Salt Flats/Desert Crossing

We started the morning with a 7am breakfast at the lodge and left the lodge at 7.30.
Today was a big travel day in our 4WD as we made our way towards the Chilean border through the desert and we made a number of stops along the way:
-San Juan village for a quick bathroom break/stretch the legs
-Viewpoint to see the Ollague volcano, which sits half in Chile and half in Bolivia
-Laguna Canapa which is a lake where we to spotted flamingoes (we spotted a lot of Bolivian flamingoes which are identifiable by their yellow legs whereas the Chilean flamingos have black and red stripes on their legs)
- Laguana Hedionda which was another lake area where we had a buffet lunch at the Eco Lodge
-middle of the desert to view the Chilean rainbow mountains (the colours are from the minerals in the mountains) and play some frisbee/soccer
-another stop in the desert to see the Andean rabbit (Vizacacha) which is a funny looking “wise” rabbit which was climbing in the rocks and eats dried grass
-Arbol de Piedra (Rock Tree) where we climbed on some natural rock structures generated by volcanic activity
-Laguna Colorada (Red Lake) to see the natural red colour developed by the reaction of sun and wind with a specific type of seaweed in the lake. Such a cool site (but it was very windy and cold here!)

We enjoyed our day in the 4WD with our driver, André, Ash and Marielle (a British couple on our tour). We played lots of music (lots of sing-a-longs) and Who Wants to be a Millionaire trivia on the phone!

We arrived at the lodge in Quentenas around 7pm for dinner and then cards followed by bed.Read more