Day Trip to Uyuni Salt Flats

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Itinerary

1. Starting the day at approx. 10:30 am, our guide gives you a short briefing on some recommendation for the tour, and shortly after you'll hop on a 4x4 drive Toyota Land Cruiser that will firstly take you to the Train Cemetery where a full story of the first trains that arrived in Bolivia, and their purposes will be uncovered. Soon after the crew takes you to the small village of Colchani, where you could expect many handicraft shops for souvenirs, and also the salt factory, where the salt is being refined and packed for consumption. The lunch takes places in a Salt hotel with plenty of option for any taste.

   2 h

2. Head toward the majestic Salar de Uyuni and start the real journey into the biggest salt flat on earth. Your first stop will be next to the only construction allowed in the Salar, which is called Playa Blanca, the first salt hotel build in the salt flat. Next, a 30mins drive toward the middle of nowhere into a special location to take the best pictures of yourself and your friend by your experienced guide who will tell you how to do everything perfectly. We'll then go to the Inca Wasy Island (Cactus Island) where will be able to see giant cacti and rock formations of petrified Coral. A short hike of 40mins. to the top and we'll reach the highest point of view in the trip with 3750 m.a.s.l (12,303.14 feet) where a 360* view of the hole Salt Flat awaits for you. After this amazing hike, it will be time for the breathtaking sunset to come, at approx 6pm, and your driver will choose to the best location for it. At the end of our tour we'll return back to Uyuni at approx 6:30 - 7pm.

   5 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 603 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Very cool experience with great guide

  We did the 2D1N trip and it was amazing! Our guide Peter was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and was clearly very interested in the area. Our driver was really friendly as well. The salt flats were great to see and we got some really cool photos - we were also very lucky to find the last of the water on the salt flats and to watch the sunset! The lagoons and hot springs were a highlight too and honestly have zero complaints about food or organisation - everyone was very helpful. Would 100% recommend

  freyaw399July 2026via Tripadvisor

• 1Poor tour experience, unprofessional company

  We absolutely do not recommend this tour company. We booked the 2-day / 1N tour. While the Salt Flats themselves were beautiful (as they always are), the experience provided by the tour company was extremely disappointing and frustrating. It was originally scheduled to start at 8:00 AM, but the guide told us the day before to say it would begin at 9:00 AM instead, an hour lost for no clear reason. On the second day, while we were already 40 minutes into the drive toward our first destination, the guide suddenly announced that we had to turn back to pick up another traveler. The company had apparently forgotten to include them in the morning pickup. This error cost us nearly 2 hours, and we were given no choice in the matter. We attempted to contact the tour office to express our concerns, but we haven’t even finished our sentence they rudely hung up on us, completely unacceptable customer service. No willingness to communicate! Throughout the day, we visited only a few of the attractions listed in the itinerary. The guide assumed we would not pay the entrance fees for some sites and decided to skip them entirely without consulting us. We only found out when we questioned why the places we were visiting didn’t match the advertised itinerary. When we asked about one particular paid attraction, the guide simply said there wasn't much to see inside and admitted he didn’t know anything about it. If we wanted to enter, we had to pay ourselves? Yes about the pay ourselves but at least explain to us what we are paying for what is expected inside. The guide also provided minimal information, just a few sentences about one or two buildings, then disappeared to enjoy his free time. We learned almost nothing about the places we visited. During lunch, the guide and driver ate at a different time, and we had to wait for them to finish before moving on, which was an unnecessary waste of time. Overall, I felt like most of the day was spent sitting in the car rather than experiencing anything meaningful. The lack of information, poor planning, unprofessional behavior, and terrible customer service completely defeated the purpose of booking a guided tour. We were very disappointed with the experience and strongly advise others to avoid this company.

  renetU9815PTOctober 2025via Tripadvisor

• 1Avoid Red Planet!!!!!!!!!!!

  - Joined Red Planet’s 2D1N tour and regretted it. Friendly driver and tour guide, but minimal guiding—1 minute intros at each stop, then we were left to figure things out ourselves. - Our salt lake experience was basic: snacks at sunset, then dinner at a random restaurant with no drinks provided. We later found out that other Red Planet groups went on the same day got a proper table setup on the salt flats with dinner, water, and cola. Same price, clearly different service levels. - Day 2 was worse: due to the company’s miscommunication, they forgot a passenger. An hour into our route, we were forced to turn back to pick him up. The office (the lady in the attached photo) offered no apology or compensation, and hung up when we raised the issue via phone calls. - The attractions in Day 2 (Pulacayo, Tomave, Hot springs) were nothing much to visit but need to pay extra for the entrance fees. None of our shared tour group was interested, so kinda waste of time driving hours to go there. - Overall: inconsistent service, poor coordination, and unprofessional customer support. Would not recommend.

  wp722October 2025via Tripadvisor

• 1WOULD NOT RECOMMEND

  We did the 2D1N tour. Minimal explanation, Hidden fees, Miscommunication between agency and driver which led to wasted time, Missing activities, Not the same service depending on the guide, Nothing to see in the “attractions” listed, etc etc. DON’T BOTHER HONESTLY.

  seanpP5904LLOctober 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5Fantastic day tour to the Salt Flats

  Really good company to go with, our tour guide Axel was brilliant and our driver Iceman was very professional and a great driver.

  Matthias PMarch 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5Uyuni Salt Flats Day Tour February 2025

  We took a shared group tour with Red Planet Expeditions towards the end of February 2025. We had a great time and saw many incredible views. Our tour guide, Claudia de Tarija, was amazing. She spoke excellent English and knew a bit of some other languages as well. We spent some of the time doing forced perspective pictures and videos which she organized and also taught us some Bolivian dance moves. I would definitely recommend this tour and Claudia as a guide.

  jeffreykY5426ZNFebruary 2025via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in Uyuni

• Its from-price is 60% below the median of the 212 experiences we list in Uyuni.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 2 of 212.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Uyuni

Uyuni is a high, dusty town on Bolivia's southern altiplano, the starting point for crossings of the vast white Salar de Uyuni salt flat.

Uyuni stands at about 3,650 metres on the southern Altiplano, a wind-swept railway town of wide streets and low buildings. Its train cemetery, a few kilometres out on the plain, holds rusting steam locomotives and carriages left from the days when British-built railways carried minerals to the Pacific. The town is the main base for visits to the Salar de Uyuni.

Top-ranked sights in Uyuni: Train Cemetery (Cementerio de Trenes), Tunupa Volcano.

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