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White and Green International Travel
FROM SAN PEDRO TO UYUNI: THE TOUR OF A LIFETIME | 4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS
Tour Details
We will leave from the town of San Pedro de Atacama towards the Salar de Uyuni. For this mission we will discover different sites along the way that deserve recognition and will captivate your attention. We will have 3 days to know all the mysteries and secrets that keeps the route that begins in the driest desert in the world, towards the highest salt flat in the world. We don’t for nothing call it the tour of your life! We are talking about the most impressive and wonderful tour you will do in South America and according to others in the world. Come on!
Day 1
Pick up location: Pick up at your hostel.
We’ll pick you up from your hostel early in the morning in a Mercedes Benz van. In 45 minutes we will have climbed 2 thousand meters to enter the immigration of both Chile and the entry to Bolivia. After a tasty and full breakfast we can deposit your bags on the Land Rover specially adapted for the trip that awaits us. Climb what you won’t occupy above the vehicle and enter with a small backpack with toilet paper, water and personal documents so that you have at hand.
We will start our journey stopping in the wonderful Laguna Blanca, color that originates from the minerals that are parked in this sector of the plateau. Laguna Verde, which is on the other side will surprise you by the particular color of its waters, the diversity of its fauna and wonderful photographs at the foot of the sacred volcanoes that surround it. Our next stop will be in the Salvador Dalí Desert where a landscape as bleak as inspiring will be the fruit of great photographs Ask the driver to help you with wonderful shots! Do you feel tired? Calm, in about thirty minutes you will be enjoying a cozy bath in the hot springs of Polques.
Can you imagine a bath in hot springs where you can look at flamingos? All those who have been there can not take from their images the landscape you will enjoy enjoying its waters. It is hungry? Quiet. In a few minutes you will be enjoying a tasty typical dish and reponedor.
After this incentive on the way, we will go to know the Geyser of the Morning Sun, one of the highest points of the route, almost 5,000 meters above sea level where you can appreciate fumaroles and eruptions that you will never see anywhere else in the world. Take air, breathe and take all the pictures you want. Now get in the vehicle, check your photos or take a break, within an hour we will be in our amazing potion destination.
Laguna Colorada, breeding place for Andean flamingos and migratory birds that have seen in this desolate site, a rest and food supply thanks to its waters rich in algae and minerals at 4,278 meters high. We will walk, take pictures and enjoy the calm and wild of this beautiful setting located within the Eduardo Abaroa National Wildlife Reserve in the highlands of Potosí.
Time passes and before nightfall we will be enjoying a good dinner and rest in a hostel in a small village lost in the middle of the plateau: Quetena Chico.
Day 2
The next day we will wake up early and after a tasty breakfast, we will leave towards the north, to find the Valley of Rocks or Valle Italia, named after the legend that a group of Italian cyclists and travellers were stranded on this site source of inspiration and beauty due to the erosion of the wind and the eras. There we will see the famous Camel Stone and the Stone Tree or also called World Cup for its silhouette that resembles the design of the winner’s cup in the FIFA World Cup, design of the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga. Do you see a tree? Do you see the World Cup? This is part of the adventure.
After this experience, we will travel hand in hand with our driver to Laguna Catal and the ravine of the same name. Here we will see native and endemic flora and fauna of the Bolivian highlands. We will enjoy landscapes and take photographs but it will also be a space for contemplation and encounter with oneself. After this visit, the driver awaits us with a great lunch according to your requirements.
At the end we will travel to the famous salt hotel, owned by the company where we can rest and dine quietly before the wonder that awaits us the next day. Remember to sleep early!
Day 3
In the early hours of the third day we will leave quickly towards a meeting as expected as incredible: Salar de Uyuni.
The Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt desert in the world. It has an extension that exceeds 10,000 square kilometers (greater than countries like Lebanon). It is a completely white surface, formed by a deposit of ten billion tons of that mineral in overlapping layers that reach a thickness of ten meters.
We will arrive very early to see in the Incahuasi Island one of the most romantic and spectacular sunrises you will ever witness. The Incahuasi Island (in Quechua, "The House of the Inca") is located at 3,822 meters in height is a steep relief, full of millenary caths that can reach 10 meters in height, is one of the main tourist places in Bolivia, thanks to the attraction that represents the salar of Uyuni, also known in the region as salar of Tunupa.
On the island operates a reception center for tourists belonging to the commonwealth of municipalities of Llica and Tahua, on whose territory the island is located. Here we will wait for the dawn, sacred and ceremonial moment for the Incas who inhabited this region for centuries. Take advantage of making a wish and taking unrepeatable photographs. Then we will go down to the salar to have breakfast in the middle of the salar in a properly enabled place.
We will move west with our driver to take the classic photographs in perspective: dinosaurs, backpacks, bottles, jumps and a reel in 360°, let your imagination flow to have unique and original photographs that will be a gift that will offer you this experience. After the photos, we will go to the salt hotel to then go to look for the flag of your country to the Plaza de las Banderas. We will go to the eyes of the salt to watch the volcanic boils that stand out in bubbles of intense colors, full of minerals, that will catch your eye and will be the delight of your senses.
We will leave for the town of Colchani next where you can get all the souvenirs that support your luggage as a practical souvenir of your visit to this salty and white corner of the world. We will then go to the cemetery of Trenes de Uyuni, witness to the rise of salt and that today serves as a photographic scenario of the glory of Bolivia. We will have lunch in a restaurant typical dishes of the region and then we will set off towards our own agency of White and Green in the heart of the city of Uyuni.
Once in the agency, we will advance customs procedures for your return to Chile and we will start fast on our way to Quetena Chico, to spend the night in the hostel for the first night
Day 4
At dawn we will return to San Pedro around noon.
Uyuni will always remain in your memories, in your stories, in your heart.
Tour Highlights
- Landscapes
- Photography
- Hiking
- Animals
- Flamingos
- Volcanoes
- Native Communities
Included
- Transportation
- Oxygen Bottle
- Food (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
- Accomodation ((first & third night with shared bathroom, second night ensuite)
- Guide (Spanish)
- First Aid Kit
Not included
- Entrance Tickets to Bolivia’s National Parks
- Border Tax
- Visa (if required)
- Water (outside of mealtimes)
- Tips
Consider
- Identity documents (ID, PDI paper, Passport)
- Toilet paper
- Hand santiser and/or wet wipes
- Drinking water (Recommended 5-6 liters)
- Bolivian pesos for tickets to national parks, toilet entry, water etc.
- More money for souvenirs and other purchases
- Swimming suit, towel
- Sunglasses
- Cap or hat
- Sunscreen
- Warm clothes (gloves, scarf, hat, jacket, layers)
- Walking shoes
- Sandals