Travel South America | Salar de Uyuni Tours in Bolivia
South East of Bolivia is the location of the biggest Salt Flat in the world, “Uyuni Salt Flat. Music: Cliff Martinez – I that everybody wants (from the motion picture Solaris) Credits: Ayrton Orio and Sharon Kendelker In a world where the time flies, where people are required to work on a fast speed and stress is more and more common in humans, the choice of where to go gives now priority to places that offered silence and tranquility. In Bolivia, near the border with Chile, there is a small community where the main economic activities apart from llama-herding and quinua-farming, is mining salt. Uyuni Salt Lake is a peculiar place. About 40000 years ago, this arid area used to be part of a lake that covered a large swath of the Andes. Nowadays it is The World’s Biggest Salt Desert. South East of Bolivia is the location of the biggest Salt Flat in the world, “Uyuni Salt Flat”. The crust of salt covers a surface of 10.582 Km2. of extension, at an altittude of 3.653 meters above sea level, like a static sea touched by by the southern winds. Like any other desert, the weather conditions in Uyuni Bolivia are extreme, from freezing night temperatures to fierce desert sun. In the Salar itself, you can find several hotels which have been made from salt bricks, including beds, chairs and cocktail bars. All is made from salt! Furthermore, the Salar de Uyuni has impressive views. A flat whiteness, fringed by the peaks of mountains on the horizon beneath a bright blue sky can be …
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Question by chocolatewafer: Want to travel South America (esp Brazil/Peru), but not alone. Any ideas/advice/travel groups?
I’m a 20 yr old female, so I’m afraid to go completely on my own. Are there any good travel groups or anything? I don’t have unlimited cash flow either… but I was thinking maybe two or three weeks in January. Help please!
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its amazing how some things and places look like if they were science fiction but they are the most real and beautiful places that your eyes can see.
i litterally just cried from its beuty, lol i feel pathedic
i want to go there so bad. it looks like heaven
i ♥ my bolivia!!
me olvide video muy muy profecional.. ciao
lindissimo me isiste jorar . una de los paesajes mas lindo que e visto en mi via junto al machupichu… marcelo le italia
Uyuni or Huyunious was a satelite from a far away planet called Minetaur, Because their solar system sun exploded Uyuni broke away from its orbit and travel through space and landed on earth, this was an ice moon like that of Saturn’s moon Enceladus that spews geisers. That is why Uyuni is enigmatic, it looks like it is not on erath but a different planet’s landscape.
My dream place owhh
what camera you used?
, Que buen video
Me encanto Uyuni !!
realmente es una maravella estuve aya
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I like it, I might visit sometime. after of course I visit the spain Rio Tinto, The McMurdo dry valleys, and all the other places I just found in a google search XD
VIVA BOLIVIAA!!!!!!!!!!!! ES UNA NUEVA MARAVILLA Y ESTA EN EL CORAZON DE SUDAMERICA….
OMG :O es como estar en el paraiso
esta tan alto pero esta muy cerca =)
es como un espejo hacia el cielo
hermoso
what are the best months to visit?? it’s one of the most amazing places on earth, in my opinion :O simply amazing (:
@adritomasi haha, nos que moramos no brasil tinhamos q conhecer esse lugar !
awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@MyPeruBoliviaTours
Invite me, but you’re paying.
wonderful
en julio conoceré esta hermosuraa…
where is the salted mirror??????
It’s beautiful isn’t it? , I invite you to visit salardeuyunitours (dot) com for more info!
@carloxavier86 yeah it is amazing