Salar de Uyuni: the white ocean

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The Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat of the world, about 11,000sq km.
As Uyuni is close to the Argentinian and the Chilean border it can be visited from those countries too.

Many travelers just book a 3 days tour in San Pedro de Atacama, north of Chile. Then they remain in Bolivia to carry on with their route.
I've chosen to take a bus from San Pedro and book a tour here in Uyuni, as they are much cheaper. Anyway be prepared to pay 750-800 Bolivianos (about 100EUR) for a 3 day tour. There are tour options for 2 days (600BOB) or just 1 day tour (180BOB). I chose this last option.

I was part of a small group. We have been taken to the train cemetery, then to Colchani, a little village where the touistou could buy local products and then to the salar.

It's very important to wear sunglasses as you are going to be flooded by a bright white light all day. We stopped from time to time to take pictures, until we had lunch in the first salt hotel ever built, which is now a museum. Then we reached Incahuasi island, a hill in the middle of the salar.
On the way back, we stopped one more time: the spectacular sunset here can not be missed 🌇

If you choose a 3 days tour, you will have the chance to hike on a volcano, see few lagoons, geysers and more little villages.

This place looks unreal. I definitely recommend it.












Ubicazione: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

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