Bolivian Salt flats

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>>1259653
It is otherworldly and beautiful. It looks like that sometimes, but only for parts of Jan-Mar, when it rains on occasion. The rest of the year is dry. In the winter it can be severely cold and windy. I was there in June, and it was a sunny, windy moonscape, quite pleasant if lip-chopping by day, with temperatures well below freezing at night in the town of Uyuni. Pic related.

I recommend doing a trip to the salar(es) combined with something else in Bolivia--Potosi and mines, greater La Paz, or both--while I found the salt flats quite cool, I can't imagine spending more than 48 hours out there, and the region is quite desolate and remote.

>>1259714
Train graveyard at the edge of Uyuni.

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>>1259716
Derp.

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>>1259718
Downtown Uyuni. Sleepy place. At the time there was only one ATM.

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>>1259719
More salt flats.

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>>1259721
More of the Isla de Incahuasi (cactus "island" in the flats pictured above).

>>1259714
So you can enjoy it pretty much in any season then?That is great. Are the lodgings expensive?

>>1259921
They vary quite a lot, but there are simpler hotels and hostels in Uyuni for under or even well under $20/night. I stayed in a place called the Hotel Girasoles in Uyuni, which at the time was about the nicest in town, for about $60, but a bunch of places, some better, some hostels, have been built since then. If you go in the winter (northern hemisphere summer, that is), you want a place with a heater, usually specifically mentioned in listings because it is not always provided. And it's very cold at night (20s F/-5C is common).

You should avoid multi-day salt flats tours that include either camping out on one of the 'islands' or a stay in one of the so-called 'Salt Hotels' out on the salar itself--these are cool-looking, built of salt blocks, but they're not legal. The salt flats are protected land, and it's illegal to build on them. Also, the salt hotels don't have proper water or waste management systems in place, so it's a dirty business in more ways than one.

There are few salt hotels built out of salt blocks in the towns on the edges of the salar, including Uyuni; these are a more ecologically sound and presumably legal option.