Bolivia Salar de Uyuni, Tours Adventure

Magic and Adventure in the biggest mirror in the world; where the earth blends with the sky Visit: Salar de Uyuni from July to November, packages "Adventure Tourism" of 1 to 4 people, journeys in vehicles 4wd and experienced guides

The beauty and the loneliness in a rural and inhospitable land, they never had better representation that in Salar of Uyuni, whit more than 3.600 meters above the sea level and with more than 12.000 km2 of surface, it is the bigger mirror of salt in the world.

Located to the south of Oruro and to the west of Potosí, the city of Uyuni is the starting point of many expeditions to the salt pit, the possibility to get lost in this immense sea of salt it is one more than the emotions that are added to this voyage.

The best time to visit the salt pit is in July to November months (winter) when the dryness of the weather allows to travel without many dangers, since in the rain times the water make muddy bays where to be blocked with the vehicle, it is not one of the most pleasant ideas. The icy winds and the low temperatures (-10º C to -15º C) and the fact that drinkable water doesn't exist, they make of this beautiful place a dangerous place as venture to cross without an experienced guide.

The Pachamama or Mother Earth (Goddess that represents to the earth in the Quechua culture) she knew recreating the most surrealist landscapes as never seen. A fine layer of water on the white salt make one of the most beautiful natural shows on the earth, the reflection of the sky in the salt makes that only the gravity can serve us for distinguisht the sky from the earth.

In the attractiveness we have Colchani, a town of some 70 families, only in this place it is where the salt is extracted and to preserve the beauty of this place, this work has been doing with manual and rudimentary procedures. We also have The Pescado Island, called this way to have the form like a fish and it is the only earth promontory in this sea of salt, the perpetual inhabitants of this place are some cactus.

Surrounded with mountains and volcanoes that reach the 5.000 meters high above sea level, the Salar of Uyuni, it is not only rich in indescribable landscapes it is one of those bigger reservations of litio of the world, with their 150 Kms. north to south, their 250 Kms. east to west and a depth of salt, that it varies from the 10cm to the 8 meters, it is calculated that it contains about 10 trillion tons of minerals.

The Salar de Uyuni is beauty, magic, adventure and much more, it is a place that invites us to touch in contact with the most rural in the nature, ideal for those that like of the photography and the adventure tourism. To continue trip to the National Park Eduardo Avaroa and the Laguna Verde and Laguna Roja it is advisable and almost obligatory.