Salar de Uyuni: world’s largest salt flat

Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is considered one of the most extreme and remarkable vistas in all of South America, if not Earth.
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 is considered one of the most extreme and remarkable vistas in all of South America, if not Earth. Stretching more than 4,050 square miles of the Altiplano, it is the world’s largest salt flat, left behind by prehistoric lakes evaporated long ago.

We do recommend that you visit more of Bolivia than just the salt flats, but if you want some epic pictures and an unforgettable experience you will want to put the Salar de Uyuni Salt Flats on your bucket list.

 

Think 10 billion tons of salt sprawling across an endless desert. The Salar de Uyuni is a 10,582 square kilometer expanse of cracked white salt, left behind when an ancient salt lake named Coipasa dried up thousands of years ago.

For mythology lovers we bring the most romantic version of its origin. The legend talks that Uyuni Salt Flats was formed from mother’s milk spilled by the Tunupa volcano, when her newborn was stolen. Every year it is her tears that flood this sea of salt in the rainy season.

In your trip to  will be able to contemplate the biggest natural mirror of the world, where the salt flat and the sky join creating a captivating landscape.

Salt lake Mirror-Bolivia

It is the world’s largest salt flat and is located at a high altitude of 3,656 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level

Uyuni Salt Flats has one of the largest lithium reserves in the world, the exact amount of lithium it holds isn’t yet known, but it is estimated to be the largest in the world.

Uyuni was the first place in Bolivia to see a train passing through its lands, back in 1899, connecting Uyuni with Antofagasta (Chile) to facilitate the export of the silver extracted from the mines of Huanchaca.

What once was the country’s greatest symbol of progress has now become another attraction in Uyuni: Uyuni Salt Flats train cemetery. The result is a curious picture formed by dozens of orange wagons that lie abandoned.Another of the curiosities about Uyuni Salt Flats is its presence and relevance in the shooting of Star Wars: ‘The last Jedi’. It is nothing less than the last scene of the final battle

 

 

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