• Laguna Hedionda

    October 10, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    We drove on a bit further on the high altitude dusty road tikk we reached Laguna Hedionda.

    Laguna Hedionda (Spanish for "stinking lake") is a saline lake in the Nor Lípez Province, Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is notable for various migratory species of pink and white flamingos. We saw many flocks of them feeding all over the lake.

    Laguna Hedionda is one of the nine small saline lakes in the Andean Altiplano. It lies at an altitude of 4,121 metres (13,520 ft), with an area of 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi). Salt flats and bofedales (wetlands) are spread over the periphery of the lake. It is in a very remote area where human habitation is negligible.
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