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Salar
Salt flat in Bolivia

Salar

Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world, with an area of approximately 10,582 square kilometres (4,086 mi2).

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It is situated in southwestern Bolivia, within the Daniel Campos Province of the Potosí Department, near the crest of the Andes Mountains, at an elevation of 3,656 m (11,995 ft) above sea level.

Get in

Getting to Salar

Most organized tours start in Uyuni, usually

  1. 01
    Uyuni Plaza Arce

    For independent travellers on a budget it's possible to hop on a local bus from Uyuni to Colchani, which crosses the salt flats, and ask the driver to let you out where you want to be.

  2. 02
    Tupiza

    Tour prices are more or less the same as in Uyuni, but tours starting from here often include more lakes and interesting rock formations.

  3. 03
    San Pedro de Atacama
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Termas de Polques

    Adjacent to Salar de Chalviri, allowing for hot spring swim.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Diego Delso (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.