Salar de Uyuni: The Ultimate Salt Flats Guide

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Salar de Chiguana

The Salar de Chiguana, not far from the border with Chile has a salt base, covered with brownish dust.

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Salvador Dalí desert

Salvador Dalí Desert (Desierto Salvador Dalí), also known as Dalí Valley (Valle de Dalí), is an extremely barren valley of southwestern Bolivia, in the Potosí Department.

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Red Lagoon

The Red lagoon (Laguna Colorada) is a shallow lake within the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile. The lake is famous for its strong red colour caused by algae that provide food for large flocks of pink flamingos.

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Green Lagoon

Green lagoon (Laguna Verde) is a high-altitude mineral lake in the Eduardo Avaroa Reserve, known for its beautiful green color. It sits at the foot of 2 volcanoes, Licancabur and Juriques, which straddle the border with Chile and are reflected in the water when the weather is calm.

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Rock Tree

The Rock Tree (Árbol de Piedra) is a tree-like rock formation in the Siloli Desert desert that offers great photo opportunities!

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Andean Fauna

The Andean fauna populating the surroundings of the Uyuni Salt Flat and the amazing lagoons is diverse and rich. During the most popular tours to the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve it is possible to observe these species in their natural habitat and be amazed by nature.

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Honda Lagoon

The Honda Lagoon is located inside Eduardo Avaroa Natural Reserve

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Incahuasi Island

Incahuasi Island or house of the Inca is a usual stop for the tourists visiting the majestic Uyuni Salt Flat. It is part of the Llica and Tahua indigenous communities territory, located 99 kilometers to the southwest of Uyuni Town at 3822 m.a.s.l..

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Shiarkhota Lagoon

The Shiarkhota (Chiarkota or Chiar Khota) Lagoon is a 35 hectare sweet water body situated at the feet of the Condoriri Mountain range in Sud Lipez province, Potosi, Bolivia.

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Ramaditas Lagoon

The Ramaditas Lagoon is a sweet water lagoon with a surface area of about 4 square kilometers. It is situated inside the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve in Sud Lipez Province of Potosi, close to smaller salt flats with no economical interest due to the low salt concentration.

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Cañapa Lagoon

Canapa is a salt water lagoon situated in Sud Liez province of the Potosi department, close to the Hedionda (smelly) Lagoon.

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Ollague Volcano

Sulphur mines used to operate on upper western and southern flanks and were serviced by a road which reached 5650 m elevation.  It is one of the highest (if not the highest) roads in the world. It has been used to descend on mountain bikes.

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Tunupa Volcano

The Tunupa volcano is considered sacred by the communities that surround it such us Jirira, Ayk'e, Moqueta, Chantani, Vinto, Central Tawa, Chirivilla and Huaylluma.

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Licancabur Volcano

The Licancabur Volcano - Volcan Licancabur is one of the most beautiful moutains of South Lipez. It's located at the Occidental Mountain Chain at an elevation of  5960 meters above the sea level. It is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile an...

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Polques Hot Springs

This enormous salty lagoon features a small mineral-rich thermal water swimming pool where visitors can take a bath early in the morning. The water temperature is usually from 28 to 30 Degrees and it is famous for curing arthritis and rheumatism. There's a restaurant, changing sheds and toilets. ...

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San Cristobal town

Recently renovated the town church was removed stone by stone and it's considering one of the oldest churches in the Bolivian Altiplano; its paints and walls are from the XVII Century.

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Cementerio de Trenes - Train Graveyard

The first train line in Bolivia was Uyuni - Antofagasta and started to work in 1899. It was built by British engineers who arrived near the end of the 19th century and formed a sizable community in Uyuni. The rail construction started in 1888 and ended in 1892. It was encouraged by the then Boliv...

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Siloli Desert

The Arbol de Piedra (Stone Tree) is a volcanic rock formation in the Desierto Siloli in Bolivia. The rock is unique because it resembles a tree. The Desierto Siloli is considered to be part of the Atacama Desert in neighboring Chile.

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Amazing Lagoons

Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon)

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Town of Uyuni

Uyuni town is located 241 Km far from Potosi city. The town was very important for being the distribution hub for the trains carrying mineral on their way to the Pacific Ocean ports. Currently Uyuni is also significant due to its proximity to the Magnificent Uyuni Salt Flat, a favourite Bolivian ...

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Witches' Market

Right in the middle of downtown La Paz, there is the Witches Market. This is one of the main and most impressive attractions within the city limits. This market spreads through three different colonial-style streets, it basically has a series of shops mounted over the sidewalks, some of these sho...