Accommodation / Facilities on Tour

The accommodation on the Uyuni Salt Flats tour will be bare-bones basic with basic cots in shared rooms. On occasion there may not be electricity or running water due to lack of infrastructure and services in the national park. You will be travelling in the high plateau and in the middle of the desert – toilet facilities will only be available on the first day of the Uyuni tour and might have a small local cost.

Remember

• On the Regular Tour: It can get very cold especially during the winter months of May to August  so bring extra warm clothes along like a scarf and wool hat to keep warm. We also recommend bringing an extra 5 litres of water so you can have enough water for the whole trip.
• On the Improved Tour: Accommodation ; heaters are guaranteed and water is provided. (see comparison sheet).

Important Info

During the rainy season from January to April, the Salt Flats fill up with water so it is not possible to cross them in the same way as during dry season. As a consequence, the itinerary is modified during that period. The main changes are usually as follows:
Instead of stopping at the Inca Wasy (Fish Island), we stop at a place where the water reflects the sky and where it seems that the sky and the ground merge into one.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT THE WHEATHER DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING NOT EVEN WITH THE MOST ADVANCED TOOLS NOWADAYS 

Day 1

Hotel Pick up at 7:00 a.m. and leave La Paz with direction to Patacamaya located at 96 Km.

Enjoy the road in the Andes high plateau , arrive to Condoramaya to visit the first Tombs of Mummies on this tour, then, to Curahuara de Carangas also known as the Sistine Chapel of the Andes to appreciate all the Renaissance structure. Continue until Sajama National Park. Later, relax by entering the Hot Springs at 35 °c, culminate the day one, having delicious dinner at our hotel and rest for the next day.

Day 2

Early start for the adventure to drive with the 4×4 Jeeps to Huayña Khota lagoon home of flamingoes and vicugnas. Continue to Sequegua enjoying the mountains that surround the road, going by kewiña forests and observing llamas and alpacas, then ascend to arrive to three lagoons in the Chilean frontier, take a walk by the Tombs of Mummies (polychromatic archeological burial site) unique and very well preserved through time and climate. After arriving at Sabaya Village, enjoy a delicious lunch on the way; Now head to Salar del Coipasa, a small salt desert that is on the way to reach Salinas town to make a quick stop and then go to our hotel in Jirira town for dinner and rest to begin the adventure on Uyuni salt flats at the next day.

Day 3

Start your tour off at 10:30 a.m. with a visit to the salt mounds (salt mines); salt water eyes and then a hotel made completely of salt which is currently being used as museum.

Lunch is served most of the time in the middle of that salt flats so we can have a nice time to contemplate the hugeness of the place. After, go to Fish island a place where petrified coral is seen all over. Take time to organize your group for fun perspective and proportion-distorted photos on the blinding white surface of the salt flats. Then, head to Pia Pia island for the unique experience of seeing a beautiful sunset over the salt flats. Return to Uyuni by 6:30 p.m.

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