5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS

First Day

Pick up from Hotel at Hrs 7:00 a.m. and leave with direction to Patacamaya located at 96 Km. from La Paz.

Enjoy the road in the high plateau of the Andes and arrive to Condoramaya to visit Mummies Tombs (polychromatic archeological burial site), then continue to Curahuara de Carangas also known as the Sistine Chapel of the Andes to appreciate all the Renaissance structure. Continue the route until Sajama national park. Later, you can relax entering the Hot Springs at 35 °Celsius. Culminate day one by having delicious dinner at our hotel and rest for the next day.

Second Day

Early start for the adventure to drive with the 4×4 Jeeps to Huayña Khota lagoon home of flamingoes and vicugnas, continue to Sequegua where we may enjoy the mountains that surround the road, Going by kewiña forests and observing llamas and alpacas, we will ascend to arrive to three lagoons in the Chilean frontier. After arriving at Sabaya Village , enjoy a delicious lunch on the way; Now head to Salar del Coipasa, a small desert of salt (picutre stops. Then, head to our hotel in Jirira town for dinner and rest to begin the next day adventure on  Uyuni salt flats.

Third Day

Start your tour off at 10:30 am with a visit to the mounds of salt (next to the salt flats). Take pictures as you ride along the immense white expanse of salt, visit los Ojos de Agua Salada (salt water eyes) and then a hotel made completely of salt which is currently being used as museum. 

Lunch is served most of the time in the middle of that salt flats so we can have a nice time to contemplate the hugeness of the place. After lunch, a visit to fish island a place where petrified coral is seen all over. Take time to organize your group for fun perspective and proportion-distorted photos on the blinding white surface of the salt flats. Then, head to Pia Pia island for the unique experience of seeing a beautiful sunset over the salt flats.

Fourth Day

Start off at 7:00 am for breakfast first stop ,the Chiguana desert on the south side of Uyuni salt flats, surrounded by volcanoes such as Ollague (5840m), which is still active and that you can see from a lookout point. Continue along a rocky road – Pasito Tuntun to the beautiful Andean lagoons inhabited by 3 species of Andean flamingos. Marvel at three lagoons on the way; see the first pink flamingos ‘Cañapa’, ‘Hedionda’ where lunch will be served, and ‘Chiarcota’ to be able to see a wider variety of birds and altiplanic fauna.

Then, Enter the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve and visit the Desert of Siloli at 4550m (the highest and driest in the world). Take a photo next to the ‘Rock tree’, a lava rock formation eroded by wind and water. Before arriving to our final destination today, we will stop at the overlook point by the Red Lagoon to see some more pink flamingos in their natural habitat and admire this intense red-colored lake. Stay the night at a hostel nearby.

Fifth Day

Get off to an early start around 5:00 am to visit the Sol de Mañana Geyser, at 5,000m and walk next to fumaroles and steaming craters filled with boiling pots of mud at 150-200 Cº. 

Continue to the open air hot springs and take a bath in 35 Cº water before enjoying  breakfast. The next places to visit are the Dali Desert where Salvador Dali found his inspiration from boulders sprinkled in the middle of the desert, and then the Green Lagoon (toxic copper water at the foot of the big Licancabur volcano at 6000m, a few kilometers from the Bolivia-Chile border).

Then head back to Uyuni passing by beautiful scenery along the way and eating a picnic lunch along the roadside. On the way, pass by the Valley of the Rocks, Alota settlement and San Cristobal Village to strech our lengs and buy some chocolate. Return to Uyuni by 6:30 pm. (Option to connect to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. You need to book this transfer in advance.)

This tour may run backwards

(From Uyuni to La Paz)

IMPORTANT INFO

During the rainy season from January to April, the Salt Flats fill up with water so it is not possible to cross them in the same way as during dry season. As a consequence, the itinerary is modified during that period. The main changes are usually as follows:

• Instead of stopping at the Inca Wasy (Fish Island), we stop at a place where the water reflects the sky and where it seems that the sky and the ground merge into one.

• On day 1, we might sleep at another location.

• We visit the Sol de Mañana Geyser and hot springs at the end of day 2 instead of in the morning of Day 3. During the winter season (from June to August), it is not possible to access Eduardo Avaroa national park (red lagoon, dali dessert, green lagoon). However, there is the possibility of visiting black lagoon and rock valley if on the third day of your tour it does not snow. We also may sleep in a different location due to road access.  As it is hard to forecast the weather at high altitudes and due to global warming and it may also snow abruptly.

REMEMBER: It can get very cold especially during the winter months of May to August  so bring extra warm clothes along like a scarf and wool hat to keep warm. We also recommend bringing an extra 5 litres of water so you can have enough water for the whole trip.  

SUGGESTED PACKING LIST

Sun hat, sunglasses (to protect your eyes from the bright glare off the salt panes), sunblock, coat, gloves, wool hat, trekking shoes, warm socks, swimsuit and towel for hot springs at Sol de Manana Geysers, extra bottles of water (we recommend bringing a 5 Liter bottled water so you can have enough water for the whole trip, it can purchased in the places w estay at), snacks, personal medication. Flashlight/torch, camera, extra batteries and memory card, charger (electricity available in most hotels), hand sanitizer, personal first aid kit. You will be sleeping up to 4,300 meters above sea level and depending on the season, temperatures can drop well below zero (reaching less than -15 degrees Celsius in the winter months of June and July) and the wind chill can be harsh, so bring plenty of warm clothes like a scarf and wool hat for the chilly evenings.