Uyuni was a strange town in the middle of a desert where there seemed to be more dogs than people and it looked like something out of the mad max film. We were thankful to only be spending one night there.

The Salar de Uynui (salt flat) is the largest in the world and it is the size of Northern Ireland. It was created from a prehistoric lake that dried up. We spent the first day of our tour crossing the salt flats and taking advantage of the optical illusion they created in photos. All you could see for miles was white desert and the Andes mountains in the background with no nature or wild life to be seen, but as we drove a little further we came across an island which was covered in cacti and had birds, it was incredible to see.

During the 2 day tour we also visited several lakes with flamingos, one of the lakes was bright red from the algae. We also saw bubbling mudpools and a gyser very similar to what you would find in New Zealand. On our second night we got to enjoy a hot spring under the stars. The stars were incredible and I've never seen so many in the sky.