Salar de Uyuni - day 3

We woke up 5 in the morning and in 20 minutes we were already ready for departure. The salt flats of Uyuni were very close so we didn’t have to drive that far. Also shortly after 5:30 we got to see first sunlights and we stopped for the sunrise in the part of the salt flats where the water was still standing after heavy rains last weeks. This rain creates in salt flats famous mirror effect which can be only seen few times a year (mainly during January and February). The sky was on fire and due to the reflection it looked absolutely magical 🔥❤️. We took lot of photos and then drove to the cactus island Incahuasi. There is a small hiking trail around the island but you have to pay the entrance fee of 30 Bs. per person. We didn’t see the reason why this should be so special so we decided not to do it and have instead breakfast below the cactus island. The Uyuni is the biggest salt flat in the world with total size of 12 thousand km2. The salt reaches 2 meters in total so there in plenty of salt to extract. Additionally below salt layer there are other very expensive minerals such as uranium, lithium ect. After breakfast we drove for long time through the salt flat and then stopped for pictures. In the past there was a first salt hotel built directly in the middle of Salar. This hotel is due to contamination not working as a hotel anymore but serve as a museum / restaurant for tourists and shelter for people who gets stuck in the salt flats due to bad weather or health conditions. 2010 Rallye Dakar was passing here so now there is even a Dakar monument. We arrived to Uyuni salty, happy and tired. It was amazing tour and we had a lot of fun with our group and tour guide. Uyuni town is not a very special place so we will take the overnight bus to our next stop of the trip town Sucre. To kill the afternoon and rest we bought a day pass for a hotel and had dinner with our new friends.Weiterlesen