From Tupiza to the Uyuni salt flat

Tour

I did the tour with Natural Adventure, the agency down the hostel. We were one driver, one cooker (we never saw, but she cooked well!!), and 5 tourists. 4 French and 1 Italian, so we spoke mostly French in the car.

Lots of images are better for living this trip.

Day 1 – South Lipez

Whitehead cactus in front of the mountains around Tupiza
Whitehead cactus in front of the mountains around Tupiza
Lamas in a lunar landscape
Lamas in a lunar landscape
Pueblo Fantasma
Pueblo Fantasma

Or what we called, the mini Machu Picchu. There is also an old small mine close to the town, the entrance was ridiculously tight.

Laguna Kollpa
Laguna Kollpa

Day 2 – Most South part

Salar de Chalviri
Salar de Chalviri
Desierto de Dali
Desierto de Dali

The reference to Dali comes due to the rocks that look surrealism in the landscape. It could have been a painting from the great artist.

On the other side, playing guitar
On the other side, playing guitar
Volcano Licancabur behind the Laguna Verde
Volcano Licancabur behind the Laguna Verde

The volcano peaks at 6000 meters.

Aguas Termales, 35° at 4300 mts
Aguas Termales, 35° at 4300 meters
The suprem Geysers
The supreme Geysers

Normally, the smoke goes straight to the top. But, that day was incredibly windy. On top of that, it was hard to walk and cold.

The swimming pool in front of
The swimming pool in front of

The highest point we reached, 5000 meters high at the geysers.

Laguna colorada
Laguna Colorada

The red color comes from the copper inside the water.

Day 3 – Rocks Valley

World cup rock, thanks to my friend for the nice photo effect!
World cup rock, thanks to my friend for the nice photo effect!
The lamas chilling
The lamas chilling
Anaconda
Anaconda

It is hard to see, but I have no better picture. The rock where I am standing is actually the head. And down in the valley, the river zigzagging in the body of the anaconda.

Laguna Negra
Laguna Negra
Enjoying the view
Enjoying the view
The salt hostel
The salt hostel

All the wall, the tables and chairs were made of salt. The floor was also salt. I would have preferred a candy hostel, but we did with the environment.

Day 4 – Uyuni Salt Flat

The sun is finally coming at 6am
The sun is finally coming at 6am

We arrived at the Isla Incahuasi at 4:30am. We waited for 1h30 for the sunset. Not only long, all that time in the dark was incredibly cold even with all the layers I found in my backpack.

The hugest cactus I ever seen on the Isla Incahuasi
The hugest cactus I ever saw on the Isla Incahuasi
First shot in the salt flat, breakdance <3
First shot in the salt flat, breakdance <3
Guitar <3
Guitar <3
Wine <3
Wine <3
Goodbye, plouf...
Goodbye, plouf…
The complete tour team
The complete tour team
Salt lama
Salt lama
Dakar monument
Dakar monument
Train cemetery
Train cemetery

Goodbye 🙂

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