Uyuni Salt Flats 3-Day Tour from Uyuni - Altiplano Loop with Return to Uyuni

Loop the salt flats and Altiplano
by 4x4 over 3 days

Meet your guide in Uyuni at around 10:30 a.m. and board a shared 4x4 with your group. You'll pass the salt flats and the lagoons, deserts and geothermal fields of southwestern Bolivia's highlands, returning to Uyuni around 4:30–5:30 p.m. on day 3. Accommodation is in shared rooms in hostels with shared bathrooms.

Day 1: Perspective photos and sunset on the salt flats

Explore the Train Cemetery, home to old locomotives from Bolivia's mining history, with your guide's commentary, then see traditional salt processing and handicrafts in the village of Colchani on the edge of the salt flat. Head onto the salt flats to visit Playa Blanca and the old salt museum, and have lunch on the salt plain.

See the Dakar monument, the Flags of the World and the natural brine pools known as the salt eyes, and take perspective photos. Look out over the whole salt flat from Incahuasi Island with its centuries-old giant cacti, then watch the sunset with a glass of wine and light snacks. The first night is spent in lodging in the Atulcha or San Juan area.

Day 2: Volcanoes, flamingo lagoons and desert landscapes

After breakfast, cross the Chiguana Desert and stop at a viewpoint overlooking Ollagüe Volcano on the Bolivia–Chile border. Look for Andean flamingos and other wildlife at Cañapa Lagoon and the Hedionda and Chiarkota lagoons, and have lunch by the mountain-ringed lagoons.

Cross the high Siloli Desert to see the Stone Tree shaped by wind and erosion, and admire the red waters and flamingos of Laguna Colorada inside the Eduardo Avaroa Reserve. The second night is spent in lodging in the Huayllajara or Polques area.

Day 3: Geothermal fields and hot springs, then back to Uyuni

After an early breakfast around 5 a.m., head to Sol de Mañana at nearly 5,000 m to see steaming fumaroles and bubbling mud pools. At Polques you can soak in the natural hot springs if you wish, then pass the Dalí Desert and the Green and White Lagoons near Licancabur Volcano.

Return to Uyuni via the Valley of Rocks and San Cristóbal.

※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.
※ Wildlife lives in its natural habitat, so sightings are not guaranteed.