barrios

AKA Theme Camps

Barrios are a fundamental part of making Nowhere what it is!

Let’s be honest, coming to Nowhere is a lot of work. It is fun, fantastic, interesting and quite probably a life-changing experience too – but it’s also tough. Even bringing only yourself into the desert, with all the supplies required to support yourself for a week, and then packing everything out again takes some planning. And that’s just the self-reliance part – we haven’t even talked about the self-expression part yet!

By working together with a group of like-minded people, you can divide the work so you still have some time, energy and resources left over for fun things like art projects, bars, trampolines and maybe even a ball pen (to name just a few of the great things heroic theme camps have brought out to the Los Monegros desert over the years).

How to create your own barrio

Also, did you know that you can communicate and collaborate with the barrios organizers on Facebook? Nowhere Barrio Organizers Group

2025 Barrio registration is now open !

For any questions: barrios@goingnowhere.org

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This year marks the 20 Anniversary of the longest standing Camp of Nowhere. Our aim is to create a camp wich also trys to provide a solid base to enable our participants to also focus on playa projects of theyr own. Home of the dragon and the hoppers. We also do other random Camp things like the shade to chill out during daytime, and of course eat cake with candles on it. Please come and visit us.Breeding ground for creativity, friendship, vision, community. Soap and energy dispenser for large and small projects, ventures, love. Familiar home and adventurer’s heaven. Beginning and end of each beginning and end – or as not swisscampiips not tend to say: The Foundation of the flagpole.This is your favorite living room –Humble and extravagant.Ready for new adventures in our 20th year on the field of dirt.

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Barrio del Sol

Barrio Del Sol is a small Barrio with a big heart and good vibes. We host a wide range of daytime events including conscious workshops, loose parties, live music jam sessions and a few novelty concepts on the side. Our vibe is fun, intimate and laced with refreshing drinks and conversations. Come meet the family and don’t be afraid to lose your shoes or mind!

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Belly Town

Belly Town is a camp open to everyone looking to celebrate their body, those wonderful vessels of our human experience, in all their glory and complexity. During its first years, Belly Town offered activities such as dance classes, roughhousing games, hand balancing, body painting, and some inner exploration of one’s body, as well as physical therapy sessions and massages. If you too have a body, you are welcome!

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Camp Cambio

🌟 Greetings, wonderful Burners of Nowhere! 🌟 We are thrilled to welcome you (back) to CAMP CAMBIO 2025 – a place of wisdom, wonder, and wild exchange. Rooted in a cozy oriental-themed haven, with the surreal twist of Wonderland, we invite you to slide down the rabbit hole and join us for a week of joyful madness and dreamy transformation. ✨ What we offer:• Daily mad tea parties in a whimsical setting• A magical Rabbit Hole where you can trade whatever you have too much of for something surprising• Fun, thoughtful workshops held daily• A welcoming Bedouin-style tent with shade, sound, board games, and cozy vibes• A new stage, upgraded kitchen, and better showers than ever before! 🌈 As a fully cooperative camp, Camp Cambio runs on the magic of everyone who joins. This is not an all-inclusive camp — we all contribute! Whether it’s cooking, cleaning, running workshops, or

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Camp Costume Camp

Costume Camp: More is more. Whether you’re looking for something regal, ridiculous, barely-there, or just entirely unexpected, our Costume Bunnies will help you find your ultimate festival look. We have the best music, the best catwalk, and the best dance parties. We believe in transformation, personal expression, and the undeniable power of a well-timed outfit change. Stop by, dress up, and strut your stuff—you might just discover a whole new version of yourself.

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Charming Chickpeas

Bonded by community, creativity, and, yes, an unwavering love for chickpeas. What did you expect?🤷‍♀️ Embracing openness in all forms, we cultivate a space for play, togetherness and the expressions of our creative souls.

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Come&Play

We’re here for the filth. We are a collective of dirty-minded enthusiasts with common goals and values, that co-creates an inclusive, consensual space for discovery, exploring intimacy, sexuality, kink and BDSM. Our drug of choice is endorphins! We aim to be accessibility friendly and ecologically responsible. We’re here for innovative, safer, queer sexual exploration and expression. We celebrate the beauty of intimacy, promote sex-positivity, provide sex/kink education, challenge social norms, in a consent-centric big playground. BDSM and sexuality can be very challenging, we encourage (after)care and personal/community responsibility. We focus experiences through the lenses of practical reality, body and mind, less through mystics and spirits. We aspire to be a barrio that values and respects differences, as well as various concepts of life. Together we create a community where differences count as normal. We strive against any kind of prejudice, discrimination, exclusion, inequality and bigotry, such as: capitalistic values, the

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Curious Creatures

Curious Creatures is a playful, kinky, sex-positive, and ambitious crew of international dreamers, builders, artists, and sensual explorers who build wild dreams in the dust—from ice cold slushie-fueled dancefloors, cozy multilevel shade structures, sexy play spaces to silly workshops. We gift intimacy, interaction, and inspiration. At Curious Creatures, you’re invited to rest, rave, reflect, and get a little weird. Whether you’re craving a cuddle puddle, dance wildly, a spark of mischief, or a deep, delicious connection—we’ve got a space for you. Or just chill in the mansion net—our space is yours to explore. While we are ambitious and build big, we stay open and helpful and prevent burn-burnouts. Our schedule is jam-packed with amazing activities, shows, and workshops that will ignite your curiosity and expand your horizons. Come say hi, stay for a cuddle, leave a little more curious.

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Eat Your Art Out

A queer utopia in the dust! A safe, inclusive and diverse space for queer people to relax during the day and be entertained after siesta. With workshops every day (ranging from drag introduction to funeral for your ex) and the best Thursday night: the legendary queerberet at sunset, followed by the gayest party of the playa.

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Hyperflow

Hyperflow is community, family, safety, self-expression, sustainability and mucho, mucho love. We rely in the flow of this wonderful kaleidoscope of colorful, easygoing humans who want to co-create a home-away-from-home. Our hyper-space has a big enough shade structure for holding workshops for many people, container terrace and possibly a dome for some more intimacy. We stress the importance of taking care of each other and we do it through nice meals together, a variety of hyper-workshops, thematic nights and events: some relaxing and pleasurable, some thought-provoking and daring, and some just purely for fun. Are we a mirage in the desert? Come and find out and get totally lost with us..

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Jugaton

Are you feeling playful?? And not great at spelling?? Come meet us at Jugaton, an evolving group of people who dance between deep connections and playful interactions.We offer a welcoming space for all to visit. When you come to our barrio, you might find a cuddle puddle, a kinky workshop, or the best music on the playa. Our home could be the background to make your wildest dreams come true.

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Kosmozoo Barrio

In the heart of the music cosmos dwells Kosmozoo, known for mystical day-to-night journeys at Spain’s Nowhere Festival, an annual celebration inspired by burner culture.https://www.kosmozoo.org/

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Mercurial Retrogrades

As a barrio we are focussed on welcoming different neurodivergent weirdos, we mainly offer workshops (at least one random workshop every day), and a daily jamsessions for people with unusual instruments. We celebrate the non sensical and silly, and will not take a lot of things serious.

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Mirage

Your friendly neighbourhood living room is back! Mirage is family. We’re a bunch of openminded, welcoming and well-organized hippies, creating a safe haven with a living room atmosphere. We want to express our inner nerd and partake in endless shenanigans! We are happy to host workshops that are informative, scientific, nerdy, or outright fun and playful! Come and join us in this exciting and wonderful adventure! Whether you are a new member or one of the older ones, we can’t wait to see you again in the dust!

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No

Glitch is the vibrant and hedonistic home we create for our dusty family on the playa. Come in and explore our colorful circus tent of wonders and illusions. We offer parties, workshops, beautiful chill and play space(s) and create a magical oasis in the midday heat. We are proud to provide a safe space for different kinds self-exploration and experimentation, welcoming burners of all backgrounds, orientations, shapes and sizes

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Oasis Playground

Oasis Playground is a safe, playful space of 45 international hippies. We love to appreciate titties, share some “shade on you” and are located in the Sunset Boulevard plaza (quiet place), they say food is amazing, they say we are Drama free, they say we are a little safe family and we love you to thrive with your radical self.

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Olive Odyssey

Dive into the Mediterranean, where our essence splashes the middle of Nowhere. Come and experience our spiced mix of cultures and traditions from all along the Mediterranean coast. Embrace “”Dolce far niente”” in our gently furnished lounge and delight in strong black coffee in your belly in the morning – at whatever time the coffee maker wakes up – or our special of the special in the afternoon bar – the secret ingredient is a secret! Our marketing team says we offer ‘eclectic & exotic music, hairy chests and a usually relaxed atmosphere’ – although this depends on the family drama and whether the noisy people are being noisy or not. The place where hummus meets salmorejo, Ottomans meet Crusaders, Belly Dancers meet Flamenco, and Renaissance painters and math nerds meet sleazy and extroverted hippies. All of that dressed with a bit of olive oil, of course. Yalla, malakas!

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Peach Please

Peach Please is a rowdy and randy group of folx who have been craving an explicitly queer sex-positive space at Nowhere. Now Peach Please is back for our second year at Nowhere. We are the queer orgy we want to see in the world! We are a queer-focused, sex-positive camp, with workshops, themed events at night, and an open play space. We stand for a place where people of all genders, sexual and romantic orientations, and backgrounds can form connections free from shame, find community and spread the love. Wider.

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Ran’Dome

(French version below) Ran’Dome comes back at Nowhere for its tenth year anniversary, as the place where anything can happen. During the day, we host various workshops, at night we host DJs. Whatever your mood is, you’ll find here space to chill, talk, play, have fun and dance. The activities are mainly hosted by our campmates but if you are willing to organise your workshop or DJ set with us, please contact our Animations or Sound Co-Leads (contact : workshop@randome.camp or soundome@randome.camp) and we will make our best to make it happen ! Pour fêter ses 10 ans, Ran’Dome récidive à Nowhere, comme le camp où tout peut arriver. Quelle que soit ton humeur du moment, tu y seras bienvenu.e pour chiller, papoter, jouer, danser… Workshops en journée, DJs en soirée, nos activités sont organisées principalement par nos membres mais tous les Nooners qui voudraient y concrétiser leur projet sont

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Sheepy Ship

Welcome aboard Sheepy Ship, the shapeshifting vessel where dreams are real and reality isn’t. We’re heading to Nowhere. What’s inside our cargo hold? Expect the unexpected, just a little bit sheepier! 🐑

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sssh!

NEED A BARRIO FOR NOWHERE? SSSH IS BACK FOR NOWHERE 2025! Massage, meditation, tantra, vegan food, plus our annual mud bath. What more could you ask for? Just fill in the sssh! form, buy your Nowhere ticket and the rest, will be amazing. sssh!

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Swiss Camp

Following the unsuccessful sale of the Babycham house, the creditors have been called in and the assets acquired by Swiss Re, whose committee has decided to call the Barrio “Swiss Camp” this year while the real Swiss Camp learn how to type. So, coffee and classics, shot in the dark, general silliness sex negative camp but Swiss, done badly.

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The Garden of Joy

17 years on playa and still rocking! Garden of Joy strives to be a safe haven for all Nobodies, during day and night, focusing on Food, Music, and Love. Our values are gentleness, positive vibrations, openness, and care and we love to spread awareness about the ten principles!

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The JamHouse

Did someone say JAM session? At The JamHouse, we take that literally AND figuratively! We’re cooking up a delicious blend of musical adventures and actual fruit preserves at Nowhere this year. Our barrio is home to impromptu concerts, instrument sharing, singalongs, and the playa’s most mysterious shower (it has a button—what does it do? Join to find out!). Bring your musical talents or just your appreciation for good tunes and good company. Seasoned burners and burn virgins all welcome—the only requirement is your willingness to participate in our harmonious chaos.Ready to get jammin’ with us? Apply now!https://vxjqlv53dgk.typeform.com/to/uqaWTwkz

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Übertown

Übertown 2025An ever more prescient Post-Apocalyptic themed barrio. Providing big Bass music parties, a gorgeous dive bar, and an oft-needed science-based/cynical antidote to Burner hippy-woo and toxic positivity.We’re Nowhere’s longest running barrio, well equipped, with a good mix of old established crew and new recruits.

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VIP Freecamp

This is the Nowater project fake barrio, our activity is to build and maintain the Nowater project, during the event we are mostly a luxury freecamp camp.We need people during build and accept a few members.

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Werkhaüs

HOW TO LIVE IN WERKHAUS DURING SET UP AND/OR STRIKE? Werkhaüs is the living space of everybody working with NOrg during set up & strike. HOW TO JOIN US DURING THE EVENT? werkhaus is a home for workers, and common CRITERIAS —- ADMISSION STEPS: IN EXCHANGE OF YOUR FEES AND HARD WORK YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO: a community that sweats together and sticks together” a proletarian hub a large shade a comfy siesta space a space for your tent showers three meals per day & snacks water for the entire event two beers / sangria / soft a day (and more if you want it) a communal bar

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Wonderever

Wonderever is the best kept secret on the playa. Since 2013 we’ve harboured a web of wonderful wanderers that work hard, play hard and take care of each other in the heat! Our camp is a vibrant haven nestled at the top of the plaza. We’re a diverse community that values connection, co-creation, hammocks, and the art of relaxing. We provide a living room where hammocks sway gently in the (shady) breeze, breathtaking balcony views, and a touch of silliness in our ceremonial chapel. Wonderever – totally not a cult. We supply the usual: water, showers, shade for tents, food and drinks. On top of that we have several chill spaces, hammocks and lounge nets. Join us for a unique blend of relaxation, warmth, and community. We’re a queer friendly camp and value diversity. Anyone and everyone is welcome here! Join us for a unique blend of relaxation, warmth, and

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Yes!

We are spiritual-seekers with a twist of sexiness. Our camp has the basics covered, enough shade to protect our tents from the Spanish sun, and two spaces for the dozens of workshops we throw including hanging the occasional Shibari partner. We stick to the quieter end of the playa (it helps with what little sleep we end up getting) and may be going full solar this year. Our kitchen cooks for 60 and has been known to use camp members instead of serving trays. We drink radlers during build, many many radlers, and keep some surprises for those who are able to stick around for strike. If any of this seems like your jam and you want to check our our family, apply now!

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Camp Fiasco

We’re going to make this the biggest Fiasco nowhere has ever seen. You wouldn’t believe it. We’re going to burn, baby burn. BUCKLE UP FOR DISAPPOINTMENT!

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Cŵtch

A chill out camp with comfy couches, cushions, and thousands of fairy lights. Come rest your weary feet under our porch after dancing your heart out, get respite from the sun and a cup of our famous iced coffee, or attend one of our daytime workshops! We’re the safe, cozy, after vibes you were looking for to decompress after your latest adventure.

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Dust&Glow

Dust&Glow have migrated down from the rocky Pyrenees. Our furry family are usually on the dancefloor handing out love bombs for dusty smiles. Or out of sight baking a surprise treat. This year we have decided to form our first little Nowhere barrio. Come and share with us tea and coffee in the morning. When the sun gets hot we offer cool drinks from our cocktail cart. Either in d&g camp or on the playa. Then in the evening you will find us across the playa kicking up dust with love. We are coming to share our favorite treats with old and new friends.

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Herding Cats

Herding Cats: a paradox of autonomous spirits converging in beautiful chaos. We wander our own paths yet somehow find each other in moments of synchronicity. Neither shepherds nor sheep — just nimble souls following shiny distractions into unexpected revelations. Our playground has no walls, our rules exist to be stretched, our wisdom comes through play. Connections form and dissolve like desert mirages. Some nap in sunbeams, others climb impossible heights. Stumble upon us by chance or intent — each visit unrepeatable, each experience your own.

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Planet Pulpo

Feeling scorched and dirty? Haven’t been able to run your fingers through your hair in days? Ready to scrape off those 15 layers of nail polish you have collected this week? Come to Planet Pulpo where twice a week we will be offering our luxurious Planet Pulpo Spa. We will scrub you down, clean you up, and get you back to your beautiful, refreshed self so you can be your very best. The rest of the week our merry band of lovely weirdos are out being silly, planning world domination, and praising the almighty Pulpo.

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Why Not?

WhyNot is a come on in, put up your feet and have a drink, drama free camp that serves the best Bloody Marys on Playa(Fod, Mudpie, Dustignated Critical Habitat, _____ …) Our tea house is THE ideal spot to beat off those peak siesta temperatures by “Misterbating” yourself and everyone around you in our one and only “Misterbater!” Follow the carpeted road until you’re stepping into a dome that is truly like no other, a tranquil oasis where you can let your mind, body and soul sink into the expansive nest of the softest, fluffiest, most nurturing plushy relaxation we hope that everyone gets a chance to experience! For folks that brought microwaves and popcorn but forgot to pack the home theater, you’ll be happy to know we have a full sized theater and will be playing movies throughout the week, weather permitting of course!

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Arrête ton cirque (ATC)

Our camp will offer activities and games during daytime, such as yoga, circus lessons, board games, bodypainting etc…At nightfall, we will offer our famous fresh punch and nice motivational DJ sets to warm people up for the night.On top of that, we will bring a wheel of fortune with different suprises like hugs, gifts but also spanks. And a few low technologies such as solar oven & BBQ, blender bike…

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Barrio Espace

Sure we can party 24h a day, 7 days a week, but what do we get out of it ?” Barrio Espace comes back as an “espace” for all nowhere individuals to mingle, exchange and learn from each others through creative self-expression and sharing. Unleash your imagination, have fun and discover other crazy people in our collaborative, artistic and radically wtf workshops, parties and events.

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Bread & Tomato

The juiciest catalan barrio is ready to get dirrrrty agin at NW!We are a group of crazy, genuine and including people eager to offer a safe space where you can connect, share your experiences and knowledge, have fun and chill under our lovely big shade.Our core values are: community, radical self-love, radical acceptance and consent. We believe these are the fundamental principles that allow every member of the barrio to be able to enjoy the experience in complete respect of oneself and the others.We offer some of the best vegan menus on the field, plenty of dusty sunset parties, amazing free kisses and hugs, multiple workshops and crazy art installations!Last but not least, we will fill your heart with joy and your stomachs with tons of ‘Pa amb tomaquet’ tapas!Join our sunset parties and workshops, let our juiciness seduce you – we won’t disappoint!

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Dusty Dreamers

Dusty Dreamers is a Burning Man camp expanding this year to Nowhere. Our core themes are Celebration and Liberation, and we build a camp where all dreamers can feel at home

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Here & Meow ofKhorse!

You have arrived at the peaceful, yet playful oasis on the playa: a place to rest from the craziness of it all, to get cozy, to be nurtured and regain forces before dancing all night! Yoga, workshops and sunset dj-sets will dust your chakras and make you feel MEOW. But beware, because we are also finding our spirituality in less serious circumstances. This year again, our tribe is aiming to fly high with widespread wings of playfulness, weirdness, creativity and spice. Come join us while we wait for the end of the world, smiling and knowing this life is unique.

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It’s a Grey Area

Chill during the day under our shade structure with mellow music, followed by movies at night (weather gods willing). We usually make fresh pizza (supervised by a real Italian, so we have to be sneaky with the pineapple) on Thursday afternoon to give away. We also have the Frisky Ferret pub squatting on our area – a very Nowhere take on a traditional British pub.

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Le Gratin

“Le gratin” means putting anything you want in the oven until its warm, friendly and crispy on top. That’s what we are, french-speaking cooked-until-soft potatoes, coming from all horizons and communities (tantra, sex-positive, kinky and more) for a laugh-inducing and thought-provoking meet-up. Do not be surprised by our high-and-mighty behavior, for it is our trademark to not take ourselves too seriously…or is it ?

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MoonCows

Mooncows Barrio is an itinerant human-bovine-hybrid urban community, centered in London and spanning all of Europe and beyond. Second year at Nowhere, we are coming with new forces to offer this joy of life experience to nobodies. We will provide the dusty people the place to relax, indulge and dare to change. You will enjoy plenty of workshops (from the quirky to grounding), cozy lounge and Udder Deck perched a top the container, and a sunset bar. The daily Mooncow Stampede evolves and grows, the music jams, sweet jams, drinks and pickles fill your hearts and bellies. Sunset bar welcomes everyone to enjoy, lounge and interact in a chill atmosphere with friendly cows.

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NIMBY

After the apocalypse ended all time, we now return from somewhere to dance with you at the playa; but Not In My Barrio YO!

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Alternative to joining a barrio: freecamping

Did you know that you don’t have to join a barrio? Some Nowhere participants prefer to camp alone or with a small group of friends and organize their own food, water, and shade. We call it “freecamping”.

It gives them the freedom to do camping just the way they like. You can’t reserve space in the freecamp areas, you won’t know exactly where you’ll be camping until you find the space, it is settled on a first-come-first-camped basis. Alternately, if you have some big ideas, you can form your own barrio.

Check out the Freecampers Facebook Group to pool resources, ask tips and meet other freecampers!