Salar De Uyuni

Salar De Uyuni

The Salar de Uyuni is more commonly known as the salt flats or salt pans. Coming to Bolivia, I had heard a little about them, someone likening them to a desert of salt but I wasn't quite sure what to expect. After visiting though its something i would say is an absolute must for anyone travelling ... Read review

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The worlds only hotel made of salt(!)

Advantages: Truly breathtaking; some of the best scenery in the world
Disadvantages: Hard to get to; gets very cold

The Salar de Uyuni is more commonly known as the salt flats or salt pans. Coming to Bolivia, I had heard a little about them, someone likening them to a desert of salt but I wasn't quite sure what to expect. After visiting though its something i would say is an absolute must for anyone travelling to this part of the world! Imagine being surrounded for hundreds of miles by compltley flat pure white salt. It feels as though the dazzling whiteness extends ...
.../> Travelling to Uyuni from La Paz for me was a gruelling experience - 13 hours on a cramped bus along un-tarmacked roads, made only slightly more bearable by a TV showing the most over exaggerated Spanish soaps and a slightly dodgy copy of Troy. It was definitely worth the long journey, however, and the drivers are generally happy to stop off in the small hamlets along the way to stock up on supplies, or even pull up by the side of the road for ... more

Garth87 09.02.2006
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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia-entrancing

Advantages: the scenery, unusual experience.
Disadvantages: arranged tours mean little personal choice, many hours of driving in a jeep between sites

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 ...
...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. It seems a little pointless to come all the way here without seeing all the sites available though so doing the full 3 days is recommended. Starting from Uyuni most jeeps wind through a few minor sites such as the train cemetery before arriving out to the salt. This ...

flyingllamas 03.07.2009 · Read full review
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Cross into another world.

Advantages: Completley unique landscapes
Disadvantages: Not the place to go if you suffer from altitude sickness

...Chile into Bolivia over the Salar de Uyuni. This is the name given to the largest salt flats in the world, the residue of a vast, ancient high-altitude lake, which dried out many years ago. This is no surprise as there is very little rainfall anywhere near the area. In fact, in some parts there has been absolutely no recorded rainfall! It is a barren and arid landscape where the animals and plants have needed to evolve pretty quickly to survive. ...
...crossing you touch on 5,300 metres above sea level and altitude sickness is extremely common. The crossing goes from San Pedro de Atacama in Northern Chile, through to Uyuni in Bolivia. You can do the crossing either way, although if you start in Chile it tends to be more expensive (approx $70 as opposed to $50). You will need to cross by 4x4, and an organised trip is the best option, as you will not want to get lost out there. The journey will ...

petea101 26.04.2004 · Read full review
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Increible mendez

Advantages: the views, the sheer size and the wind and colours!
Disadvantages: maybe not on your planned route but if that's the case i suggest you change it!

I visited the Salar De Uyuni in November of 1999 with 5 other travellers from the UK. We took a 5-day tour costing 50 dollars a day (it's best to think in US currency when in South America with the exception of French Guyana). The best place to take a tour from is the town Uyuni which can be reached from La Paz direct by plane or by bus. We arrived there from Cochabamba by bus. Our tour was by 4x4 jeep (absolutely necessary because there are often ...
...motorcyclist cops. The Salar de Uyuni for those of you who don’t know is a vast expanse of salt at very high altitude (about 4000m). What happened was millions of years ago the plates pushed together in such a way that a large amount of water was trapped and raised to it’s current altitude and the water evaporated leaving the salt. The tour itself really is mind-blowing. You will see salt factories (which you can take photos of then pretend to your ...

nikammar 24.11.2000 · Read full review
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Well Worth Its Salt

Advantages: Stunning views, remarkable emptiness and isolation.
Disadvantages: Extremes of weather, especially cold, taxing altitude.

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 damn cold though. The Salar de Uyuni ? the world?s largest Salt Flats ? make up a four thousand square-mile corner of Bolivia; hover over the country on Google Maps and it ...

Puggers 17.05.2009 · Read full review
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Breathtaking Bolivia!

Advantages: Beautiful scenery, lovely people, charming cities, cheap and safe
Disadvantages: Breathing at altitude!

Last year I spent seven months travelling in South America with my partner and Bolivia was our favourite country by a long shot. In my opinion Bolivia is the cheapest, friendliest, safest and most interesting of the Andean countries. Highlights include the largest salt flat in the world, Salar de Uyuni. You can take a three day jeep tour which takes in the salt flats, vivid hued high altitude lakes dotted with flamingoes and cold deserts of southern Bolivia. It is a truly unforgettable experience. The finest city in Bolivia - indeed the nicest city we visited in South America - was Sucre. The whole city is made up of low level whitewashed buildings that open out into flower-filled courtyards. The weather is fantastic and I would recommend visiting the city from Potosi. The descent from the thin air of the highest in the world ...

missjosephine25 30.06.2006 · Read full review
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A Country of Unsurpassed Beauty

Advantages: The unforgettable scenery and untouched beauty
Disadvantages: Lack of hygine, cold and uncomfortable

one of the highlights of my year travelling, relaxed and warm and able to spend some moments contemplating the more amazing aspects of my trip. It was as magical experience. As is the nature of all such things though it was time to head back to Laguna Colorado and collect our fellow travellers for our journey to the edge of the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt plain in the world. The afternoon was another where mind-blowing views would be the feature, an initial stop at the Arbol de Piedra set the tone, a bizarre shaped rock that is, unsurprisingly for those with any Spanish, tree-shaped. A plethora of more lakes, this time blue but still complete with hundreds of beautiful flamingos that traced their elegant flight reflected in the mirror-like surface, the sumptuous backdrops of snow-capped volcanoes and vivid colours of the area ...

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