Uyuni, Bolivia Travel Blogs

Salar de Uyuni
Jan 3, 2006

... en bovendien waren wij gek en waanzinnig onbeleefd en respectloos. Op Mark z´n vraag of we hier echt in Bolivia waren antwoorde de vrouw: nee, in Uyuni. vervolgens dreigde ze de politie erbij te halen..denk je alles gehad te hebben... Hebben maar eieren ...

Take me away! Now!
Nov 3, 2009

... us (by Bolivian standards) for the accommodation, trip and bus tickets. But despite this, everything is dirt cheap in Bolivia. 2. Forget everything you learnt about buses in Argentina - despite using the same grading system, Super Cama, Cama, and Semi- ...

Day 4 of the Altiplano
Feb 27, 2008 (16 photos)

... in the flats - the other two have been removed and rebuilt brick by salty brick on the edge of the flats near Uyuni. This one remains as a museum and somewhere convienient to eat breakfast on a salty table sitting on salty chairs looking at the salty ...

The mind boggling salt flats
Jan 12, 2009 (6 photos)

... , believe me!), hot water is a big premium for a hostel too! Its fair to say sanitation in general is not Bolivia's strong point.  After 5 weeks in Argentina it felt refreshing to be in a new country, ridding ourselves of the ...

Worlds largest salt flats
Feb 27, 2009 (5 photos)

... of the way to Uyuni where the tour ended. It was a different experience from our 3 day hike into the Colca Canyon in that we were in a vehicle the majority of the time, but we did see some amazing sights and it was a great way to get from Chile to Bolivia.

Uyuni
Aug 6, 2008 (30 photos)

Bonjour! Nous voici arrivé à Uyuni, région connue pour son salar (mer de sel).  Nous avons voyagé toute la nuit.  Une partie de la route étant bloquée par des manifestations, notre autobus a donc dû rouler sur un autre chemin en terre ...

Salar de Uyuni
Apr 13, 2008

... Josh´s for about 8 of the 14 hours - reeeaaally bumpy. We arrived and sorted out a 2 day one night tour of the Salar de Uyuni area including all food and bed for the night for 300 bolivianos, about 20 quid, which is so much cheaper than booking it from La ...

Fun in the sun, sand and salt!
Aug 17, 2009 (32 photos)

Feeling a lot better after the kidney-gate experience we decided to move on sooner than later into Bolivia. Our first stop will be Uyuni town, best reached by a 3 day 2 night tour in a Toyota Land Cruiser. Going from altitude of 2400 to 4800 and ...

Salar De Uyuni
Dec 31, 2008 (121 photos)

... but that was good because we worked hard on our spanish - love having conversations and being understood - just!) then stamps in the passport, onto a bus and into chile.  have spent 6 weeks in bolivia so new country for a new year....  

Your innie! *giggling*
Jan 9, 2006

Greeting aliens! I come from Mars. Yes, you heard me LOUD and CLEAR! Anywhere around Uyuni is an exact replica of the landscapes on Mars, the red planet as we know. What a 4x4 truck excursion for 3 nights, covering X number of miles (I lost track of ...

Heisse Terme - Kalte Naechte
May 23, 2007 (30 photos)

4 Tage - 3 Naechte sollte es auf Tour gehen. Thomas hat alles brav von Santiago aus organisiert  und wir mussten vor Ort in San Pedro nur noch bestaetigen. Und Wasser kaufen. Viel Wasser. Beim Wasserkauf hoerte ich zum ersten Mal einen Kommentar ...

Flamingos, Llamas, coloured lakes, and Salt Flats
Oct 31, 2007 (81 photos)

... and it was lovely to stand there and enjoy the view.  The rest of the day was heading up towards the Salar de Uyuni.  However, we had a lovely lunch in the middle of no where, and were the only human activity around.  After lunch we saw an ...

Salt Lake City
May 13, 2007 (20 photos)

We arrive into FREEZING COLD Uyuni at 4am!!! Takes getting into bed with all our clothes on and 5 blankets to get some warmth back into us. After checking out a few tour companies we book a 3 day jeep tour of the salt flats for the next day. We ...

Bouncing through Bolivia to a Salar Sunrise
Feb 3, 2009 (59 photos)

Wow!  I am blown away by the beauty of Bolivia.  Limited time has had me scuttling south at speed, missing the variety on offer in the rest of the country, but this south west corner has long been a goal and I was absolutely not going to miss it ...

Salar de Uyuni (Salt Flats of Southern Bolivia)
Sep 22, 2008

On Monday, August 22nd we hopped on a 12 hour night bus from La Paz to Uyuni in Southern Bolivia. We were told multiple times to wear warm clothes and bring a sleeping bag on board because it would be freezing. There was no heat or bathroom. Welcome to ...

Just a stop over in Uyuni (no news)
Oct 8, 2007

No news, will update in next proper update

Najvecje slano jezero na svetu
Aug 4, 2007

... iz Nizozemske. Blazen Matej! Cisto na kratko: Prvi dan: pokopalisce lokomotiv, snezno belo slano jezero Uyuni, nepozaben otok kaktusov, nocitev v hotelu iz soli...res interesantno, se posebej bliznje mesto "brez" prebivalcev ...

salar
Jun 15, 2003

... a relatively flat expanse in the middle of the widest part of the Andes covering some of Southern Peru, and much of Western Bolivia. The altitude seems to average around 4000 meters (14,000 feet for you metrically non-inclined readers). In the center of ...

The Uyuni slat flats
Jan 24, 2007 (15 photos)

A three day jeep drive in the south of Bolivia passing some of the most stunning scenery I´ve ever seen. Salt flats, desert landscapes and vast lakes - have a look....

The Beauty Goes On (by KCT)
Oct 1, 2009 (51 photos)

... trip! We have never seen such beautiful landscapes before and we would go back to these places anytime! From Uyuni, a very small city located southwest of Bolivia, we went on a 3-days-tour with a 4WD Toyota Landcruiser to see salt flats, volcanoes, multi ...

13/07/05 - 16/07/05
Jul 13, 2005 (10 photos)

I am so glad that I´d gotten over my illness before I started this 4 day, 3 night tour through the Southwest of Bolivia. If I ever complain of a British winter again then please remind me of this. I have never been so bloody cold in my entire life. The ...

Quick stop off
Aug 4, 2009 (3 photos)

... slow internet) and sat in the main plaza enjoying the sun with a bunch of people who we had met on the tour. It turned out that most people were heading out of Uyuni that night as well so we all went for dinner together before catching our night buses.

Would you like salt on that?
Mar 29, 2008 (16 photos)

... the way, we had one more stop to visit the Train Cemetary. This is basically a dumping ground just outside Uyuni, where the government has abandoned about thirty old trains. We managed to take a couple more pics and then seeing that ...

Uyuni (suite)
Aug 7, 2008 (30 photos)

Bonjours! Notre deuxième journée à Uyuni a commencé avec la visite d'une petite ville nommée San Juan.  Par la suite, nous avons arrêté dans un endroit où il y avait d'intéressantes formations de roches volcaniques.  Puis nous avons arrêté à ...

Southern Bolivia (Salar De Uyuni)
Feb 3, 2006 (19 photos)

... ground); and Laguna Verde (an emerald green lagoon that sits right below a volcano Some interesting facts I discovered: Salar de Uyuni is estimated to contain 10 billion tons of salt of which less than 25,000 tons is extracted annually. Every November, ...

South West Bolivia and the Salt Flats
Apr 10, 2007 (20 photos)

... people to our party and booked a 4 day jeep trip through the barren expanse of south west bolivia, including the worlds largest salt flats at Uyuni. 6 pasengers in a Land Cruiser for 4 solid days wasnt the most comfortable of experiences, and it was ...

Surviving the Salar de Uyuni
May 24, 2006

... of interesting photos, tho the desert does get a little dry after a few days. I will have to wait to upload photos tho, at Uyuni Internet connex run below 1997 levels. I was going to head to Potosi today, the famous mining town east of here, but was ...

Cementerio de Trenes
Feb 19, 2007 (10 photos)

... in Uyuni Sophia and I set off on a 3 day tour of Salar de Uyuni (The salt flats. Our first stop was his amazing train cemetery on the outskirts of the town. Its where all the locomotives of Bolivia come to die and it was great having a wander around.

Another world!
Apr 27, 2007 (10 photos)

Ayuni is just a desert town, but at an altitude of 4,000 metres above sea level, and beyond here are the salt flats, which are between 4,000 and 5,000 metres high. The landscape is the weirdest and most hostile I have ever encountered. It is not like ...

Salar deUyuni
Oct 17, 2005 (43 photos)

... 7am to go and find our tour guides. Uyuni is the place where all the tours of South-western Bolivia begin, and I´d booked a 4 day tour of the Salar de Uyuni. It´s basically 4 days off-roading it in a jeep in some of Bolivias most famous scenery with ...