With a surface of 10,500 kmē the Salar the Uyuni is the biggest salt flat in the world, consisting of eleven layers of salt from different thickness. The salt flat has a depth of 120 m. and holds an enormous wealth of minerals. The average day temperature is 20° while the average night temperature is -25°.
In the Salar de Uyuni there are some islands situated. Two of them, Isla del Pescado, that has sthe shape of a fish, and Incahuasi are both grown over with a huge quantity of a type of cactus that gets to 10 m. high.
In N.P. Eduardo Avaroa at Laguna Colorada, the red lagoon, the migratory Andean flamingo can be seen.
- Salar de Uyuni; you will depart at half ten in the morning to go on this wonderful tour to the Salar de Uyuni.
After half an hour you will come to the village of Colchani, where you can see handicrafts made of salt, as well as the process of making domestic salt and the Salt Museum.
Then you will enter the salt lake and you will visit the Ojos del Salar; here bubbling gases escape from underneath the salt flat, the Salt Hotel and Isla del Pescado (Incahuasi), where you will have the opportunity to go for a short walk to observe giant cacti and volcanic rocks.
In the afternoon you will cross the salt flat again for one hour and near Uyuni you will visit the Train Cemetery, where you can see antique English trains that where brought to Bolivia many years ago and that are no longer in use. If there´s enough time, this depends on the pace of the group, you can visit a little village under the Volcano Tunupa (5,340 m). The tour will end round about six.
- Salar de Uyuni (basic tour in group or private ór luxury tour, private); on the first day you will visit the Train Cemetery. In Colchani you will see the process of manufacturing domestic salt and handicrafts made out of salt. On the Salt flats of Uyuni you will visit the Ojos del Salar; here bubbling gases escape from underneath the salt flat, the Salt Hotel and Incahuasi where you can go for a short walk to observe giant cacti and volcanic rocks. Here you will have lunch. Next stop will be at the base of the Tunupa Volcano. You will spend the night in Tahua (private tour: good hotel) or Coquesa Village (basic tour; basic lodging).
The views are amazing; you might even spot flamingos between the lamas, just outside the village, and there´s silence everywhere!
If you choose to make a private tour, you will pay a visit to local families, and you will get informed about people´s work and life on the salt flats.
The company owner is from this place and will show you the real Typical Bolivian life in the country side! This part of the tour has not been set-up for big scale tourism.
On the second day you will visit the archaeological site of chullpares, pre Inca mummies, and make a short hike to see the Salt flats.
You will be back in Uyuni in the late afternoon.
- Salar de Uyuni (basic tour in group or private ór luxury tour private); on this wonderful tour through the Salar the Uyuni you will visit Colchani, where handicrafts made of salt can be seen, as well as the process of making domestic salt. Then you will visit Ojos del Salar; here bubbling gases escape from underneath the salt flat, the Salt Hotel and Incahuasi, where you can go for a short walk to observe giant cacti and volcanic rocks.
On your way to San Pedro de Queméz or San Juan, where you will spend the night, you will visit the caves of Cueva del Diablo and Galaxia Cristal.
On the second day you will go to Chiguana to visit the Ollagüe Volcano. The journey continues with visits to: Cañapa Lagoon, Hedionda Lagoon and Chiarkota Lagoon. You will also visit the Siloli Desert and the Stone tree; a rock formation of over eight meters high. You will spend the night in a basic lodge at Red Lagoon.
The departure on the third day will be very early, to watch the sunrise at Red Lagoon. You will visit the geysers, the Green Lagoon and the Licancabur Volcano and you will have the opportunity to go to the hot springs. On the way back to Uyuni you will visit the Valley of the Rocks and the Train Cemetery. You will arrive in Uyuni in time to catch the night bus to La Paz or Potosí.
On the luxury private tour you will sleep in the Salt Hotel of Tahua and in a better hotel in Ojo de Perdiz.
- Salar de Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama (basic tour in group or private ór luxury tour private); you will depart at appr. half ten on this wonderful tour through the Salar de Uyuni. You will visit Colchani, where handicrafts made of salt can be seen, as well as the process of making domestic salt. Then you will visit the Ojos del Salar; here bubbling gases escape from underneath the salt flat, the Salt Hotel and Incahuasi, where you will have the opportunity to go for a short walk to observe giant cacti and volcanic rocks. On your way to San Pedro de Queméz or San Juan, where you will spend the night, you will visit the caves Cueva del Diablo and Galaxia Cristal.
On the second day, after breakfast, you will go to Chiguana to visit the Ollagüe Volcano. The journey continues with a visit to Cañapa Lagoon, Hedionda Lagoon and Chiarkota Lagoon. You will also visit the Siloli Desert and the Stone tree, a rock formation of over eight meters high. You will arrive at a basic lodge at Red Lagoon where you will spend the night.
On the third day you will depart around half five, to watch the sunrise at Red Lagoon. This day you will visit the geysers, the Green Lagoon and the Licancabur Volcano and will also have the opportunity to take a dip in the hot springs.
Here you will make the connection with your transport to San Pedro de Atacama which takes about 1 hour and you will get a stamp in your passport, leaving Bolivia.
On the luxury private tour you will sleep in the Salt Hotel of Tahua and in a better hotel in Ojo de Perdiz.
- Salar de Uyuni (basic tour in group or private ór luxury tour private); on this wonderful tour through the Salar the Uyuni you will visit Colchani, where handicrafts made of salt can be seen, as well as the process of making domestic salt. Then you will visit Ojos del Salar; here bubbling gases escape from underneath the salt flat, the Salt Hotel and Incahuasi, where you can do a short hike to observe giant cacti and volcanic rocks.
On your way to San Pedro de Queméz or San Juan, where you will spend the night, you will visit the caves of Cueva del Diablo and Galaxia Cristal.
On the second day you will go to Chiguana to visit the Ollagüe Volcano. The journey continues with visits to: Cañapa Lagoon, Hedionda Lagoon and Chiarkota Lagoon. You will also visit the Siloli Desert and the Stone tree; a rock formation of over eight meters high. You will spend the night in a basic lodge at Red Lagoon.
The departure on the third day will be very early, to watch the sunrise at Red Lagoon. You will visit the Geysers, the Green Lagoon and the Licancabur Volcano and you will have the opportunity to take a dip in the hot springs, natural thermal baths.
You will spend the night in Villa Mar, a small town where you still can see the remains of an airplane that crashed a long time ago on the rocks.
The morning of the fourth day you will begin your return trip to Uyuni. On the way you will visit the Valley of the Rocks, Culpina (town of San Cristobal mines) and the cemetery of trains, arriving in Uyuni halfway in the afternoon.
On the luxury private tour you will sleep in the Salt Hotel of Tahua and in a better hotel in Ojo de Perdiz.
Please take note that due to climate and road conditions, for all tours mentioned above routes may vary and can sometimes be changed without notice, reason for which this previous details of the tours in Uyuni are only for reference, and are not to be taken as an exact itinerary of what the tours implies.
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