Uyuni Forum

... or Iguazu right now, and ask them to check for you when they're at the bus station? Also any suggestion for Salar de Uyuni 4WD companies to go with? I am aware they keep changing all the time. I can't remember the name of the company I went ...

... 2. Whats your opinion about taking a SLR camera with us on travelling, regarding saftey, practicality and danger of getting wet or damaged?? 3. Anyone knows if the traintrack between Oruro-Uyuni has been fixed?? Thank you!

This site has a contact e-mail, and they are located in Bolivia, so they can probably give you pretty good information about the tours and when they operate.

Hi everyone, I'm travelling to Bolivia in a couple of weeks and my friend and I wanted to do a moderate 2-3 day trek around the Yungas or Cordilleras. We're around Coroico and La Paz so would love to find a scenic trek from one of the two but ...

has anyone info on the company who does the most reasonable 4/5 trip to the salt lakes in bolivia staying in cheaper accom and starting from Uyluni Hiya, I can't remember the name of the company I used, but when you get to Uyuni, you can just ...

Hi, I have just read your topic. I also cast a stay in Bolivia for July, 2008. My probable road over 3/4 weeks: Paz and its surroundings Titicaca - Copacabana - Isla Del Sol Rurrenabanque and pampa and or jungle Salar de Uyuni and his vicinity. If you&# ...

... completely trying to make all my connections. So removing buses and given my timeframes what is the best method for travel from Cusco to Uyuni please? Is it the air ticket which someone suggested? also if you can give me a rough guide on what i'd be ...

... latest 6am on the 30th. Think I have trip sussed - I think Rurrenbaque is prob a no given the time span so willhead to Uyuni getting there on Monday if I get overnight bus. Then on to Potosi and possibly Sucre. Where I do need some direction is on ...

You CAN do the Salt Flats on a day trip from Uyuni. It departs at 10:30 and returns at 18:00. Cool! I didn't know that was possible! Thanks

Hello, I fly into La Paz at 8pm on August 1. I would like to take a bus that evening to Uyuni. Does anybody know if there are buses that leave that late from La Paz or is 7 or 8 generally the latest that leave from the terminal? Is there maybe a website ...

... for the salt flats , none of them are reputable anyway, there are all pretty much the same, same cars, same drivers, same food and hostels, same routes.. just have a short 30 minute walk around Uyuni as its small and interesting and pop into the tour shops

... into another place to catch a bus into La Paz - Its a bit more expensive I think. Also any suggestion for Salar de Uyuni 4WD companies to go with? I am aware they keep changing all the time. Cheers PS: Thanks for link to redbolivia - unfortunately ...

According to Peruvian press, a group stole 100 metres of rails of the line from Oruro to Uyuni (Salt Flats). Therefore the transport is temporarily interrupted. I believe buses can do the route but will be overcrowded. The press said the service should ...

... comfortable if not as exciting! We managed to get a company called "Frontera del Norte" to take us to Uyuni...well to the Bolivian frontier. Its based in Calama (Antofagasta street with Latorre street) $6,000 per person to the frontier ...

We are probably not the first to find out, but the old train that did Calama to Uyuni stopped working 4 months ago and no news on whether it will start again. A pitty....

... by night on the longer runs, but only use luxury buses for night travel, not local chicken buses. Pretty much anywhere in Bolivia try to keep to day runs for the spectacular scenery, especially around Lake Titicaca. Read up on all the towns you will ...

... a tour agency. - Book at least 2 months ahead of time if you plan to go in high season ( June - August ). Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia | | - By doing the typical Uyuni to Uyuni Salar tour in reverse order ( ie: east to west ) you can see the sunrise ...

... Bolivia!) Hey.. thanks a lot for that! So do you think it would be worth making my own way into bolivia and to uyuni in order to make the trip cheaper?? Presumably there are tours going from Uyuni too? Any other highlights you would recommend ...

... go various places - I went to the Valley de la luna which was lovely. There's so much to do in Bolivia - check out the train cemetary in Uyuni (there's nothing else to do there anyway!) You can climb down a silver mine in Potosi! Great ...

... services on the Bolivian side: Read our fellow Travelpod bloggers on this area: A much longer alternative is from Oruro, via Uyuni and the great salt pans to Antofagasta, Chile. Then over the Andes to San Antonio de los Cobres to connect with ...

... your shoes, I would go by bus and train to the Brazilian border at Corumba, which is in the Southern Pantanal. Go from Uyuni to Oruro, then continue by bus via Cochabamba to Santa Cruz From here there is a train, the famous "tren de ...

Hi just looking for a bit of advice.... We are travelling across Bolivia (Santa Cruz to La Paz) and onwards into Peru (Puno, Cuzco, Arequipa) then down into Chile and going to San Pedro de Attacama.... Are we better going to the salar d'uyuni ...

... services on the Bolivian side: Read our fellow Travelpod bloggers on this area: A much longer alternative is from Oruro, via Uyuni and the great salt pans to Antofagasta, Chile. Then over the Andes to San Antonio de los Cobres to connect with ...

... US Dollars. The first day is a lot of driving and the border crossing. Day 2 is to see the lagunas, Geisers, volcanoes and Flamingos. Day 3 is about seeing the Salt Flats. The tour will end in Uyuni. The scenery in this part of Bolivia really is stunning.

Hi just looking for a bit of advice.... We are travelling across Bolivia (Santa Cruz to La Paz) and onwards into Peru (Puno, Cuzco, Arequipa) then down into Chile and going to San Pedro de Attacama.... Are we better going to the salar d'uyuni from ...

... Janeiro, Brazil Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Ushuaia, Argentina Patagonia, Chile Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Rurrenabaque, Amazon, Bolivia Machu Picchu, Peru Lake Titicaca, Peru Nazca Lines, Peru Panama City, Panama San Jose, Costa ...

... Zealand. by: 2.) Frigate birds - Galapago Islands, Ecuador. by: 3.) Salt As Far As You Can See - Uyuni, Bolivia. by: 4.) Bridge and trees - Chengde, China. by: 5.) The red Lake - La Paz, Bolivia. by: ...

I am travelling to SAmerica in Nov-Jan with 2 friends. Round-about 19 December we are planning to cross from uyuni in Bolivia to The Pantanal in brazil. We want to spend around 3-4 days in the Pantanal and then go to Manus for about 4 days, before ...

... FREEZING at night, so take some thermals!!! On the negative side, you pay more to do it that way than you would from Bolivia, but on the plus side, you will see the salt flats last, and they are amazing!! You won't be able to ' ...

The classic shot from the salt falts in Uyuni, Bolivia But what's REALLY going on? My devil meets your angel