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3-Day Uyuni Salt Flats Shared Tour: English Guide, Private Rooms
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English Speaking Guide Day 1: Uyuni - Colchani - Incahuasi Island - Ajencha Day 2: Chiguana Desert - Ollagüe – Andean Lagoons - Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve - Red Lagoon. Day 3: Sol de Mañana Geyser - Hot Springs - Dali Desert - Green Lagoon - Uyuni.
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
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Suggested packing list: *Sunblock. *Sunglasses *Bottle of water. (2L. enough) *Jacket. *Scarf *Gloves *Snacks (No shops during the trip) *Extra warm clothes.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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3-Day Uyuni Salt Flats Shared Tour: English Guide, Private Rooms
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About
English Speaking Guide Day 1: Uyuni - Colchani - Incahuasi Island - Ajencha Day 2: Chiguana Desert - Ollagüe – Andean Lagoons - Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve - Red Lagoon. Day 3: Sol de Mañana Geyser - Hot Springs - Dali Desert - Green Lagoon - Uyuni.
Start your tour off at 10:30 am with a drive out to the Uyuni Salt Flats.
Meeting time: 10:00 a.m.
Meeting point: Our office in Uyuni, 1 block from Bus Station
30 minutes
2
Train Cemetery
The first stop is the haunting "Train Graveyard’, which is found on the outskirts of Uyuni. Get to see the first locomotives in Bolivia, and learn about their history, which connected several major cities. Now, corroded over time from the strong salt winds that run through this desert area, this makes for a great photo setting.
45 minutes
3
Colchani
Then visit the small settlement of Colchani (salt miners workshops next to the salt flats), there, also find handicrafts made of salt, and textile art manufactured of llama and alpaca wool. These make excellent souvenirs to bring back home.
30 minutes
4
Salar de Uyuni
Take photos as you cruise along the vast white expanse of salt, wade through “Ojos de Agua Salada” (salt water eyes), also visit: a hotel made completely out of salt which is currently used as a museum, Flags of the world (Where you can bring yours and put there for free) and a Monument of Dakar racing.
5 hours
5
Isla Incahuasi
After a morning of exploration, Lunch will be served near “Isla Incahuasi” (Fish Island), following, have time to take a hike to the top of the island to see giant cacti, and rock formations made of petrified coral.
45 minutes
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Salar de Uyuni
Next, take time to organize your group for fun perspective- and proportion-distorted photos, set on the blinding white surface of the salt flats, playing around with the scene, you can be sure to take some funny, and memorable shots!
Finally, head to a spacious area for the unique experience of seeing a beautiful sunset over the salt flats, spreading its dazzling colors all over the salt flats, enjoying it with a glass of wine.
Arrive to Agencha town to have dinner and night stay in the hostel.
Accommodation: Agencha - 3-beds, 4-beds, 5-beds and 6-bed rooms + Private toilets.
45 minutes
7
Salar de Chiguana
Start off at 7:00 a.m. for breakfast. First stop, Galaxy Caves and then go visit the Chiguana Desert on Uyuni salt flats South side, surrounded by volcanoes such as Ollagüe (5840m), which is still active and that can be seen from the lookout point. Then, continue along the rocky road that´s called “El Pasito Tuntun”.
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Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve of Andean Fauna
Later, visit: Cañapa, Hedionda and Chiarcota Lagoons in which flamingoes can be seen.
After Lunch, enter to “Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve”, visit the Desert of Siloli at 4550m (the highest and driest in the world), take a picture next to the ‘Rock tree’ (a lava rock formation).
3 hours
9
Laguna Colorada
Before arriving to final destination, stop at the overlook point by the Red Lagoon to see more pink flamingos in their natural habitat and admire this intense red-colored lake. Stay the night at a hotel in Huayllajara.
Accommodation: 6-beds rooms shared + shared toilets - 10 Bs extra for a towel - No hot shower.
3 hours
10
Geiser Sol de la Manana
Get off to an early start around 5:00 a.m. to visit the Sol de Mañana Geyser (5,000m) and walk next to fumaroles and steaming craters filled with boiling pots of mud at 150-200 Cº.
2 hours
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Aguas Termales de Polques
then, have the opportunity to take a bath in an open-air Hot Springs at 35 Cº water.
45 minutes
12
Salvador Dali Desert
The next places to appreciate are the Dali Desert where Salvador Dali found his inspiration from boulders sprinkled in the middle of the desert
30 minutes
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Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve of Andean Fauna
then the Green, and white Lagoon (toxic copper water at the foot of the big Licancabur volcano at 6000m, a few kilometers from the Bolivia-Chile border).
Then head back to Uyuni passing by beautiful scenery along the way and eating a picnic lunch along the roadside. On the way, pass by Rock Valley, Alota settlement and San Cristobal Village where a baroque church and colonial paintings can be seen.