Isla Incahuasi - Stranded on an Island

Miles of nothingness, and then there is this Island. Not just any Island. The Island of the cactuses 🌵

In middle of Salar de Uyuni is the Island “Incahuasi”

Isla Incahuasi (the cactus “island” in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni) exists because Uyuni used to be a huge prehistoric lake and what you see today is basically the rocky top of an ancient volcano that stayed above the water, later left stranded when the lake dried up.Read more