Members save 10% or more on over 100,000 hotels worldwide when you’re signed in
From San Pedro de Atacama: Uyuni Salt Flat 3-Days
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 3d
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
Overview
- Let yourself be amazed by the beauty of the largest salt flat in the world.
- Get to know Dalí's emblematic desert
- Relax in the open-air hot springs of Polques
Activity location
- San Pedro de Atacama
- San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Meeting/Redemption Point
- La Pl., San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
- San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Check availability
Uyuni: Uyuni Salt Lake from San Pedro de Atacama - 3 days
- 3d
- Spanish
What's included, what's not
- Hotel pick up in San Pedro de Atacama.
- Drop off in the centre of Uyuni.
- Shared transport (minibus in Chile and 4x4 for 6 people in Bolivia).
- Meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
- Basic lodging:
- 1st night in hostel in Villamar (according to availability).
- 2nd night in a hostel in Colcha K (according to availability).
- Drop off at the hotel.
- Round trip transfer between Calama airport and San Pedro de Atacama.
- Entrance fees to parks (Bs. 186 per person).
- Entrance to Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve (Bs. 150 per person).
- Entrance to Polques Hot Springs (Bs. 6 per person).
- Entrance to Incahuasi Island (30 bolivianos per person).
- Access to bathrooms on the way (approximately Bs. 6 each access).
- Wellington boots (necessary in case of rain; rental for Bs. 20 per person).
- Medical insurance.
- Sleeping bag.
- Water.
What you can expect
Day 1:
This day will start with pick up from your hotel in San Pedro de Atacama to head to the border between Chile and Bolivia. After completing the corresponding formalities, we will change vehicles.
The first place we will visit will be the Bolivian altiplano, such as Laguna Blanca and Laguna Verde, which are located at the foot of the Licancabur volcano. Then we will visit the Salvador Dali desert and the hot springs of Polques.
We will also visit the Sol de Mañana geysers, which are springs of water that gush out at 90 °C. Finally we will visit the Laguna Colorada, where we can see many flamingos. In the afternoon we will go to the hotel in Villamar to rest.
Day 2:
This day we will start having breakfast, we will go to Tomas Lakha in this place we will be able to see pre-Inca cave paintings. Then we will go to Italia Perdida, a place where the volcanic rock took the shape of an abandoned city.
Then we will go to the Vinto and Catal lagoons, where we will be able to see the typical fauna of the Bolivian Altiplano. Afterwards we will visit the Anaconda Canyon and the Sora Canyon, finishing the excursion we will go to our hotel in Colcha K to rest.
Day 3:
This day we will wake up very early and transfer to the Salar. We will see the sunrise over the white mantle formed by the accumulation of salt and then we will move to Incahuasi Island. In this place we will walk through the limestone rock formation and from where we will have a spectacular view of the salt flat.
Then we will visit the Salt Museum and leave through the town of Colchani, where we will make a stop to buy handicrafts. Then we will pass by the train cemetery to take some pictures before arriving in Uyuni. Here we will finish our tour.
Location
Activity location
- San Pedro de Atacama
- San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Meeting/Redemption Point
- La Pl., San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
- San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile