Local Tour Operator with more than 18 years of experience
The best rated tour company from 2013 in TripAdvisor
Local guides and drivers with experiences in adventure trips
All our staff is vaccinated in order to offer you a safe trip
We will pick you up from any point in Uyuni at 10:30am to start our tour (in case you are in Tupiza, we will depart at 7:00am). Just 10 minutes from Uyuni is located Cementerio de trenes, where you will see a lot of ancient trains. Then, we will travel to Colchani, the village where the salt is processed and where you will find some salt handicrafts and some clothes made of llama wool. After 20 minutes of driving on the salt flat, we will arrive to Escaleras de Sal (salt staircase), where you will see some salt blocks. Close to this place we will find Ojos del Salar and Montones de Sal. Around 13:00 we will arrive to the first salt hotel (now it is a museum), which is approximately in the middle of the salt flat, here we will have our lunch. After that, we will drive a little more to find a perfect place for the famous crazy photos in the Uyuni salt flat, we will spend around 1 hour taking this photos. During the afternoon, we will visit Isla Incahuasi, where you will find the giant cactus (this island is visit only during dry season). At the end of the afternoon, we will drive close to the border to appreciate a nice sunset in the amazing Salar de Uyuni. Finally, we will go to our Salt Accommodation to spend the first night.
Note 1: During rainy season (normally from January to April), if the salt flat has a lot of water, we can not stay in Villa Candelaria, we will return to Colchani or Uyuni.
Note 2: During rainy season, if the salt flat has a lot of water, we can not visit the Incahuasi island.
We will depart from accommodation around 07:30, we will cross small towns like Julaca and Alota, after that you will arrive to Laguna Turquiri or Laguna Negra, here you will be able to see andean black ducks. Then we will continue traveling and arrive to Laguna Kara and Laguna Kachi, 2 beautiful andean lagoons. Then, we will drive for some time and arrive to Desierto de Siloli, where we will see a nice combination of colors in the mountains, before we arrive to Árbol de Piedra, (Stone Tree), here you will find many rocks formations. Around 15:00 – 16:00, we will arrive to Laguna Colorada, here we will spend around 1 hours to walk around the lagoon and see the flamingoes. We will stay in Huayllajara, just some minutes from the lagoon.
Early in the morning, we will go to see the sunrise at the Geysers and Fumarolas and then we ill drive to Polques, where the hot springs are located, unfortunately, you will not be able to swim here, because we need to be at the border at 08:30. Then, we will drive for 15 min to arrive to Desierto de Dalí, a place with mountains of surrealist colors, reminiscent of the photos of Salvador Dalí and rock formations of petrified lava. Then we will visit Laguna Verde (4250 m.a.s.l.), which presents an emerald green coloration due to arsenic and magnesium content in its waters. It is located at the feet of Volcano Licancabur (5868m), which represents the border between Chile and Bolivia. Finally, we will travel to the border, we need to be there at 08:30 – 09:00 to take a shared minivan to San Pedro. The transfer takes just 1 hour, but migration in Chile could take 1-2 hours sometimes, so you should be in San Pedro around midday.
A shared tour is the best option if you are traveling alone or if you want to meet other people during this amazing adventure. We will complete the group with other people, so you do not have to worry about that.
A private tour is the best option if you want to travel with more comfort and like to travel on your own without following standard times for stops and photographies.
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