Is it possible to do the tour with a driver in another language?
Yes, but only in English. The English-speaking driver service has an additional cost of US$ 150 per group. You can select it as an optional service during the booking process.
Tour to the Uyuni Salt Flat, starting and ending in Uyuni. It includes transportation, hostels accommodation and meals.
Beginning: Day 1 at 10:00 am in your hotel in Uyuni.
End: Day 3 at 6:00 pm in downtown Uyuni.
Day 1: We will pick you up at your hotel to leave Uyuni taking the direction to the salt flat, even though, first we will visit the train cemetery outside the city. Just before entering the Uyuni Salt Flat, we will pass by the town of Colchani, where we will have access to different craftwork, mainly made with salt. After that, we will travel through the salt flat in our vehicle, passing by the Dakar Monument and the Salt Museum, until getting to the Incahuasi Island. This rock formation has a lot of giant cactus and we can get to the top of it going over the marked track. From the highest part of the island, we will have a very good perspective of the greatness of the salt flat. After that, we will wait the sunset to see this phenomenon in a privileged place, before leaving the salt flat to Colcha K, where we will have dinner and rest our first night.
Day 2: We will leave early from San Juan del Rosario to continue the route through San Agustín and Villa Alota. This is because we will visit the tourist attractions of this part of the mountain range, beginning by the Anaconda Canyon. Here, we will stop in the viewpoint and we will take some pictures of the particular shape that has the river in the bottom of the canyon. Then, we will visit the Vinto Lagoon and Italia Perdida, a place full of rocks with different shapes and sizes in which we will be able to take varied pictures. After that, we will go to Huayllajara, where we will have our dinner and then we can get some rest of the itinerary of the day.
Day 3: We will leave early in the morning to visit the Colorada Lagoon. Here we will stop a moment to enjoy how quite this landscape is and be able to take some pictures to have a good memory of this moment. We will also pass by the Sol de Mañana Geysers and the Polques Hot Springs. The route includes the visit to the Blanca and Verde lagoons. Then, we will take the road to go back directly to Uyuni.
Altiplano winter
During the months from January to April, it takes place the weather phenomenon known as Altiplano winter, rain season in the central Andes. Due to this, is is possible that the described itinerary is modified as follows:
Force majeure changes
These are reference itineraries. The route to get to the salt flat, the places visited, the indicated order and the end time will always be subject to changes according to weather conditions, road conditions, demonstrations and accommodations availability. The confirmation of the itinerary is obtained in the briefing that the local supplier gives a day before the beginning of the activity, which does not mean that it will not be modified due to the happening of some of the situations already mentioned once the tour has already begun.
Yes, but only in English. The English-speaking driver service has an additional cost of US$ 150 per group. You can select it as an optional service during the booking process.
The tour is made on a 4x4 (Toyota Land Cruiser) in Bolivia, with capacity of maximum 6 people each.
Hostels have private double room, with private bathroom, hot shower and heating in common areas.
The tour is made in the Altiplano area, at an altitude above 9,842.5 ft. Just with this, our body is submitted to an abnormal stress, which can cause discomfort and risk in people with the conditions mentioned in the restriction’s section. Moreover, the tour does not have health insurance and there are not health centers to treat this kind of situations in a proper manner on the route.
The mirror effect occurs when there is water on the salt flat. This happens only in rainy periods (January and February) and after them (March).
The meals are varied, and includes tea, coffee, bread, cookies and fruit for breakfast, and meat, pasta, rice, soup and vegetables for lunch and dinner. In case you need a vegetarian menu, you must mark your preference during the booking process.
We recommend to bring at least Bs. 500 per person for expenses not included in the tour, as entrances to parks, border tax, access to toilets and water.
The accommodations have sockets type C, compatible with the types E and F. Anyway, our recommendation is that you carry an adapter to avoid any inconvenience.
Each passenger may carry at most one bag or suitcase of 15 kilos which will go above the 4x4. Because it will be outside the vehicle, it is recommended to take a bag rather than a suitcase, as suitcases are fragile and could be exposed to potential damage. If you do choose to bring a suitcase, it must a maximum size of a cabin suitcase (55 x 40 x 20 cm).
Due to high demand of the activity, we recommend to book at least a week in advance.
The tour has confirmed departures all days of the week, the whole year.