Salar de Uyuni - Shared Tour + English Speaking Guide

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Uyuni

  Start your tour off at 10:30 am with a drive out to the Uyuni Salt Flats. Meeting time: 10:00 a.m. Meeting point: Our office in Uyuni, 1 block from Bus Station

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Train Cemetery

  The first stop is the haunting "Train Graveyard’, which is found on the outskirts of Uyuni. Get to see the first locomotives in Bolivia, and learn about their history, which connected several major cities. Now, corroded over time from the strong salt winds that run through this desert area, this makes for a great photo setting.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Colchani

  Then visit the small settlement of Colchani (salt miners workshops next to the salt flats), there, also find handicrafts made of salt, and textile art manufactured of llama and alpaca wool. These make excellent souvenirs to bring back home.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Salar de Uyuni

  Take photos as you cruise along the vast white expanse of salt, wade through “Ojos de Agua Salada” (salt water eyes), also visit: a hotel made completely out of salt which is currently used as a museum, Flags of the world (Where you can bring yours and put there for free) and a Monument of Dakar racing.

  5 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Isla Incahuasi

  After a morning of exploration, Lunch will be served near “Isla Incahuasi” (Fish Island), following, have time to take a hike to the top of the island to see giant cacti, and rock formations made of petrified coral.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6
  Salar de Uyuni

  Next, take time to organize your group for fun perspective- and proportion-distorted photos, set on the blinding white surface of the salt flats, playing around with the scene, you can be sure to take some funny, and memorable shots! Finally, head to a spacious area for the unique experience of seeing a beautiful sunset over the salt flats, spreading its dazzling colors all over the salt flats, enjoying it with a glass of wine. Arrive to Agencha town to have dinner and night stay in the hostel. Accommodation: Agencha - 3-beds, 4-beds, 5-beds and 6-bed rooms + Private toilets.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Start off at 7:00 a.m. for breakfast. First stop, Galaxy Caves and then go visit the Chiguana Desert on Uyuni salt flats South side, surrounded by volcanoes such as Ollagüe (5840m), which is still active and that can be seen from the lookout point. Then, continue along the rocky road that´s called “El Pasito Tuntun”.

  Admission ticket free
• 7
  Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve of Andean Fauna

  Later, visit: Cañapa, Hedionda and Chiarcota Lagoons in which flamingoes can be seen. After Lunch, enter to “Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve”, visit the Desert of Siloli at 4550m (the highest and driest in the world), take a picture next to the ‘Rock tree’ (a lava rock formation).

  3 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 8
  Laguna Colorada

  Before arriving to final destination, stop at the overlook point by the Red Lagoon to see more pink flamingos in their natural habitat and admire this intense red-colored lake. Stay the night at a hotel in Huayllajara. Accommodation: 6-beds rooms shared + shared toilets - 10 Bs extra for a towel - No hot shower.

  3 hours • Admission ticket free
• 9
  Geiser Sol de la Manana

  Get off to an early start around 5:00 a.m. to visit the Sol de Mañana Geyser (5,000m) and walk next to fumaroles and steaming craters filled with boiling pots of mud at 150-200 Cº.

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 10
  Aguas Termales De Polques

  then, have the opportunity to take a bath in an open-air Hot Springs at 35 Cº water.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 11
  Salvador Dali Desert

  The next places to appreciate are the Dali Desert where Salvador Dali found his inspiration from boulders sprinkled in the middle of the desert

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 12
  Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve of Andean Fauna

  then the Green, and white Lagoon (toxic copper water at the foot of the big Licancabur volcano at 6000m, a few kilometers from the Bolivia-Chile border). Then head back to Uyuni passing by beautiful scenery along the way and eating a picnic lunch along the roadside. On the way, pass by Rock Valley, Alota settlement and San Cristobal Village where a baroque church and colonial paintings can be seen.

  5 hours • Admission ticket free
• Uyuni (Pass by)

  Arrive to Uyuni town at 6:30 p.m.

  Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
• Suggested packing list: *Sunblock. *Sunglasses *Bottle of water. (2L. enough) *Jacket. *Scarf *Gloves *Snacks (No shops during the trip) *Extra warm clothes.

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