3 Day Uyuni Salt Flat Tour takes you through the desert and lagoons to Tayka hotel. Return to Palacio de Sal Hotel. Get a guided tour of the Salt Flats.
It is a private trip starting with the Salar of Uyuni tour, staying at Palacio de Sal Hotel, next day you’ll head to Siloli desert for an overnight under the sky. Last day, you’ll cross the border to Atacama.
It is a private trip starting with the private transfer to Siloli desert and stay at Tayka hotel.
Your Tour Features
Tour Type Private
Tour Duration 2 Days
Pick-up time 8:00 AM
Drop-off time 8:00 PM
Pickup at Hotel, airport
Drop-off Hotel
What You’ll Do
DAY 1: Today you’ll depart from Uyuni city or Uyuni airport and head towards Siloli desert along the way you’ll stop at the train cemetery, San Cristobal village, Sora Canyon, the Black Lagoon, Lost Italy and the Valley of the Rocks before arriving at Tayka del Desierto Hotel.
DAY 2: You’ll be transferred from Siloli desert to Colchani village with a series of stops at Laguna Colorada and Stone tree. This will be a long day but rewarded with such great landscapes.
DAY 3: Your day begins with the visit of the Eye of the Salts, Dakar Monument, Playa Blanca First Salt hotel then head to Incahuasi Cactus Island. Here you’ll hike up the Cactus Island then after have lunch in the salt flats (dry season). Later, take the funniest perspective pictures and wait for the magic sunset.
Your Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Uyuni to Tayka Hotel
7:00 am – 8:40 am – Departure from Uyuni to Tayka Hotel
You’ll be picked up from your downtown hotel in Uyuni city or at the Uyuni airport by our team (driver and guide) then head to the Siloli Desert with sightseeing stops along the way.
Train Cemetery
Here steel giants have been abandoned and destroyed by salt winds becoming a cemetery for trains, for locomotives. Most of the trains that can be found in the Graveyard date back to the early 20th century and were imported from Britain. There are many train cars with unique structure and occasional graffiti.
In other places in the world, the mighty steel trains would have held up better. The salt winds that blow over Uyuni, which hosts the world’s largest salt plain, have corroded all of the metal. Without guards or even a fence, these pieces were picked over and vandalized long ago.
Following that, your trip will continue on to the Bolivian highland.
San Cristobal Village
This is a village located 45 minutes away from Uyuni city and characterized by the silver mining. Stop at this place if you’d like to use bathroom.
You’ll drive off road for more than 5 hours throughout the Bolivian highland. You’ll stop at Sora Canyon, Rock Valley, and Hidden Lagoon.
Stone Tree
You’ll stop at the Stone Tree (Árbol de Piedra) which will have you all in awe. This particular rock projecting out of the sand dunes of the Siloli Desert, has been whittled down into the shape of a tree over time by sand and 120 km/h winds that whip across 4,000 m high Bolivian Altiplano in the colder months.
The Stone Tree is about 7 m high, its shape, particularly the thin stem, are due to strong winds carrying sand and eroding the soft sandstone.
In the endless sand desert you would get easily lost without your expert driver.
Your driver has a great knowledge about the roads and routes. He’ll take through the many serpent ways.
You’ll have the chance to see the Flamingos in front of the lodge. Dinner. Overnight.
Included:
- Pick-up at your hotel in Uyuni city or at the airport
- Private 4×4 WD transport
- English speaking tour guide
- Entry tickets to Avaroa Reserve
- Lunches
- 01 night at Tayka Hotel
- Private bathroom, limited hot shower, limited electricity
- Dinners at the lodge
Excluded:
- Extra expenses
- Cameras
- Gratuities
- Photographer
Day 2: Tayka Hotel to Palacio de Sal Hotel
7:00 am – Green & White Lagoon
After an early breakfast, you’ll be heading on the way to Hito Cajon border. You’ll visit the Green and White lagoon, after appreciating its beauty and lots of pictures you’ll be on your way back to Uyuni.
You’ll do additional stops at Dali desert, Sol de Mañana geysers, Polques hot springs and finally after a well-deserved lunch you’ll arrive in Uyuni and keep driving towards Colchani village where it is located the hotel Palacio de Sal.
Included:
- Breakfast at Tayka Hotel
- Private 4×4 WD transport
- English speaking tour guide
- Entry tickets
- Lunches along the way
- Drop-off at Palacio de Sal Hotel
- 01 night at Palacio de Sal Hotel
- Dinners at Palacio de Sal
Excluded:
- Extra expenses
- Cameras
- Gratuities
- Photographer
Day 3: Uyuni Salt Flats Tour
10:00 am – Eyes of the Salt
You’ll be collected by your guide and driver at your hotel in Colchani and driven to the Salt Flats.
Your trip starts with the first stop at the Eyes of the Salt, literally means “Ojos de Sal”, these are where you could see how the salt flats were formed. These bubble springs are outlets for subterranean rivers flowing under the surface of the meters thick salt but thereafter just salt as far as the eye can see and Fish Island will maroon in the salt.
The Salt Flat is covered with water during the rainy season after raining (from December to March). Then the sun and the wind dry the surface and a layer of white crust is formed. The crust will eventually crack as the salt, which is still wet, underneath dried up and protrude to the surfacing. The end result is polygon patterns that you see during the dry season.
Dakar Statue
After the first stop in the edge of the Salar and taking the first perspectives pictures, you’ll migrate towards the Dakar Monument.
A slat statue honoring the annual rally raid started in 1978, organized by the Amaury Sport Organization, contestants driving across South America in this off-road competition with different motor vehicles – crossing dunes, crossing dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks, and erg.
The Uyuni Salt Flat was the stage of the rally since 2014, and the dramatic terrain of the Bolivian highland and the salt flats remained one of the most awaited parts by spectators.
Playa Blanca First Salt Hotel
You’ll continue your journey and you’ll reach an old fashioned hotel in the heart of the salt flat. The Playa Blanca Salt Hotel was once in operation, but now it’s a pit spot for tourists to take pictures of the flags and have a walk inside.
The outside of the hotel has many country flags hanging on a series of poles. In fact, these flags were brought there by the tourists.
After the openings in the salt you’ll head to what they call an Island on the Salt!
Incahuasi/Cactus Island
You’ll arrive on time for lunch/picnic in the Salar. This lunch will have you revived to explore more spots in the area such as the Incahuasi Island, an island full of cactuses!
Well, since it’s a salt flat, the entire area is really, just salt.
There are several “Islands” in the salt flat and the Incahuasi Island is in the center of the Salar. It’s undeniable that the Incahuasi Island is a visually captivating place. The island is a hilly and rocky outcrop of the land – “Incahuasi” literally means “Inca House” and the island is a giant rock that is filled with coral-like structures and gigantic cactuses.
That’s why sometimes it is called the “Cactus Island” as well. It is also a great view once you reach the top of the island. The view of the salt flat is boundless, and it looks so much more amazing if the salt flat is filled with water but it’s not reachable.
Drive away in the endless white layer for perspective photos with toys, llamas, dinosaurs, etc.
Perspective Photos
It is t3ime for taking the craziest and funniest optical illusion pictures. The reflection of the water after the rain is the perfect setting for epic photos that allows you to show off to your friends. True, that’s probably the reason that you visit the salt flat. But in case the weather doesn’t go your way, the vast, white flatland is still very impressive.
The dry land may be even friendlier for you to take optical illusion pictures. Imagine the flatland is filled with nothing but salt as far as your eye can see. This is the perfect canvas for taking optical illusion pictures and letting your mind go wild. Play with proportions, and play with distance – the horizon will give the perspective that the objects nearer to the camera are larger than those farther away, and there is nothing else in the frame to ruin your illusion, and there is nothing else in the frame to ruin your illusion.
Uyuni Salt Flats Sunset
How the Sunset in the rainy season (from January to March) would look like.
By the late afternoon before the sun is gone, before you return to your hotel in Colchani or Uyuni town, bundle yourselves into warm jackets and go out the 4WD transport to watch the sunset over the salt flats.
The vast expanse of salt will turn pink as the sun sinks and the sky deepens to an orange glow reflecting on the ground, this would be the perfect mirror to what is above, an amazing sight which augured well for the days to come.
Since the area is so flat you’ll likely witness some insane color in the sky which provides a great juxtaposition to the endless white color of the ground.
Return to Uyuni town and drop off at your selected place in Uyuni town (hotel or bus station).
Included:
- Breakfast at Palacio de Sal Hotel
- Private 4×4 WD transport
- English speaking tour guide
- Entry tickets to Incahuasi Island
- Lunches in the Salar
- Gum boots (December to March)
- Drop-off at your hotel in Uyuni town
Excluded:
- Extra expenses
- Cameras
- Gratuities
- Photographer
What to bring:
- Warm clothes
- Small back pack with toiletries
- Hat, cap, scarf
- Local cash currency
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- Warm, light jacket
- Comfortable shoes
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