Uyuni Salt Flats Bolivia - Three Day Tour | Atacama Desert | Red Planet Expeditions
Welcome to our channel! Our names are Ged and Kelsie and we are two Aussies sharing our adventures through South America.
This is one hell of a ride! We had been super excited to go on this tour since we started our trip and are even more excited to share it with you now! Just in case you missed the title we went and explored the epic salt flats and surrounding landscapes of Uyuni.
To get there we caught an overnight bus from La Paz (see our last ep here: • Biking Death Road | La Paz | Cholitas & Fi... ) which was tough but couldn’t dampen our hype to start this tour. Even the weather seemed to be eager to get us on our way with beautiful sunshine and a crisp breeze (also see: bloody freezing hell wind). Loaded up into Landcruisers, our road trip had us reminiscing of family holidays back home, but it soon became apparent we were not in Queensland (Kansas) anymore.
Our first stop was a train graveyard which we immediately decided to climb all over and have too much fun almost breaking our necks. With this leg stretching out of the way it was back on road and straight to the main event. The Salar de Uyuni, aka the epic (we say this a lot) Salt Flats! This barren landscape of crunchy salt and even more crunchy salt combined with the sunny blue skies was epic (told you). It was like standing on another planet that is also a solarium (sunscreen is a must). The only detractions were the constant and unrelenting wind, plus whatever sickness Kels had picked up (poor gal). We spent the rest of the day taking funny photos, visiting an island that had some plants older than time and watching the sky change patterns with the approaching dusk.
Day two and our first stop was a bit of weird one. It was a small town that was pretty much a ghost town but had some interesting old bits of equipment that used to be used to service steam trains. Some more driving got us to a valley of llamas which were reluctant to make friends with us - no matter how much we tried to get close to them. Turns out our stealth skills need work, as we found out at the next stop called ‘Stinky Lagoon’, a aptly name place home to flamingos. We tried get a closer to the pink beauties using a new tactic, a kind of hunched shamble, but to no great success besides laughing at ourselves.
Driving through the ever—changing landscapes gave us a break from the wind and kept us captivated between our last few stops. Some wind craved rocks (more climbing), Red Lagoon, home to an accurate few THOUSAND flamingos and a very active pocket of geysers (geezers) filled out a busy day two. That night we got to soak off the day’s exploring in a natural hot spring under the stars. Few too many wines were had.
The last day of this epic (again) adventure was a little marred by a knee injury sustained on the walk back from the hot spring and, you guess it, wind (like so bloody much wind). We did manage a short exploration of Green Lagoon which turned out to be as close as we will get to Chile (visa fail), but the rest of the day was spent rolling over dunes on our way back to town. Another overnight bus got us back to La Paz for blessed hot showers and much needed shave.
Where we go next is a little bit of mystery as we didn’t manage to sort out our visas for Chile. One thing is for sure though it will be less windy than this part of our unforgettable journey.
When 🗓️: October 2023
Tours 🧑💻:
3 Day Tour Uyuni Salt Flats & the Atacama Desert
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