Everyone you speak to who has travelled in Bolivia will tell you to visit the Salt Flats. Adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘other-worldy’ and ‘trip of a lifetime’ are thrown around casually. Before you’ve even decided to do the trip, your expectations are well and truly built up. And as we know from past experiences: expectations are the kiss of death for any ‘must-see’ tourist site.
Yet, sometimes, the hype is founded. Sometimes, as a fellow backpacker shares their experience, a far away look appears in their eyes. And sometimes, the photos just can’t do justice to what you’ve seen.
Locomotives at The Train Graveyard
Salt pyramids drying, ready for collecting
Salt
Salar de Uyuni
The Cactuses on Fish Island, in the middle of the Salt Flats
Trick Photography on the Salt Flats
Travel - a balancing act
Blown Away by the Salar de Uyuni
Run Away!
Sunset on the Salt Flats
Pink Flamingos
Ice Formations in the Middle of the Desert
Volcanic Formations
El Arbol de Piedra
The Red Lagoon
Standing in the top of a Volcano at Sunrise
The Salvador Dali Mountains
Our Path through the Desert
Hot Springs at Sunrise
Kicking up dust in the desert
The Green Lagoon
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Perfection! This was one of the best week’s of my life, I loved every second of being in Salar de Uyuni. AMAZING PICS!!!!
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I loved the trick photography , granddad would have approved wholeheartedly, to see these sights first hand must be magical.congrats on being asked to write for craghoppers I said you would eventually write a best seller, good luck.
This looks so cool. I’ve seen a lot of posts on this place recently. I must get there someday.
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I love the pictures, especially the pink flamingos and the ice crystals. Very cool place to visit. Based on the visuals, I’d say it looks like a place that lives up to the hype.
Thank you for sharing!
Just found your blog. So jealous of your recent adventures. My next trip to S. America I plan on visiting Peru for MP and Bolivia for the salt flats. Definitely on my bucket list. So many fun pictures to take on the salt flats!