Today we will have an unforgettable journey through 12,000 km² of fantastic salt landscapes. Prepare your camera! The dazzling white mantle of the Salar de Uyuni resembles an immense glacier.

We will enter the salt flat through Colchani, where the salt factories are located. Then we will have the privilege of visiting the Incahuasi Island, a tourist attention center that has an ascension path to its peak that turns into an extraordinary 360-degree viewpoint and that surprised by the number of giant cacti (Echinopsis atacamensis) that populate the Isla. We will have a box lunch on the salt flat and then we will head towards the dominant and magical figure of the Thunupa Volcano, whose skirts are Tahua.

Arrival at Hotel Tayka de Sal. Accommodation at the hotel. Immediate departure by car to the town of Coquesa, to the east, from where you will start the ascent in 4×4 to gain an appreciable height in the Thunupa, from where the views of the Monumental Salt Flat are impressive. Start a short walk to see the chullpar, a cave with ancient burials, in which a local guide will explain the history of the mummies. On the way back we will visit the Chantani Museum, with its sample of ceramics, whimsical shapes of stone that resemble animals, and silent mummies that refer to the ancient burials in these lands. Return to the Salt Hotel of the Tayka Network, with a private bathroom, hot water, and heating (B/BxL/ D)

Today we will dedicate to the unknown salt for tourism or Salar Sensual. By the crust of salt we will direct our 4X4 towards Ch’jini, a place very little visited by the tourism despite its beauty without pairs. Ascend to the hill “cathedral”, a mound of approximately 40 m high where the pukara or ruins of stacked stones are found: residences, silos, and lookouts make presume that it is a fort of an ancient civilization followed by the Tiwanacota. Next we will visit the Ch’jini cave, resulting from an underwater geological formation with calcareous bodies, a product of the dissolution of calcium carbonate in contact with the underground and meteoric waters formed in the pre-glacial phase 16,000 years ago. The beauty and fragility of these geological formations have forced the community to organize the visit in small groups of no more than 5 people.

Next, we will have the privilege of crossing from north to south the most beautiful part of the white desert, the Salar Sensual, away from the usual route of tourists, heading towards the bay of the Campanas Islands dominated by the image of the Caltama Volcano setting an environment landscape without peer. We will leave the Salar leaving by Charagua, a place where we will stop to visit their corrals of goats, of remarkable aesthetics, already disappeared by the diminution of the regime of rains. After one more hour of the rugged route, we will arrive at the Quemado Village of San Pedro de Quemes, where we will leave the car to explore its short alleys and buildings that have inspired the hotel Tayka de Piedra. We will have lunch at the Hotel de Piedra.

In the afternoon we will go to the bouquet of Cañapa, Hedionda, Chiarkota, Honda, and Ramaditas lagoons, in which a large number of flamingos, of the three species existing in the area, will be seen and photographed at will. Other birds, such as Andean gulls and ducks accompany the flamingos in these lagoons flanked by volcanoes, often snow-covered.

We will venture into desert surfaces of sand and pebbles of enormous extension, without routes, almost without direction. These fantastic deserts own the entire terracotta palette. Reds, oranges, ochres, bronzes, coffees, and beiges follow one another in every curve of the road, fighting the attention of the traveler. In front of the most impressive of these color palettes, we have erected the Hotel Tayka del Desierto, which has in its facilities private bathrooms, hot water, and environmental heating. (D, A, C)

Today we will dedicate to the unknown salt for tourism or Salar Sensual. By the crust of salt we will direct our 4X4 towards Ch’jini, a place very little visited by the tourism despite its beauty without pairs. Ascend to the hill “cathedral”, a mound of approximately 40 m high where the pukara or ruins of stacked stones are found: residences, silos, and lookouts make presume that it is a fort of an ancient civilization followed by the Tiwanacota. Next we will visit the Ch’jini cave, resulting from an underwater geological formation with calcareous bodies, a product of the dissolution of calcium carbonate in contact with the underground and meteoric waters formed in the pre-glacial phase 16,000 years ago. The beauty and fragility of these geological formations have forced the community to organize the visit in small groups of no more than 5 people.

Next, we will have the privilege of crossing from north to south the most beautiful part of the white desert, the Salar Sensual, away from the usual route of tourists, heading towards the bay of the Campanas Islands dominated by the image of the Caltama Volcano setting an environment landscape without peer. We will leave the Salar leaving by Charagua, a place where we will stop to visit their corrals of goats, of remarkable aesthetics, already disappeared by the diminution of the regime of rains. After one more hour of the rugged route, we will arrive at the Quemado Village of San Pedro de Quemes, where we will leave the car to explore its short alleys and buildings that have inspired the hotel Tayka de Piedra. We will have lunch at the Hotel de Piedra.

In the afternoon we will go to the bouquet of Cañapa, Hedionda, Chiarkota, Honda, and Ramaditas lagoons, in which a large number of flamingos, of the three species existing in the area, will be seen and photographed at will. Other birds, such as Andean gulls and ducks accompany the flamingos in these lagoons flanked by volcanoes, often snow-covered.

We will venture into desert surfaces of sand and pebbles of enormous extension, without routes, almost without direction. These fantastic deserts own the entire terracotta palette. Reds, oranges, ochres, bronzes, coffees, and beiges follow one another in every curve of the road, fighting the attention of the traveler. In front of the most impressive of these color palettes, we have erected the Hotel Tayka del Desierto, which has in its facilities private bathrooms, hot water, and environmental heating. (D, A, C)