Private Uyuni Salt Flat Tour from Atacama round trip

San Pedro de Atacama

The private tour to the Uyuni Salt Flat from San Pedro de Atacama starts at 7:00 a.m. with pick up at your accommodation. The transfer to the border is done in a minibus. Upon arrival at the border, while the formalities are being carried out, the driver will load all the luggage in the 4x4 in which the tour takes place. Once everything is ready, breakfast is served and the adventure in Bolivia begins!

*The waiting time for border formalities can vary from a few minutes to an hour.

Altiplanic Lagoons - Polques Hot Springs - Sol de la Mañana Geysers - Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon)

You access the Eduardo Abaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, the first visit is to the Blanca and Verde lagoons, at the foot of the Licancabur volcano. The trip continues through the Salvador Dali desert to reach the Polques hot springs, where you can enjoy a bath in natural hot springs surrounded by a high Andean landscape. We replenish our energy with lunch overlooking the hot springs and resume the journey to a small field of geysers.

The last visit of the day is to the Laguna Colorada, where pink flamingos live and we will take a walk until we reach a viewpoint from where we will enjoy the views.

After this visit, the driver will take us to the selected accommodation in the reserve, where we will have dinner and rest.

After breakfast at the lodge you will visit the Valley of the Rocks, rock formations that erosion has created very characteristic shapes. The tour continues to the Laguna Negra, which is accessed by a small stream where you will find llamas and you can explore freely. Upon returning to the vehicle, the driver will be waiting for you with lunch.

The route continues to the Anaconda Canyon, with a small meandering river at the bottom, which we will appreciate from one of the points at the top, not suitable for travelers with vertigo. The last area to be visited today is the Sora wetland, an area full of Andean fauna, especially birds and camelids, which contrasts completely with the more arid areas we have visited during the day.

Once the visits are over, the driver will head for the day's accommodation, which can be a salt hostel, which is undoubtedly one of the best in the area, or the Palacio de Sal hotel. In both cases they are accommodations built of salt, as they are located very close to the Uyuni salt flat.

The day starts early in order to see the sunrise in the Salar de Uyuni. Once the sun begins to illuminate the salt flat you will have free time to enjoy this moment before heading to Inca Huasi, the cactus island located in the middle of the salt flat.

After touring Inca Huasi, breakfast is served next to Inca Huasi.

We return to the salt flat to enjoy some free time with the sun overhead and take the famous photographs of the salt flat. During the months of January to March the salt flat is usually flooded, creating the famous mirror effect, although this may mean that Inca Huasi is not accessible, so the itinerary may be modified.

Arriving at noon, we start to leave the salt flat, visiting the Isla de las Banderas and the sculpture to the Dakar and the salt handicraft stores of Colchani. Finally we visit the train cemetery and Uyuni town.

After lunch we start our way back. A journey of about 3 hours to reach the same accommodation of the first night: hostel in Villa Mar or Hotel Mallku.

The day starts early, and around 5 am breakfast is served and the driver will take you to the border between Chile and Bolivia. The formalities are completed and, as on the first day, you will change vehicles to drive in Chile, arriving in San Pedro de Atacama around 1:00 noon, putting an end to the 4-day private tour to the Uyuni Salt Flat from San Pedro de Atacama.