Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)

Salar de Uyuni, the salt flats of Uyuni is some of the most impressive and unusual scenery I have seen in a long time travelling. It is virtually impossible to see the salar without joining a tour, unless you have your own transport, equipment and possibly backup team too, so most people join a tour group in Uyuni. Many tours leave every day from the town and it is cheaper to book on the spot rather than in advance from La Paz or abroad. The most common tour is for 2 nights, 3 days and cover the salt flats and the lagoons and geisers of south-east Bolivia although since the salt flats are only visited for one day it is also possible to see them on a simpler one day tour. ...  Read the complete review

It's about half five in the morning, it's pitch-black, and it's minus-a-lot-degrees. I haven't had a proper wash in four days and I've been consistently cold for just about all that time - although I'm also sunburnt, somehow. Standing in the midst of a great empty plain, I'm not getting any warmer - and the sun doesn't seem to be in any hurry to rise. Rise it does, however, and the icy waiting starts to pay off. With nothing to interrupt them, our shadows stretch far behind us, long, blueish, parallel lines cast by our legs. In every direction, nothing but a sea of white stands between you and the horizon; mildly disorientating, but quite stunning. It's still ...  Read the complete review

Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni Salt Flat) is what has been left behind after the drying up of a huge salt lake - yes, salt lake, not fresh water!!! The Salt flat I was told is beyond 20 metres deep and crystallised salt can be seen for miles - as far as the eye can see - and yes of course, you have to taste it to believe it is salt! You see salt formations along the way - like the lines of salt boulders or little mini pyramids! By looking at photos, it looks like snow. It is an incredible sight! In the middle of the salt flat, like a traditional mirage, is a desert island, with its very own llama and a few other friendly animal folk! The island has cactuses ...  Read the complete review