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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 12:33 am |
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hello all...just wondering if anyone knows of a beach where you can pitch a tent and camp under the stars....have some friends that love to do that sort of thing...we usually stay at the rv park....i know of the bluff at the las mangas..are there any other areas that this would be permitted? also saw "hotel" las barajitas on a website for hotels for san carlos...thought they had closed years ago..thank you for any help 
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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 06:42 am |
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| You better be tough to camp right now. It's getting warmer. Try driving the dirt road behind Bahia Delfin to the big round-a-bout before town and look for an opening to the beach.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 05:44 pm |
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It's not too bad IF you bring a large shade structure instead of a tent. Tents, with ANY type of screening, limit breezes too much. Bugs arent bad yet so screening isnt mandatory.
The best option is cots under a shade structure so you take advantage of air movement all around you.
I would favor camping out on the bluffs just before La Manga. Better swimming and some snorkeling. Cleaner beach. Just keep a clean camp as there can be nasty ants on the bluffs. Less people, too. Secure camp as best you can when you leave.
Last edited on Sat Jun 20th, 2009 05:45 pm by Hook
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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 06:46 pm |
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| thank you for the info it helps alot!! thank you for taking the time to reply also...have a great day!!!
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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 08:25 pm |
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Barato, a member on this board, is very familiar with beach camping in SC. Barato, where are you? Provide some advice.
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Posted: Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 09:52 pm |
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sorry, just saw this.....out in the mountains camping this weekend.
Hook has it nailed....don't even bother with a tent or screen room, a large tarp with no sides works far better. i've almost never hit any bugs, and none if close enough to the water or on high enough ground to catch the breeze. take a sunshower and shower off right before dusk, and you'll sleep comfortably even as hot as it is in summer. It’s CRITICAL to keep up on hydration here....I’ve gotten sick in July even when I thought I was drinking enough water & Gatorade.
there are not only the bluffs right near La Manga but also a good ways up past that which you can still access via road from SC....up to a point with small island which I’ve seen on Google Earth as "Punta Bandido"....just keep bearing away from the water on the dirt roads and they will eventually lead you back toward the water. Unless you have cots, it can be hard finding a place on the bluffs that’s level and clean enough for comfortable sleep. The area Repsilon mentioned will probably also work, and you can get down to beach level easier there....it can be a pain to carry everything up and down the bluffs. There are a few spots you can drive down onto beach from the bluffs north of town if you have 4WD with good offroad tires, buddy with ditto & a towrope, and a positive attitude.
the bluffs right near the beach tend to be pretty littered with trash and other leavings of humanity (PLEASE pack out your trash, and take a shovel and bury any you-know-what well away from camping area....), and beach itself is nicer but pretty damp with dew at night. unless i'm up at some of the deserted sheltered coves well N of SC where i can launch my boat right next to camp, i never set up permanent campsite any more....the best places to sleep at night are not necessarily the best places to wait out the worst of afternoon heat. instead, i sleep up in the hills maybe 1/2 to 1 mile back from water, on high enough ground to get good breeze. For afternoon heat, unless I’m out on the water, the bluffs above the beach are better....I’ll stretch a silver trap between truck camper and some trees. I’ve never had any ant problems, but be sure to put away anything you don’t want the armies of mice (& maybe the stray dog from La Manga and the coyotes) to get into during the night.
FWIW, the local comisaria has posted signs at the pavement's end near the Paradiso (where the road out to La Manga starts) indicating you are supposed to have a permit to camp & threatening fines. Don’t know if this applies to just this area but suspect it might be for SC area generally. i've never bothered about one, and suspect they have better things to do than patrol the desert looking for unpermitted campers, but nonetheless try to make my camp as stealth as possible and to always pick up a big bag of trash first thing in case I ever do get accosted, so I can point out in mitigation that I’m leaving the place better than I found it. I generally work on the "karma plan"....take a couple of cheap soccerballs for the kids at La Manga and plenty of extra beers & cold drinks to share liberally. I’m not sure this has to do with why I get along with the locals and have never had even minor pilferage, but it don’t hurt.....and you’ll never see that many kids that happy over a $6 soccerball!
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Posted: Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 11:01 pm |
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Thanks Barato,
I knew you would have some good advice if we could just get you back on your computer!
Last edited on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 02:03 am by taoswheat
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Posted: Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 11:30 pm |
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| you are the bees knees barato!!! you have given me so much info that i already feel like i can get a good plan in motion...now i think i'll actually enjoy camping with my friends...i haven't done tent camping in years..so this is going to be pretty new for us...we usually stay at the rv parks or in a condo...so this is going to be a new adventure for us!! but with everything that you've told me i know that it should be just as enjoyable!! we have seen the signs posted regarding the permit which is something that we've always wondered about...thank you for everything!!!
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