Magical Uyuni Salt Flats: Walk on Mirrors & Capture Infinity

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1. The world's largest salt flat sits at a lofty 3653m (11,985ft) and blankets an amazing 12,000 sq km (4633 sq miles). It was part of a prehistoric salt lake, Lago Minchín, which once covered most of southwest Bolivia. When it dried up, it left a couple of seasonal puddles and several salt pans, including Salar de Uyuni. The savage beauty of this vast salt desert makes it one of South America's most awe-inspiring spectacles.

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2. The world's largest salt flat sits at a lofty 3653m (11,985ft) and blankets an amazing 12,000 sq km (4633 sq miles). It was part of a prehistoric salt lake, Lago Minchín, which once covered most of southwest Bolivia. When it dried up, it left a couple of seasonal puddles and several salt pans, including Salar de Uyuni. The savage beauty of this vast salt desert makes it one of South America's most awe-inspiring spectacles.

   6 hAdmission included

3. Colchani is considered one of the most important communities in the Uyuni area for having one of the largest salt factories in the country, whose estimated extraction capacity is 20,000 tons of salt per year of which 90% are for human consumption

   1 hAdmission included

4. The island is actually the remnant of an ancient volcano that was submerged when the area was a giant prehistoric lake, Lake Minchin, millions of years ago. Its base is composed of fossilized corals and volcanic rock, proof of the ancient lake.

   1 hAdmission included

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How it compares in Uyuni

• Its from-price is close to the median of the 47 day trips we list in Uyuni.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 28 of 47.

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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