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Uyuni Salt Flats

The surreal Salar de Uyuni — a blinding white sea of salt, mirror reflections, flamingo lagoons and high-Andes desert.

Getting there

By air to Uyuni or overland from La Paz, on the high Altiplano

Best for

The Salar de Uyuni, mirror reflections, flamingos, coloured lagoons, high desert, photography

The land

The world's largest salt flat, on the high southern Altiplano

Good to know

In the rainy months a thin water layer turns the salar into a vast mirror

What it is

The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat — a surreal white expanse of mirror reflections, flamingo lagoons and high-Andes desert.

The Salar de Uyuni is one of earth's most extraordinary landscapes: over 10,000 km² of blinding white salt, dotted with cactus islands and, in the wet months, transformed into a vast mirror reflecting the sky. Beyond it lie coloured lagoons crowded with three flamingo species, geysers and the high-altitude deserts of the southern Altiplano — a photographer's dream.

PhotoUyuni Salt Flats — the world's largest salt flat.

The reason to come

The mirror of salt

Uyuni is one of the most surreal landscapes on the planet.

The salt flat

A blinding white expanse, mirror-still in the wet season.

Flamingo lagoons

Three flamingo species on the coloured high-desert lakes.

High desert

Geysers, rock formations and the southern Altiplano.

Worth knowing

A mirror to the sky

In the wet season the Salar de Uyuni becomes the world's largest mirror — a landscape like no other.

PhotoMirror reflections on the Salar de Uyuni.

When to come — honestly

A year-round wonder.

May – October

Best

The dry season — the classic white salt-flat and easy travel.

December – April

Best

The wet season — the mirror effect, when a water film coats the salar.

Year-round

Good

Spectacular all year; the look changes with the season.

At high altitude and very exposed; the mirror effect needs the wet season, the classic white salt the dry — choose by what you want.

Context

The salt-flat finale

Uyuni adds the surreal salt flats and high desert to a Bolivia wildlife trip.

It is a landscape and photography highlight.

We add Uyuni for the salt flats and lagoons, a scenic counterpoint to the Amazon wildlife.

Beyond the obvious

More to Uyuni Salt Flats.

PhotoThe salt flat

The salt flat

White expanse or mirror reflections.

PhotoFlamingo lagoons

Flamingo lagoons

Three species on the high lakes.

PhotoHigh desert

High desert

Geysers and coloured lakes.

Why Wild Voyager

We open up a wild, under-visited Amazon.

Bolivia's wildlife lies in remote parks like Madidi and the Pampas. We handle the bush flights and lodge logistics so you reach them smoothly, with the right guides.