4 Days and 3 Nights Salar de Uyuni Private Tour by Air in La Paz

La Paz, Bolivia
Duration4 days
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesGerman, Portuguese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Experience the wonderful Uyuni Salt Flats as you travel by air from La Paz. You can marvel at and explore in detail this fascinating terrain, accompanied by an English-speaking guide for this journey.

You will enjoy the beautiful Uyuni Salt Flats on this journey. You will travel from La Paz by plane and marvel at the immense desert plain of salt and its picturesque landscapes with lagoons and colors of the desert. A professional guide will let you explore this Uyuni wonder. As prepared by your guides, you can also eat delectable native cuisine here.

What's included

  • Entrance fees
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Professional speaking guide.
  • Round-trip flight tickets from La Paz to Uyuni.
  • Breakfast
  • Private transfer from/to the airport.
  • Bottled water.
  • Snacks.
  • 3 nights' accommodation in private rooms.
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Travel insurance

What to expect

Day 1: La Paz to Uyuni
  1. La Paz
    1h
    You will be picked up from your hotel in La Paz at 6:00AM, at which point you will be transferred to the International Airport of El Alto from where you will fly to Uyuni.
  2. Uyuni
    1h
    After a 45-minute flight, you will land at the International Airport of Uyuni, where you will meet your English-speaking professional guide and your driver. You will then enjoy a delicious American-style buffet breakfast in one of the most popular cafes in the area.
  3. Train Cemetery
    2h · Admission ticket included
    Your trip will then begin with a visit to an outdoor museum of ancient and impressive field trains. You will enter the Salar by Colchani where you will be able to see the salt process and piles of salt, and visit a salt hotel.
  4. Isla Incahuasi
    2h · Admission ticket included
    Before continuing downtown to visit the Incahuasi Island of volcanic rock and giant cacti.
  5. 8h
    This is also an area that can be climbed to attain extraordinary viewpoints of the white salt plain. That evening, you will stay overnight Salt Hostel private room.
Day 2: Salar de Uyuni to Desierto Siloli
  1. Laguna Hedionda
    5h · Admission ticket included
    On the second day your trip will continue in the direction of the south, where large numbers of flamingos can be found. Other birds, such as geese and Andean gulls, accompany the flamingos in these lagoons which are flanked by snow-capped volcanoes.
  2. Siloli Desert
    4h · Admission ticket included
    You will then pass through the desert sand in order to reach your hotel. That night you will stay overnight at a private hotel with private room where you can watch the sun set over one of the most beautiful landscapes on the planet.
Day 3: Desierto Siloli to Salar de Uyuni
  1. Geiser Sol de la Manana
    3h · Admission ticket included
    At dawn you will venture in search of the geysers Sol de Mañana. This will be the highest point of the route, sitting at about 5,000 meters above sea level.
  2. Aguas Termales De Polques
    2h · Admission ticket included
    The cold here is intense, and you will see pools where the land seems to boil red. The desert and Salar de Chalviri is another scene of great landscape value that combines the white snow, ocher desert, the blue of the water, and the white of the borax. In one corner you can take a bath in Termas de Polques, and enjoy a hearty breakfast outdoors.
  3. 4h
    After leaving this desert valley, you will visit the Laguna Verde, at the foot of the Licancabur Volcano. You will arrive at this lagoon just in time to see how the water goes from emerald green to a duller shade of blueish-green.
  4. Laguna Colorada
    8h · Admission ticket included
    You will then return in the car, stopping for lunch at Laguna Colorada, the main nesting center of the three species of flamingos. You will be returned to Uyuni, overnight Hotel Luna Salada.
Day 4: Salar de Uyuni to La Paz
  1. La Paz
    45m
    Pick up from Hotel and transfer to Airport to board the flight back to La Paz, where your tour will then conclude.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

You will be picked up from your hotel in La Paz at 6:00AM, at which point you will be transferred to the International Airport of El Alto from where you will fly to Uyuni.

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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