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Day 1
Hotel Pick up at 7:00 a.m. and leave La Paz with direction to Patacamaya located at 96 Km.
Enjoy the road in the Andes high plateau , arrive to Condoramaya to visit the first Tombs of Mummies on this tour, then, to Curahuara de Carangas also known as the Sistine Chapel of the Andes to appreciate all the Renaissance structure. Continue until Sajama National Park. Later, relax by entering the Hot Springs at 35 °c, culminate the day one, having delicious dinner at our hotel and rest for the next day.
Day 2
Early start for the adventure to drive with the 4×4 Jeeps to Huayña Khota lagoon home of flamingoes and vicugnas. Continue to Sequegua enjoying the mountains that surround the road, going by kewiña forests and observing llamas and alpacas, then ascend to arrive to three lagoons in the Chilean frontier, take a walk by the Tombs of Mummies (polychromatic archeological burial site) unique and very well preserved through time and climate. After arriving at Sabaya Village, enjoy a delicious lunch on the way; Now head to Salar del Coipasa, a small salt desert that is on the way to reach Salinas town to make a quick stop and then go to our hotel in Jirira town for dinner and rest to begin the adventure on Uyuni salt flats at the next day.
Day 3
Start your tour off at 10:30 a.m. with a visit to the salt mounds (salt mines); salt water eyes and then a hotel made completely of salt which is currently being used as museum.
Lunch is served most of the time in the middle of that salt flats so we can have a nice time to contemplate the hugeness of the place. After, go to Fish island a place where petrified coral is seen all over. Take time to organize your group for fun perspective and proportion-distorted photos on the blinding white surface of the salt flats. Then, head to Pia Pia island for the unique experience of seeing a beautiful sunset over the salt flats.
Day 4
Start off at 7:00 a.m. for breakfast, first stop, Galaxy Caves and then go to Chiguana desert on the south side of Uyuni salt flats, surrounded by volcanoes such as Ollagüe (5840m), which is still active and that can be seen from the lookout point. Continue along a rocky road – Pasito Tuntun, later, appreciate: Cañapa, Hedionda and Chiarcota Lagoons in which flamingoes are frequently around.
Then, enter to Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve and visit Siloli Desert at 4550m (the highest and driest in the world) take a photo next to the ‘Rock tree’, a lava rock formation. Before arriving to our final destination, stop at the overlook point by the Red lagoon to see more pink flamingos in their natural habitat and admire this intense red-colored lake. Stay the night at a shared family lodging.
Day 5
Get off to an early start around 5:00 a.m. to visit the Sol de Mañana Geyser, at 5.000m and walk next to fumaroles and steaming craters filled with boiling pots of mud at 150-200 Cº. Continue to the open air hot springs and take a bath in 35 Cº water before enjoying a pancake breakfast. The next places to enjoy are the Dali Desert where Salvador Dali found his inspiration from boulders sprinkled in the middle of the desert, and then Green Lagoon (toxic copper water at the foot of the big Licancabur volcano at 6000m, a few kilometers from the Bolivia-Chile border).
Then head back to Uyuni passing by beautiful scenery along the way and eating a picnic lunch along the roadside. On the way, pass by Rock Valley, Alota settlement and San Cristobal Village where a barroque church and colonial paintings can be seen. Return to Uyuni by 6:30 p.m.
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