the world’s largest salt lake
5 days
uyuni
salt flats
La Paz
Uyuni
Salt Flat
Ojo de Perdiz
BOLIVIA
Colchani
Uyuni
Sucre
Potosi
Red Lagoon
Atacama
Desert
uyuni salt flat, bolivia
Green Lagoon
San Pedro de Atacama
CHILE
uyuni salt flat
step on the world’s largest salt lake
Salar de Atacama
(Atacama Salt Flat)
DAY 1
Arrive sucre
On arrival into Sucre, situated at 2,800 metres
above sea level, you are met at the airport and
taken to your hotel for tonight. After lunch
you are taken on a city tour of Sucre. (LD)
DAY 2
sucre / potosi / Colchani
Today you are driven to Potosi, where you are
taken on a tour visiting San Lorenzo Church, the
Casa de la Moneda (Royal Mint) and Potosi’s
significant Colonial streets. Later you continue
to Uyuni and on to nearby Colchani, situated
on the edge of the enormous Uyuni Salt Flat.
You have two unique nights here, staying in a
hotel made entirely of large salt bricks! (BLD)
DAY 3
Colchani
An early start sees you on the giant Uyuni Salt
Flat, visiting the Ojos de Agua Geysers and the
Salt Museum enroute. You drive to Isla Pescado
(Fish Island), located in the centre of the salt flat
and formed in the shape of a fish. The island is
filled with a species of cacti that can grow to
12 metres high. Later today you are returned to
your salt hotel in Colchani for the night. (BLD)
DAY 4
Colchani / Ojo de Perdiz
You start your day by visiting the Frog’s Valley,
Chiarcota, Ramadita and Hedionda Lagoons.
You continue to the Siloli Desert and Laguna
Colorada (Red Lagoon). The lagoon is 4,278
metres above sea level, 60 square km and
impresses because of the redness of it water. The
colour is due to fine red sediment accumulated
on it’s surface, as well as the pigmentation of a
certain type of seaweed. It is inhabited by flocks
of pink flamingos. The scenery is exceptionally
beautiful at these heights, set off by the redness
of the lagoon. Tonight you stay in the tiny
village of Ojo de Perdiz. (BLD)
DAY 5
depart ojo de Perdiz /
atacama desert (or la paz)
The first stop of the day is at the Sol de Manana
(Morning Sun) Geysers, where you see volcanic
craters containing boiling lava and mud and
geysers spurting hot water and steam 80 metres
into the air. You then visit the Chalviri Salt Flats
and the Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon). This
body of water is an impressive aquatic mirror
that resembles a giant emerald with a particular
brightness in the mornings and afternoons. The
intense green hue is due to its high magnesium
content. The spectacular and beautiful Volcano
Licancabur (5,865 metres) can also be seen from
the Green Lagoon. Later today you are driven
across the border to the village of San Pedro de
Atacama in Chile, where your tour ends. (BL)
We recommend at least three nights in San Pedro
de Atacama, please see page 64. Alternatively
and at extra cost, we can return you to La Paz
if you don’t wish to visit the Atacama Desert.
tour extension costs
$3,060 Tourist & Superior-class
Not available in Luxury-class
do it BEFORE
1 Before the South America Sensations
Tour on page 48.
2 Before the Atacama Desert Tour on
page 64.
do it AFTER
3 After the South America Gold Tour
on page 36.
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