Tunupa

The day after Huayana Potosi we drove direction salt flats. We passed beautiful landscapes, saw many wind swirls and even camped at a meteorite crate. The following day (after endless dirtroads) we reached the saltflats and with it the start of our next hike, the Tunupa volcano. When we entered the tourist office to buy the ticket for the hike we got in a bad mood. You're only allowed to hike on your own to the first view point. If you want to hike to the following two viewpoints or want to climb to the top you have to hire a guide and pay 80$. We decided to go on our own and check the situation up there. As there was nobody at the viewpoint and the hike looked very easy we decided to continue. Not wanting to raise any suspect for being away too long we started running/walking very fast with our still tired legs from Huayana Potosi 🙈 At least we had no problems with the altitude, 4900m felt quite low this time 😂. It was totally worth to continue, the views were incredible from the 2nd lookout! As it was not possible to climb on the top anyway (rock climbing with gear would have been necessary, rock was loose and we didn't know the route.. ) we decided to stop there and not going to the 3rd lookout at the colourful pyramid next to us.
Great hike, spectacular views, visiting a cave with mummies and finally a place where Leki was allowed to join us 😌
PS. There was definitely no guide needed for this hike! Super safe and very easy to find the path..Read more