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2-Day Private Tour to Salar de Uyuni and Laguna Colorada
2-Day Private Tour to Salar de Uyuni and Laguna Colorada
2-Day Private Tour to Salar de Uyuni and Laguna Colorada
2-Day Private Tour to Salar de Uyuni and Laguna Colorada
2-Day Private Tour to Salar de Uyuni and Laguna Colorada

2-Day Private Tour to Salar de Uyuni and Laguna Colorada

By Mundicontact Expeditions
Free cancellation available
Price is €732 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

The beautiful Uyuni salt flats or Salar de Uyuni is with its 10.582 square km 4.085 square miles the world’s largest salt flat. It is located in the Department of Potosi in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, at 3.650 metres above sea level.

Every November, the Uyuni salt flats is also the breeding grounds for three species of South American flamingos. Isla del Pescado located on the salt flat and full of giant cactuses is named this way as the ´island´ has the shape of a fish. It is the only sign of life for miles.

Heading to South America? But short on time or only able to visit one single highlight? This should be it: A visit to the Uyuni salt flats. Although, not able to come just yet? Then we definitely recommend you add it to the very top of your bucket list!

Explore the Uyuni salt flats and the red lagoon on a 2-day private tour, all included, accompanied by a professional guide, and discover the charms of the lagoons, volcanoes and deserts of Uyuni.

Activity location

  • Uyuni Salt Flat
    • Potosi Department, Potosi Department, Bolivia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Uyuni Salt Flat
    • Potosi Department, Potosi Department, Bolivia

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2-Day Private Tour to Salar de Uyuni and Laguna Colorada in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • Opening hours: Tue 09:00-09:30
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
€731.96 x 2 Adults€1,463.92
Total
Price is €1,463.92

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedBottles of water and snacks on the way
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance fees
  • What's includedWhat's includedFood and drinks
  • What's includedWhat's included1 Night at Hotel Tayka Desert
  • What's includedWhat's includedOxygen bottle on board
  • What's includedWhat's includedDinner
  • What's includedWhat's includedBreakfast
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: From Uyuni to Ojo de Perdiz
  • 5 stops
  • Meals: lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Tayka del Desierto Hotel****
Uyuni Salt Flat
  • 12h
Discover the Salar de Uyuni on a 2-day tour from Uyuni. Visit the train cemetery, artisan shops, Incahuasi Island, and more. You will be picked up from your hotel and visit the train cemetery, the town of Colchani, the artisan shops, salt processing plants, Incahuasi Island, and have a private lunch in the middle of the salt desert. You will continue your trip towards the southwest, passing through the Siloli desert. You will sleep at the Hotel Tayka del Desierto, a community hotel with a private room, shower, heating and enjoy a delicious local meal.
Uyuni Salt Flat
  • 3h
The beautiful Uyuni salt flats are the world’s largest salt flat. It is located in the Department of Potosi in Southwest Bolivia at 3.650 metres above sea level. Some 40.000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried up, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó and Uru Uru, and two major salt deserts: Salar de Coipasa and the larger Salar de Uyuni. The Uyuni Salt Flats are roughly 25 times the size of Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States!
Train Cemetery
  • 45m
Do you have your camera ready? The amazing cementary of trains looks like a remote.
Isla Incahuasi
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
You will enjoy the impressive landscape from the top of the Incahuasi island located in the middle of the salt flats. From this point you can enjoy an amazing 360 º view of the Salar.
Uyuni Salt Flat
  • 1h
Today you will also visit the Dakar salt monument (representing the annual Dakar Rally Race which is now held in South America) and Plaza de Banderas or Flag Square (a salt platform near the Dakar Monument with flags planted by visitors from all over the world.
Day 2: From Ojo de Perdiz to Uyuni
  • 6 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa.
  • 10h
  • Admission ticket included
You will have breakfast at the hotel and continue your trip to visit the stone tree, volcanic geysers, the red lagoon, and the main nesting site for pink flamingos. You will be able to take a bath in the hot waters of Polques, cross the Dali desert and discover the green lagoon. You will travel back to Uyuni on the way you will meet herds of llamas, vicuñas, birds and much more. The arrival in Uyuni is scheduled at around 6 pm and you will be dropped off at the place of your choice.
Arbol de Piedra
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Early this morning we will get ready to enter the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve. You will visit the Stone Tree and with some luck we will be able to spot vizcachas (wild desert rabbits).
Geiser Sol de la Manana
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
We will arrive to the Geysers of Sol de Mañana during the most active moment of the day and with the first ray of lights. This is the highest point of the tour (5000 metres above the sea level). It can be very cold here. We will be able to walk among the smoky and noisy geysers, boiling mud stewpot where red and grey mud is boiling like water.
Aguas Termales de Polques
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
The desert and Salar of Chalviri offer a landscape which combine the white of the snow with the red brown of the desert and the blue of the water. Here you will have the opportunity to swim in the Hot Springs of Polques and right after that to enjoy an open air breakfast.
Laguna Verde
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
We will continue our trip to the ‘Valle de las Damas’, a new breathtaking view with rock formations with interesting shapes and colours. Afterwards we will drive to the beautiful Laguna Verde at the feet of the Licancabur volcano
Laguna Colorada
  • 2h
The next stop will be Laguna Colorada (red coloured lagoon). This lagoon is the main nesting centre of the three different species of flamingos. The colour of the water is produced by the presence of algae and plankton activated by the sunlight and the wind.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESUyuni Salt Flat
    • Potosi Department, Potosi Department, Bolivia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEUyuni Salt Flat
    • Potosi Department, Potosi Department, Bolivia

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