Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

We caught a twelve hour night bus from La Paz to Uyuni, a town in the south of Bolivia where you can jump on a tour of the Bolivian Salt Flats.

We had a three day tour booked, so as soon as we got off the night bus we headed to our tour agency. Day one of the tour we explored the salt flats, visiting a salt museum at a town called Colchani and seeing how they process the salt into edible form, by treating the salt with iodine. We also stopped off at a hotel made of salt bricks for lunch. Our first afternoon was spent

having some fun taking photos on the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni. We explored one of many islands that exist on the salt flats, Inca Wasy, an interesting island with giant cacti and coral formations from when the area was completely covered in water.

Day two and three we explored more of the Bolivian desert, a beautiful landscape surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, both dormant and active. Large areas of the desert were covered by petrified lava which have been eroded by years and years of harsh climate. We saw the popular “Stone Tree”, a stone eroded by the wind which now resembles a tree. We also made a stop at a volcano called Sol de Manana, where we were inside the crater walking around sulphur fumes and boiling mud pots. Other sites we visited were a Red Lake, filled with

flamingos and Andean geese, a Green Lake and saw fields of llamas along the way.

After the tour ended we spent one more night in Uyuni, and caught a night train down to Villazon, on our way to Argentina.