Multi-day trip

La Paz: 3-Day Salar de Uyuni Tour by Air

Multi-day trip

La Paz: 3-Day Salar de Uyuni Tour by Air

Activity provider: JOKER EXPEDITION, BOLIVIA

From US$ 889 per person

Experience the wonderful Uyuni Salt Flats as you travel by air from La Paz in a 3-day, 2-night tour. You can marvel at and explore in detail this fascinating terrain, accompanied by an English-speaking guide for the duration of your journey.

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Duration 3 days
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Live tour guide
English, Spanish
Private group

Experience

Highlights
  • Experience the wonderful Uyuni Salt Flats and travel by air from La Paz
  • Marvel at the immense desert plain of salt and its picturesque landscapes with lagoons and colors of the desert
  • Explorer this wonder of Uyuni accompanied by a professional guide
  • Enjoy delicious local food as prepared by your guides
Full description
Day 1: You will be picked up from your hotel in La Paz at 6:00AM, at which point you will be transferred to the International Airport of El Alto from where you will fly to Uyuni. After a 45-minute flight, you will land at the International Airport of Uyuni, where you will meet your English-speaking professional guide and your driver. You will then enjoy a delicious American-style buffet breakfast in one of the most popular cafes in the area. Your trip will then begin with a visit to an outdoor museum of ancient and impressive field trains. You will enter the Salar by Colchani where you will be able to see the salt process and piles of salt, and visit a salt hotel before continuing downtown to visit the Incahuasi Island of volcanic rock and giant cacti. This is also an area that can be climbed to attain extraordinary viewpoints of the white salt plain. That evening, you will stay overnight at the Basic Salt Hostel in a private room with an en-suite. Day 2: On the second day your trip will continue in the direction of the south, where large numbers of flamingos can be found. Other birds, such as geese and Andean gulls, accompany the flamingos in these lagoons which are flanked by snow-capped volcanoes. You will then pass through the desert sand in order to reach your hotel. That night you will stay overnight at a basic hostel in a private room where you can watch the sun set over one of the most beautiful landscapes on the planet. Day 3: At dawn you will venture in search of the geysers Sol de Mañana. This will be the highest point of the route, sitting at about 5,000 meters above sea level. The cold here is intense, and you will see pools where the land seems to boil red. The desert and Salar de Chalviri is another scene of great landscape value that combines the white snow, ocher desert, the blue of the water, and the white of the borax. In one corner you can take a bath in Termas de Polques, and enjoy a hearty breakfast outdoors. After leaving this desert valley, you will visit the Laguna Verde, at the foot of the Licancabur Volcano. You will arrive at this lagoon just in time to see how the water goes from emerald green to a duller shade of blueish-green. You will then return in the car, stopping for lunch at Laguna Colorada, the main nesting center of the three species of flamingos. You will be returned to Uyuni Airport to board the flight back to La Paz, where your tour will then conclude.
Includes
  • Round-trip flight tickets from La Paz to Uyuni
  • Private transfer from/to the airport
  • 2 nights' accommodation in private rooms
  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner on days 1 and 2
  • Breakfast and lunch on day 3
  • Professional English-speaking guide
  • Shared tour
  • Snacks
  • Water bottle
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Bottled water
  • Entrance fees
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Travel insurance

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What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Sunglasses
  • Sun hat
  • Sunscreen

Not allowed

  • Pets
  • Alcohol and drugs
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Louis was nice driver! Nice tour members. and I spend unexpected wonderful time. It was changed my life. Thank you very much.

December 1, 2022

August 13, 2022

Product ID: 245312