With so many photos of Bolivia’s famous Salar de Uyuni floating around, we thought it would be impossible for it to surprise us. At an elevation of 3653 metres, the largest salt flat in the world (12,106 square kilometres) was formed when the prehistoric Lago Minchin evaporated. Today it is visited by tourists and also provides salt for the Bolivians, though we are told they still import sea salt from countries like Chile.
Unfortunately we only had one day to explore the salt pan. When filmmakers want to depict ‘heaven’ as an endless expanse of otherworldly white clouds and surfaces, this could easily be their set. We sat in silence as we drove along, staring out the windows and contemplating the vastness of this unique place.
I’ll let our photos tell the story for words cannot describe such a location…
So, what do you think of Bolivia’s most popular attraction?
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