Located at an altitude between 4,200 m (13,800 ft) and 5,400 m (17,700 ft)[citation needed] in Bolivia, it extends over an area of 714,745 hectares (1,766,170 acres) and includes the Laguna Colorada National Wildlife Sanctuary. Categorized under IUCN Category IV, it is primarily for the protection of birds that inhabit the different lagoons in the reserve.The reserve protects part of the Central Andean dry puna (oligothermic) ecoregion.The reserve's major attractions are erupting volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, lakes, fumaroles, mountains and its three endemic species of flamingos in particular.
An unusual natural feature of attraction (much photographed) in the reserve is an isolated rock formation projecting out of the sand dunes of Siloli at a place known as �rbol de Piedra. It is about 18 km (11 mi) north of Laguna Colorada. It is known as the “Stone Tree” as it is in the shape of a stunted tree, which is formed as a thin rock due to strong wind action.

Located at an altitude between 4,200 m (13,800 ft) and 5,400 m (17,700 ft)[citation needed] in Bolivia, it extends over an area of 714,745 hectares ...

Imagine yourself in a hot tub overlooking a huge pond of crystal clear water and snowy mountains in the background .... is it ... nothing more to say!! It is a part of a three-day tour of the salar . Be sure to stop by and enter. Very relaxing in the warm waters entering amidst the icy wasteland . The water outlet is very quiet , as you will be quite warm.

Imagine yourself in a hot tub overlooking a huge pond of crystal clear water and snowy mountains in the background .... is it ... nothing ...

Isla Incahuasi, Inkawasi or Inka Wasi (Quechua Inka Inca, wasi house,"Inca house") is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land and former island in Bolivia situated in the middle of Salar de Uyuni. Isla Incahuasi is the Spanish name where isla means island, Inca stands for Inca, and huasi is derived from the Quechua word wasi meaning house.

Incahuasi has a total area of 24.62 hectares (61 acres) and hosts gigantic cacti (Trichocereus pasacana) and a tourist center. There are unusual and fragile coral-like structures and deposits that often consist of fossils and algae. The place is the top of the remains of an ancient volcano, which was submerged when the area was part of a giant prehistoric lake, roughly 40,000 years ago.

Isla Incahuasi, Inkawasi or Inka Wasi (Quechua Inka Inca, wasi house,"Inca house") is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land and former island in Bolivia ...

Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile.The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.

Laguna Hedionda - a lagoon full of flamingos and a popular spot for lunch. Often you will have lunch at the outdoor picnic shelters here.

Viscacha Area - A short stop at a rocky outcropping reveals a colony of Viscachas. The tour guides feed them carrots to train them to come out for food.

Arbol de Piedra - a stone tree that has been carved out of the howling, sandy winds.

Accommodation - Laguna Colorada area has many basic accommodations in adobe shacks without heating. Beds and blankets are provided. There is electricity for a few hours, but usually no station to recharge batteries. Outside Temperature can be below -20°C at night in July. You may be able to talk the host into firing up the heater for hot water but the showers are located outside the lodge and require stalking through the icy night.

Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and ...

Laguna Verde is a salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia. It is located in the Potos�� Department, Sur L��pez Province, on the Chilean border at the foot of the volcano Licancabur. Visitors may find some flamingoes dancing in the salt.It has mineral suspensions of arsenic and other minerals which renders colour to the lake waters. Its colour varies from turquoise to dark emerald depending on the disturbance caused to sediments in the lake by winds. In the backdrop of the lake there is the inactive volcano Licancabur which is a nearly perfect cone.

Laguna Verde is a salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí­ Department, Sur Lí­pez Province, on ...

Local where you can see and understand how the ancient peoples of the region were buried. There is a museum and the village has an ancient cemetery of the Incas are several little hills with a hole to look inside. Inside has skeletons with typical clothes and tools Incas. A site that shows the preserved remains of their ancestors in their graves in the entire termite mounds in volcanic rocks format shows the type of his clothes and his pertences.Everything recorded in a small museum, but very well mounted, who preserved their culture from the past to not be overlooked by new and admired by visitors, with interest in culture. But if you are not interested in history, archeology then not go. We recommend!

Local where you can see and understand how the ancient peoples of the region were buried. There is a museum and the village has an ...

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, located in Bolivia.

TOUR BACKGROUND

The "standard "tour is conducted in 4x4 vehicles (usually Toyota Landcruisers) with 6 or 7 people, with the driver often times cooking. Most 3- and 4- day tours have the same itinerary for the first 2 1/2 days, a day on the salt plains, then heading south to the southwest corner of Bolivia, and then splitting off from there. The specific sites that are seen can be dependent on the tour, but group input can define which sites are visited and how much time will be spent at each.
Accommodation is usually provided in basic refuges and the weather can be very cold, but it is well worth it for the amazing scenery. Avoid tours that offer a night in one of the salt hotels - they are illegal as, not being part of the water grid, they pollute the environment.

Other Tour Options
Ending on the Chilean Border - Another alternative is to do the three day tour and be dropped at the Chilean border before taking at connection to San Pedro de Atacama, or do the entire tour from there. No attractions are missed by leaving the tour at the Chilean border before it heads back to Uyuni.
From San Pedro de Atacama - There is also the opportunity to do this tour starting in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile and ending in Uyuni on the third day or returning to San Pedro the following day. The advantage is that you get to see the Salar on the final morning, getting to see the sunrise over the Salar. There are several tour operators along the main street in San Pedro. However, you have to take attention booking with tour operators in Chile, since all the tours in Uyuni (Bolivia) have to be guided by Bolivian tour-guides, Chilean tour guides are not authorized to conduct tours in the Uyuni salt flat.

On the first day you will visit the salt flats. In the dry season this will be a hallucinogenic white landscape. In the rain it is mostly submerged and will show a perfect reflection of the sky.

Uyuni Plaza Arce - Most trips start here next to the train station at 10:30am, although hotel pickup is usually available.
Train Graveyard - Usually the first thing of the tour, but some operators prefer to finish the tour with it. A place with a lot of wrecked old steam locomotives.
Colchani, Bloques de Sal - a village 7 kilometers north of Uyuni that survives off of the processing of salt. Salt souvenirs are available, a salt museum that has carvings of animals created with salt (they make you pay the fee upon exit), some examples of furniture and home-building techniques using salt.

Salt-Mining Area - an area where salt is dug from the plane into piles weighing a ton each, and left to dry in the sun before transport to a refinery then to your table.

Salt Hotels - Several hotels made completely out of salt. It is necessary to purchase a candy-bar to go inside.

Isla de los Pescados, or Isla Incahuasi - The name originates from the fish-like appearance of the island's reflection in the wet season. There is a fee of BOB30 to visit this island of fossilized coral covered in 1000-year-old cacti in the middle of the Salar. These cacti (the highest of them being 9-10 m) grow at a rate of 1cm per year, so you can easily calculate their age. You may see a Viscacha or two here, also. Most tour groups eat lunch on the western "shore" of this island.

Accommodation can be found at San Juan, though for a real treat try to get the agency to use to accommodation closer to the Salar: you will then be able to get up before dawn and reach the flats by 4x4 to see the most spectacular sunrise of your life. The more basic "salt hotels" may have showers for 10B and a camera recharge station.

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, located in Bolivia.

TOUR BACKGROUND

The "standard "tour is conducted in 4x4 vehicles (usually ...

Salvador Dal�� or simply "Dali" is a desert of southwestern Bolivia, located south of the department of Potos�� in the National Reserve of Andean Fauna Eduardo Abaroa and south of the Salar de Chalviri. It is located at an average altitude of 4750 msnm and has an area of approximately 110 km².

Salvador Dalí­ or simply "Dali" is a desert of southwestern Bolivia, located south of the department of Potosí­ in the National Reserve of Andean Fauna ...

One of the major tourist attractions of the area is an antique train cemetery. It is located 3 km outside Uyuni and is connected to it by the old train tracks. The town served in the past as a distribution hub for the trains carrying minerals on their way to the Pacific Ocean ports. The train lines were built by British engineers who arrived near the end of the 19th century and formed a sizable community in Uyuni. The engineers were invited by British-sponsored Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway Companies, which is now Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia. The rail construction started in 1888 and ended in 1892. It was encouraged by the then Bolivian President Aniceto Arce, who believed Bolivia would flourish with a good transport system, but it was also constantly sabotaged by the local indigenous people who saw it as an intrusion into their lives. The trains were mostly used by the mining companies. In the 1940s, the mining industry collapsed, partly due to the mineral depletion. Many trains were abandoned thereby producing the train cemetery. There are talks to build a museum out of the cemetery.

One of the major tourist attractions of the area is an antique train cemetery. It is located 3 km outside Uyuni and is connected to ...

The Volcano Tunupa is situated on a peninsula of the Salar de Uyuni and provides fantastic views to the Salar because it overtops the Salar de Uyuni more than 1500 meters. Due to its outstanding location the Volcano Tunupa is a holy mountain of the Aymara people.
Its name comes from the Andean god Tunupa, master of lightning and volcanic flares.

At its top, the geological formation reaches 5432 meters of altitude above sea level and is part of the Cordillera Andes. Is the 11th highest point of country.

The region has some diverse vegetation, mainly composed of thorny plants. Last attended by the Cougars, who now seem to have left the area because of the intensity of tourism.

The Volcano Tunupa is situated on a peninsula of the Salar de Uyuni and provides fantastic views to the Salar because it overtops the Salar ...

It's a location between Uyuni and Reserva Eduardo Avaroa ( where are the Lagunas Colorada Green Geisers , etc. ) . The huge rocks seem to have been spattered on the ground and have the most different ways . All reddish form an incredible backdrop that stretches for about 10 km along the road

It's a location between Uyuni and Reserva Eduardo Avaroa ( where are the Lagunas Colorada Green Geisers , etc. ) . The huge rocks ...