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Take an overnight bus from La Paz, Bolivia, to Uyuni, then spend 3 days exploring the Uyuni Salt Flats and the Altiplano by 4WD. Walk the endless white salt flats and Incahuasi Island, and watch the sunset over the salt flats with wine and snacks. Pass Andean lagoons visited by flamingos, the Red Lagoon and the Stone Tree of the Siloli Desert, all the way to the Sol de Mañana geothermal field and the Polques hot springs. The overnight bus, 2 nights of accommodation and meals during the itinerary are included, and the tour ends in Uyuni.
On the first day, check in at the La Paz bus office around 9:00 PM and depart for Uyuni at 9:30 PM. Travel overnight in a bus seat with heating, a restroom, a pillow and a polar blanket.
When you arrive in Uyuni around 7:30 AM, staff will greet you at the bus office. Relax at a nearby café, check in at the office, meet your driver for a tour briefing, and depart by 4WD at 10:30 AM. Depending on the option booked, an English-speaking guide or a local Spanish-speaking driver accompanies you.
Walk among old locomotives at the Train Cemetery and learn about salt production in Colchani village, where you can see salt crafts and alpaca and llama wool products. Then cross the salt flats to see the Saltwater Eyes, Playa Blanca, the salt hotel museum, the world flags and the Dakar monument.
On Incahuasi Island, walk among giant cacti and coral formations with views over the salt flats. Take optical-illusion photos on the salt flats and watch the sunset with wine and chips. Tonight you stay at a salt hostel in Atulcha.
After breakfast at 7:00 AM, head across the Altiplano. Cross the Chiguana Desert, view Ollagüe Volcano, then visit the Cañapa, Hedionda and Chiarkota lagoons, where flamingos are often seen.
Enter the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve to see the rock formations of the Siloli Desert and the wind-carved Stone Tree, then look for flamingos at the reddish Red Lagoon (Laguna Colorada). Tonight you stay at a hostel in Huayllajara or Polques (assigned based on availability).
Depart at 5:00 AM to explore the Sol de Mañana geothermal field with steaming vents and bubbling mud pools, then relax at the natural Polques hot springs. Next, cross the surreal Dalí Desert and admire the Green and White Lagoons beneath Licancabur Volcano.
The tour ends on arrival in Uyuni around 5:30–6:30 PM.
Meeting point :
La Paz Bus Terminal (Terminal de Buses La Paz)
Terminal de Buses La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia
Meeting point information:
Check in at the bus office at the La Paz bus terminal and depart for Uyuni on the 9:30 PM bus. Before departure, you must pay the bus terminal fee (2.50 bolivianos per person) in cash.
On arrival in Uyuni, staff will greet you at the bus office.
Terminal de Buses La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia