{"id":1844,"date":"2017-05-29T19:21:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T07:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2018-01-01T20:43:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T20:43:59","slug":"bolivia-salt-flats-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/bolivia-salt-flats-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia’s Salt Flats – 3 day tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seeing the\u00a0salt flats in Bolivia (Salar de Uyuni) was\u00a0a\u00a0top highlight of\u00a0my trip around\u00a0South America. I went on a 3 day tour from\u00a0Uyuni to experience\u00a0the\u00a0salt flats, not realising there is so much more to see. The landscape in this area is empty, dramatic and unbelievably beautiful.<\/p>\n

How to get\u00a0to & from Uyuni<\/h3>\n

Buses are a cheap and easy way to get around Bolivia. I’d travelled by bus during the day from Sucre with a change in Potosi. Then took a night bus to La Paz after the tour. There are different bus companies\u00a0and it’s worth looking for the company with comfortable looking buses – it makes a difference. There are plenty of options to pick from when leaving\u00a0Uyuni. I was terrible at speaking Spanish but\u00a0was able to figure out how to take the bus. Consider booking the bus before starting the salt flat tour.<\/p>\n

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Picking a Tour in\u00a0Uyuni<\/h3>\n

Uyuni is the main town for getting\u00a0to\u00a0the salt\u00a0flats. It’s a small town with nothing particularly exciting to do. There is a road with all the main tours next to each other. I’d read\u00a0beforehand about 4×4’s\u00a0breaking down on tours and finding companies with good cars. But all the tours were\u00a0much the same, except for Red Planet\u00a0which was a lot more expensive and went a different route.<\/p>\n

The tour I picked ended up moving me to another tour company anyway! I was being very cautious with my money by this point of my trip<\/a>. The company\u00a0said it would be an extra charge to have an english speaking driver.\u00a0When I found out the other passengers were from\u00a0english speaking countries, I decided to chance it\u00a0and see if I got\u00a0lucky with the\u00a0driver\u00a0because of the other passengers.\u00a0But when I arrived early the next morning, I had been\u00a0shifted to another car, where everyone was from Chile or Barcelona and only one person spoke a little English.<\/p>\n

After my initial ‘what have I done’ thoughts, I ended up really enjoying myself. The others in the car were extremely friendly and went out of their way to make me feel part of the group. It was fun trying to understand each other. Because I was travelling on my own, I was put in the front passenger seat, and found that no-one would swap with me. It became a joke with the driver saying I was his girl.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t