Tent Camping in Mexico

[Clausont]

We are planning on an extended vacation in Mexico on our way to Belize and have considered the idea of tent camping in various places on the way from Nogales to Chetumal. We have looked through the book "Mexican Camping" and it pertains almost all to rv camping with little mentioned about tent camping.
Does anyone have any experience or input on tent camping in Mexico?
We would love to hear about places that we might be able to stay for a day or two as we travel. Especially beach areas that are not super crowded. I am thinking that the majority of heavily populated places may be starting to thin out as summer approached with it's heat, but maybe I am wrong there?
Thanks.

[vantexan]

Look at each listing in the Church guide for the tent shaped symbol. Indicates tenting allowed at that park.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Rocmoc's point is IMHO right-on-the-mark. A PRINCIPAL goal.

When I camp I -never- do so without first checking with a local family if the area is "safe" or not. I am not going to pay a damned fifteen dollar or twenty dollar fee to pitch a tent every day either. RV'ing is one thing, camping is another.

Probably the best book written on camping in Mexico is

The People's Guide to Mexico

written by Carl Franz, Lorena Havens and Steve Rogers.

A new edition just came out. Most Mexico camping books advise me to go to where I do not want to go. The People's Guide does not try to do that. It guides you to how to camp, successfully.

[rocmoc]

Check out the "Travel with Keving and Ruth" blog, http://www.travelwithkevinandruth.com/ They took a great tenting trip this last winter thu Southern Mexico and points further South. You will have to flip back thu the blog to find the trip.

You do have to beware of your stuff left at a tent campsite. A couple of years ago when we were staying in a campground a couple of hours South of Puerto Vallarta a surfer from the USA showed up at the campground in a shook up state. He had been tent camping on the beach a little further South. He was out surfering and when he returned most all of his stuff was gone. He asked to stay at the campground in his tent and was still there when we left a few days later. Believe he was waiting for help from home. We are even cautious when we leave our locked RV.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

[robatthelake]

Every RV Park that We have visited in Mexico has Tent Camping areas and sites. They also all have acceptable to excellent Toilet facilities and Clean up Sinks.
On long weekends thousands of Mexican City Dwellers flock to the Beaches to Camp. Very few have RV 's ,most are in Tents !
You will have no problem finding a place to pitch Your Camp!

Just a note: Mexican Campgrounds typically charge a flat rate for RV's with two persons! Tent Campers are charged by the Person. For this reason RV ers are often asked to vacate the beachfront sites at Xmas because They can squeeze twenty or more people into those sites, which means a whole lot more Profit for the Park,!

It also creates much more wear and tear on the Toilet Facilities Etc.

[qtla9111]

You're probably not coming through Nuevo Leon, but we have several excellent state parks with palapas and electric at very reasonable prices. Other states I'm sure have state parks as well such as Chihuahua.

Lots of beach camping opportunities in Veracruz and southern Tamaulipas.

[keelhauler1]

Most campgrounds have areas to erect a tent. Ask for less expensive no hookup price. Places like Emerald Coast has 100's of tent sites. Catemaco is good, Palenque, Mahahual.
Belize- Go to Placencia.