Latin America · Desert
Salar de Uyuni
The world's largest salt flat, a mirror when it floods.
- Place
- Potosi · Bolivia · BO
- World region
- Latin America
- Type
- Desert
- ID
- DST-0336
Why go
The world's largest salt flat, a mirror when it floods.
Uyuni is a mirror in the wet season and a white hexagonal plain in the dry, and the multi-day tours continue into coloured altiplano lagoons. Altitude exceeds 3,600 metres throughout.
Signature experiences
- Salt flat mirror effect in the wet season
- Three-day tour to the coloured lagoons
- Train cemetery and Incahuasi Island
Interest tags
desertphotographyaltituderoad tripstargazing
Good for
PhotographersAdventure travellersBackpackers
Best months
Dec-Apr (mirror) · May-Nov (dry, hexagons)
Avoid months
Not applicable, seasons trade off
Ideal stay
4 days
Nearest airport
UYU · Uyuni
Pace
Active
Cost tier
Budget
Peak crowd level
Moderate
Country ISO
BO
