potable
Toilets:
Pit Toilets
Big Rig Friendly:
Yes
Tent Friendly:
Yes
Pet Friendly:
Yes

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You can sleep in the parking lot to the caves here. The entrance to the caves costs 30QZ/Person. Furthermore 10QZ, for coming to park to park to where you can even out if you will only look at the caves. And sleep is then 35QZ/Auto. Long drop toilets.

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Price for camping is now 35q/pp, i couldn't bargain it down. The place was super busy all day, beside many locals that come for a swim there were constantly trucks or pickups entering to fill big tanks with (drinking) water from a water source close to the grutas. this started at 5:30 am and went on till 7:00 pm. Very annoying. Would recommend to come here for the day rather then the night. We moved on to El Recreo Hotel, which we liked a lot better

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Its a nice place - we really enjoyed swimming in the cool river! Had a quiet night. No shower and the toilets not so good.

Left the car during day to go to Semuc Champey. Took a collectivo both ways. They drive like crazy, but it was an adventure! Don‘t bring to much valuables, there were some guys strolling around. A lot of „interviews“ where we are from and they are like „oh rich germans…“ .

There are many rude tourguides around. Get really close and don’t go away. They were joking about us, because we cooked our own food, which they didn‘t like. They want you to go to restaurants.

They also offer „tubing tours“ for 100 Q pp. Its just a 1 hour swimming down the river - you could rent a swimming ring for 10Q pp and do it on your own.

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Without doubt best place in Lanquin. 35 Q per vehicle. Security, quiet. Be careful in the cave, it is very slippery. Not many bats fly out at 18:40, maybe 20.

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Allnight secure parking/camping spot - with policia de tourismo 35 per rig
No shower but direct way to the river to cool down
Toilet is functioning with gravity

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Stayed two nights and left the car here to visit semuc champey. Paid 30q/p entrance and then two times 15q/n to stay in the parking lot.

Grutas itself are really cool and worth a visit, but doesn’t take longer than 2h. Afterwards you can enjoy a swim in the very cold, refreshing river. Loved it :)
Didn’t do any tubing, but available.

Rangers are really nice, talked in the evening for some hours. Stays there all night so feels very safe, even slept with open backdoor due to the heat.

Good cellservice. Don’t try to drive to semuc, it’s a terrible road, you just don’t want to. Collectivo from the grutas was 25q/p with special deal from the ranger and 30q/p on the way back without special deal. It’s 25q/p from the village, but it’s a bit to get there.

Bats fly out of the cave after 6pm

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On s’est parqué juste à côté de l’abri à pique nique avec notre motorhome 24’. Parfait pour visiter les grottes de Lanquín. On y a laissé notre véhicule le lendemain pendant notre visite à Semuc Champey. Les collectivos y passent fréquemment.
Le camping coûte 35 qtz. Pour entrer sur le site du parc, nous avons dû payer en plus 30 qtz par adulte et 10 qtz pour notre fille de 7 ans. La petite de 5 ans n’a pas payé.

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We stayed for one night and it was one of the best camping spots we had in Guatemala! We paid Q35 for camping and Q30 pp for entering the caves. We left the car the whole day the next day while taking a Q25 pickup to Semuc (leaving from the Grutas) and didn’t need to pay the extra parking tarife, because we were on the camping tarife already. Really nice people. We also have phone and internet service here (mobile). There were clean drop toilets and a hand washing station with soap. Quiet and peaceful.

Visiting the caves between 6 and 7PM was really impressive. The bats are leaving the cave at that time and although most people then watch from the outside (cool too) we went in, which was extra special. Standing between all these bats leaving, them carefully avoiding you and hearing their sound was amazing!

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We parked next to the tin roofed shelter with picnic tables next to a water tap near the ticket office at the bottom of the gravel road. 35Q per night plus (optional) entrance fees to see the caves, the bats at sunset or to float the Lanquin River on inner tubes. Very quiet at night. It is also possible to get picked up by a collectivo pickup truck to take you to Semuc Champey for 25Q. Although we have a 4x4 van, I would recommend taking the collectivo if you are headed to Semuc Champey as the road is very steep and very rough. Also, the pickup truck drivers got us there and back MUCH faster than we would have been willing/able to drive in our own van.

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Good place to sleep before going to Semuc. We didn’t do any activities here but it was quiet at night. We parked the car at the gasstation in town to go to Semuc the next morning because it is easier to catch a collectivo.

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great place to stay for a night. we payed 35q for camping and left the car there in the morning to go to the pools for 10q additional. nice people running the place really. we also visited the cave at night to see the bat, it was quite unique and we enjoyed it very much! toilets were clean. took a colectivo in the morning at 7:30 to semuc for 25q!

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Starting at dusk and continuing for about an hour (!) there is a steady stream of thousands upon thousands of small bats leaving the cave. What probably makes it less attractive than other bat viewing spots is the fact that they don’t come all at the same time. It’s best seen from inside the cave.

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Caves are ok... if you like caves. After doing others recently, we didn't think this was anything too special. If you are there at sunset it's quite cool to see the bats, but it is pretty much dark by the time they come out, so you don't see much (if you've done the bat-caves in Borneo, these here are nothing like as good, don't get your hopes up for anything as spectacular). But it's a nice night stop in the car-park. Long-drop toilets (dirty). You can swim in the lovely river. Caves 30Q pp, night-stop 35Q per car.

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Really nice stay for the night. Simple facilities and its a safe place. The guard was really friendly.

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Decent spot. we paid 35Q to camp and bargained our way into going to see just the bats without paying. we've seen plenty if caves but standing surrounded by bats was pretty cool.

the Exon station up the road us a much better spot to sleep if you want real bathrooms. they are super nice and they even have showers.

we stayed there on our way out.

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We ended up spending three nights there. The guards are really friendly and welcoming, and we felt completely safe (guard on duty 24/7).
We paid 35Q per night for camping, and 30Q per person for the entrance to the caves the first day.
The caves are really nice, nonetheless the light is not working anymore, so bring a lamp. We tried to do it without a guide, but doing so you miss all the specific rock formations. We were charged 20Q per person for a guide for the so-called extreme tour, in which you do a little of climbing at the end to see the underground water source.

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BATS ARE SO COOL. The cave is actually very cool too. We'll light, but you will still need a flashlight for when you leave the cave. During winter bats start coming out at 5:30. We paid 30Q per person and 35Q for camping. A grand total of 95Q, ouch! It was very mellow, no one else showed up for a tour. The bathrooms are not my favorite. pit toilets, one smelled what you would expect the cave to smell like. Cave doesn't smell. Nice security guard all night. All traffic noise goes away after dark. You can access the river for a dip, or tubing if you like. Alex gives tubing tour with all transportation included for 70Q.

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Still same price. 10 quetzales to park and 35 to camp. So is actually only 25 quetzales more for staying overnight. Bats are amazing!

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Quiet place to sleep and visit the bats.a guard sleep also at the place.

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Loved it, you can camp only with river access or include cave entrance. Recomend cave at night and sit in the mist of thousands of bats passing all around you into the night around 7pm. Left car here and took colectivo 4x4 back of truck ride to Chempae, can easily negotiate price down to 15Q or if your really good the locals pay 10Q.

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small parking lot at the cave and an icecold and refreshing river you can swim in. little bit crowded by day but quiet at night. just payed 35Q for camping, but stayed 2 nights, nobody asked for more, the cave is beautiful

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Small parking lot of the caves with guards. 35 Q/vehicle. You will hear a generator running - they turn it off at 10pm. The entry fee for the caves is 35 QpP. It's very slippery inside. Wear good shoes. And take a flashlight with you. There's no light in the caves. Best is to visit the caves in late afternoon (last entry 6pm) and afterwards wait at least until 7pm at the entrance of the cave (it has to be dark outside). This is the time when thousands of bats fly out of the cave! It's amazing.

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Ended up camping at the parking lot next to the palapa. 30 Quetzales per person to camp and 35 for the entrance to the park per vehicle. Pit toilets on site. We watched thousands of bats exit the cave around 6:15 pm and walked inside the caves the following day.

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Good stop if you've been driving all day and need a place to rest up before embarking on the adventure to Semuc Champey. 35q for one car and 30q per person to enter the caves. Not sure what the price would be if you only wanted to camp and not see the caves. Lots of flat space. Pit toilets, no wifi, no showers, no water, no electricity.

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Very quiet. Perfect for a night and a visit of the caves.

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You can sleep in the parking lot to the caves here.
The entrance to the caves costs 30QZ/Person. Furthermore 10QZ, for coming to park to park to where you can even out if you will only look at the caves. And sleep is then 35QZ/Auto.
The cave itself, I was so-so, it's pretty scary and slippery as the pig! Evening from 18h then come the bats in SCHAREN out of the cave! Standing on the top right the input / output and watch this spectacle!
One must no problems until 19h stay at the caves, if not longer!
When the light is switched off in the cave have been a lot more bats!
Flashlight & Headlamp is an advantage, although it has light! Far back in the cave listening to the light and you can then use the headlamp on.

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Long drop toilets. Caves which can be toured. Q70 camping fee includes entry. Very quiet overnight.

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Camping in front of the caves of Lanquin. Pit toilet. The tour to the caves costs 30 Quetzal / person. It is worth visiting at night when at dawn the bats leave the cave. Only parking (without camping) costs 10 Quetzal.

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