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The beautiful Uyuni salt flats or Salar de Uyuni is with its 10.582 square km 4.085 square miles the world’s largest salt flat. It is located in the Department of Potosi in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, at 3.650 meters above sea level.
Every November, the Uyuni salt flats is also the breeding grounds for three species of South American flamingos. Isla del Pescado located on the salt flat and full of giant cactuses is named this way as the ´island´ has the shape of a fish. It is the only sign of life for miles.
Heading to South America? But short on time or only able to visit one single highlight? This should be it: A visit to the Uyuni salt flats. Although, not able to come just yet? Then we definitely recommend you add it to the very top of your bucket list!
Explore the Uyuni salt flats and the red lagoon on a 2-day private tour, all included, accompanied by a professional guide, and discover the charms of the lagoons, volcanoes and deserts of Uyuni.
What's Included
Lunch
Meeting and pickup
You will receive instructions to activate your self-guided tour in a separate email
Itinerary
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Discover the Salar de Uyuni on a 2-day tour from Uyuni. Visit the train cemetery, artisan shops, Incahuasi Island, and more. You will be picked up from your hotel and visit the train cemetery, the town of Colchani, the artisan shops, salt processing plants, Incahuasi Island, and have a private lunch in the middle of the salt desert. You will continue your trip towards the southwest, passing through the Siloli desert. You will sleep at the Hotel Tayka del Desierto, a community hotel with a private room, shower, heating and enjoy a delicious local meal.
12 hours • Admission ticket free -
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The beautiful Uyuni salt flats are the world’s largest salt flat. It is located in the Department of Potosi in Southwest Bolivia at 3.650 meters above sea level. Some 40.000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried up, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó and Uru Uru, and two major salt deserts: Salar de Coipasa and the larger Salar de Uyuni. The Uyuni Salt Flats are roughly 25 times the size of Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States!
3 hours • Admission ticket free -
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Do you have your camera ready? The amazing cementary of trains looks like a remote.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Isla Incahuasi
You will enjoy the impressive landscape from the top of the Incahuasi island located in the middle of the salt flats. From this point you can enjoy an amazing 360 º view of the Salar.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
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Today you will also visit the Dakar salt monument (representing the annual Dakar Rally Race which is now held in South America) and Plaza de Banderas or Flag Square (a salt platform near the Dakar Monument with flags planted by visitors from all over the world.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
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You will have breakfast at the hotel and continue your trip to visit the stone tree, volcanic geysers, the red lagoon, and the main nesting site for pink flamingos. You will be able to take a bath in the hot waters of Polques, cross the Dali desert and discover the green lagoon. You will travel back to Uyuni on the way you will meet herds of llamas, vicuñas, birds and much more. The arrival in Uyuni is scheduled at around 6 pm and you will be dropped off at the place of your choice.
10 hours • Admission ticket included -
7Arbol de Piedra
Early this morning we will get ready to enter the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve. You will visit the Stone Tree and with some luck we will be able to spot vizcachas (wild desert rabbits).
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
8Geiser Sol de la Manana
We will arrive to the Geysers of Sol de Mañana during the most active moment of the day and with the first ray of lights. This is the highest point of the tour (5000 meters above the sea level). It can be very cold here. We will be able to walk among the smoky and noisy geysers, boiling mud stewpot where red and grey mud is boiling like water.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
9Aguas Termales De Polques
The desert and Salar of Chalviri offer a landscape which combine the white of the snow with the red brown of the desert and the blue of the water. Here you will have the opportunity to swim in the Hot Springs of Polques and right after that to enjoy an open air breakfast.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
10Laguna Verde
We will continue our trip to the ‘Valle de las Damas’, a new breathtaking view with rock formations with interesting shapes and colors. Afterwards we will drive to the beautiful Laguna Verde at the feet of the Licancabur volcano
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
11Laguna Colorada
The next stop will be Laguna Colorada (red colored lagoon). This lagoon is the main nesting centre of the three different species of flamingos. The color of the water is produced by the presence of algae and plankton activated by the sunlight and the wind.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
From Uyuni to Ojo de Perdiz
From Ojo de Perdiz to Uyuni
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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