i cant seem to find a way to get to either of these areas....i have cleared all the places that i can get open on the map but i seem to be missing something....any suggestions or answers to what i am missing.

You have to exit Peldvale(2400) to the north. I don't think you can open up Cloakwood until you complete the Bandit Camp. I hope this helps. If you need more details, let me know.

Where is your party now, and what important quests have they done?
To get to the Bandit Camp, you MUST be in Chapter 3.
To enter the Cloakwood, you MUST be in Chapter 4.
When you kill people, have some of them been dropping little notes? You need to A) Read those notes.
B) Keep those notes (in an Inn or something).
C) Remember what those notes say.
They are your clues that enable you to unravel the mystery. If you can't follow the clues, you are doomed to wandering the Sword Coast, killing monsters for the rest of your life (which, on the whole, ain't bad).

as for major quests...i dont really know...i have pretty much done whateverone tells me to do....its just now i cant get into baldurs gate because i cant do the bandit thing thus far....i think i have tried to go north out of the area but just has the farm and the bridge for baldurs

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In one of the inn's in Beregost (I think it's the Jovial Juggler,) there's a wizard on the second floor. If you beat up on him enough, he should reveal the location of the bandit camp. If not, try reading the notes manually. I can't really think of anything else. Once you finish the Bandit Camp, the Cloakwood opens up, just proceed through there.

No, the wizard is indeed in beregost, but on the second floor of the Feldepost Inn. Normally, after you killed him, the bandit camp is on your map (I think you don't even have to read the notes).

Doesn't Elminster tell you of the badits camp location as well outside of the smithy in Beregost?

Yes, Elminster gives you a hint concerning the bandit camp, but the camp isn´t drawn on your map. You have to visit Tranzig in Feldpost´s Inn. The hint to find Tranzig is given in the notes which you find in Mulaheys chest.

Chris