3 days4 Days and 3 Nights Salar de Uyuni Private Tour by Air in La Paz
Length
4 days
Itinerary
4 days planned
Group
Private
Guides
German, Portuguese
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.
Day by day itinerary
1La Paz to Uyuni⌄
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.
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.
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.
Before continuing downtown to visit the Incahuasi Island of volcanic rock and giant cacti.
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.
Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
Overnight: Overnight stay at the Hotel Tayka de Sal or similar 4 stars
2Salar de Uyuni to Desierto Siloli⌄
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.
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.
Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
Overnight: One night stay at the Tayka desert four-star hotel
3Desierto Siloli to Salar de Uyuni⌄
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.
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.
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.
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.
Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
Overnight: One night stay at the Luna Salada four-star hotel
4Salar de Uyuni to La Paz⌄
Pick up from Hotel and transfer to Airport to board the flight back to La Paz, where your tour will then conclude.
Meals: Breakfast
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.
Not included
- ✕Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- ✕Travel insurance
Good to know
Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- 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
From
$4,400

