Salar de Uyuni - Bolivia

We have travelled to some beautiful, unique and challenging landscapes but none quite so as intense as Salar de Uyuni.

The only thing confirming we were not on the moon was the gravity factor and the fact we could breath as the landscape indicated otherwise. Geysers bubbling, volcanoes smoking in the distance, lakes of odd colours including red, green and turquoise, weird shaped rocks, deserts of nothing but stones for miles and not a tree in sight. Ending the day we stopped at a hotel totally made of salt.

Although the landscape was harsh many of the lakes teemed with flamingos. 3 different species these ladies of the desert so elegant and pink.

The highlight of the 4 days was the salt flats themselves. We rose at 4am to make it to the middle of the salt lake for ´salida del sol´ (sun rise). Driving there our guide turned off all the car lights while still travelling at 110km per hour. He could do this as the terrain was so flat. Once again it felt like we were not on earth as the only sign of movement was the groan of the Toyota engine.

The sunrise was magical with every shade of purple and pink in the sky. However, the most amazing aspect of this place is there is nothing but flatness until the horizon thus meaning nothing to get a perspective of how big things are or how far they are away. We set up some loco photos, see below. This effect is not limited to stills as while eating brekky we saw another car driving in the distance and we could have sworn it was a small toy replica. At the end of the day we stopped at a hotel made totally of salt. The sea of salt is one special place!