Uyuni Salt Flat & Colored Lagoons 4-Day Tour from La Paz - Ending in San Pedro de Atacama

Take an overnight bus
from La Paz to Uyuni

On day 1, board the overnight sleeper bus to Uyuni at La Paz Bus Terminal at around 9:00 PM. Seats recline up to 165°, with heating, travel blankets, an onboard toilet and seat belts. You'll need to pay the bus terminal fee (BOB 2.50 per person) in cash before departure.

On day 2, you arrive in Uyuni at around 6:30 AM, where staff will meet you and take you to a nearby cafe. Breakfast is not included that morning, but you can buy it at the cafe. At around 9:00 AM you'll move to the office to get ready, and in line with local regulations the 4WD tour starts at 10:30 AM.

Explore the Uyuni Salt Flat and Incahuasi Island

Visit the Train Cemetery with its old locomotives, then see how salt is processed and browse handicrafts in Colchani village at the edge of the salt flat. On the salt flat, visit Playa Blanca and the former salt museum, the Dakar Monument, the Flags of the World and the salt eyes (natural brine holes), and take perspective photos. Lunch is served on the salt flat.

Next, walk among the giant cacti of Incahuasi Island and take in views over the entire salt flat (island entry fee not included). Watch the sunset with a glass of wine and snacks, then head to a hostel in the Atulcha or San Juan area for dinner and your first night.

Pass flamingo lagoons and desert landscapes

On day 3, cross the Chiguana Desert and stop at a viewpoint of Ollagüe Volcano on the Bolivia–Chile border. Pass Cañapa, Hedionda and Chiarkota Lagoons, look out for wildlife such as Andean flamingos, and have lunch near the lagoons.

See the Stone Tree in the Siloli Desert, shaped by wind and erosion, then admire the reddish waters and volcanic scenery of Laguna Colorada in the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve. Have dinner and spend your second night at a hostel in the Huayllajara or Polques area.

Pass geysers and hot springs on the way to Atacama, Chile

On day 4, have breakfast at around 5:00 AM and head to the Sol de Mañana geothermal area at nearly 5,000 m to see fumaroles and mud pools. At Polques Hot Springs you can optionally soak in the natural hot springs (entry fee not included). Cross the Dalí Desert and visit the Green and White Lagoons near Licancabur Volcano.

Then complete border formalities at Hito Cajón on the Bolivia–Chile border with your guide's help, and travel by shared transport to San Pedro de Atacama. The tour ends on arrival at around 1:00 PM Chile time.

※ The itinerary is for reference and may change depending on local conditions.
※ Wildlife such as flamingos lives in the wild, so sightings cannot be guaranteed.