Uyuni Salt Flats | Travel to South America

Uyunni Salt Flats – “Heaven on Earth: Amazing salt flats where the sky and ground merge into one to create dreamy landscapes” Daily Mail – USA

Salar de Uyuni (or Uyuni Salt Flats ) is the world’s largest salt flat, near the southwestern region of Bolivia, standing at 3,600 metres above sea level. The area has long been popular with tourists, particularly those looking for a holiday with a difference.

The Salar de Uyuni was created when a prehistoric lake dried up and left a salty crust behind. When it rains, the salty crust becomes a giant mirror….and a giant mirror means giant, double sunsets!

Uyuni Salar at sunset

This incredibly flat expanse of salt looks from outside this world. Not only when it rains but during the wet season, fascinating photographs can be taken by visitors, as the salt flat gets flooded over with a thin layer of water. It produces a mirror-like surface that allows for perfect reflections of the sky. Looks like something out of a space-travel movie.

Even though you are visiting this place during the dry season, the landscape is still incredible – perfect for some surreal photographs.

Visitors to the area can take in the vast white expanse of salt and the stunning surrounding vistas, while staying with locals in an area which feels cut off from the modern world.

Salt mountains at Uyuni

See a gallery of fun pictures taken by travelers:

Dino attack!

Playmobil strengh!

The making off of a picture at Uyuni

Jenn and Jason having fun at the salt flat!

Nathan and Carmen playing cards.

Pringle’s cave! by @kikiaroundtheworld

Voices in my head! Having fun at Uyuni.

Would you like to visit the Uyuni Salar? Plan your trip with us! We are specialist in tailor made itineraries.

A suggested itinerary that will cover Peru and Bolivia would start with Lima, followed by a visit to Cusco, Machu Picchu, Puno and travel across the Lake Titicaca to La Paz in Bolivia and then start a 3 or 4 days trip to Uyuni that could even finish in Chile or Argentina!