Salar de Uyuni, amid the Andes in southwest Bolivia
Salar De Uyuni
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Salar de Uyuni, amid the Andes in southwest Bolivia, is the world’s largest salt flat. It’s the legacy of a prehistoric lake that went dry, leaving behind a desertlike, nearly 11,000-sq.-km. landscape of bright-white salt, rock formations and cacti-studded islands. Its otherworldly expanse can be observed from central Incahuasi Island. Though wildlife is rare in this unique ecosystem, it harbors many pink flamingos.
Train Grave Yard
On the deserted outskirts of the small, dusty town of Uyuni is the ‘Cementerio de Trenes’ or Great Train Graveyard. Here you can explore old rusting train carriages and get some cool photos to add to what is bound to be the most impressive album of your travels.
Isla Incahuasi
Once a lonely, unearthly place, this stunning piece of land is now regarded as one of the most interesting sites in Uyuni. The marvelous terrain is covered in a native species of cactus surrounded by a flat sea of white hexagonal salt tiles. These giant cacti are hundreds of years old and grow at a rate of one centimeter per year. Most of them are more than two meters high with some even reaching a whopping 10 meters. The stark contrast with the barren salt flats is what makes the abundant plant life on Inca Incahuasi all the more fascinating.
