SW Bolivia - Part 3 - Salar De Uyuni

For the final leg of our SW Bolivia tour we head north, passing through some very tough little mining towns and drop 1,000m to a paltry 3,700m above sea level as we make our way to the world’s largest salt flat - Salar De Uyuni. It’s other-worldly and immense at over 11,000 sq km (and up to 140m deep - that’s a lot of salt!). It’s assessed to contain 7% of the world’s lithium, which is being mined at a rapid rate. It has cactus covered islands, a couple of abandoned hotels made from salt, and the Dakar rally has crossed it a number of times since 2016. Unfortunately, its name-sake local town (Uyuni) is probably the least attractive in Bolivia, with its train grave-yard the best thing to see.Read more