Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni
White ocean of Bolivia: A story of Lolita Cuevas-Avendaño
The city of Uyuni is the closest gate
to the spectacular entrance of Salt
flat, to the lakes and to the
volcanoes of the plateau. Uyuni is in
the Department of Potosi in the
Bolivian plateau at 3,675 m.s.n.m.
It is the city where we can hire
excursions to get into the salt flat
due to do visit by ourself completely
impossible. It is a place that it has to
be very familiar to walk around.
Moreover, the v ehicles have to be
well prepared to cross it through and
not just a vehicle is doing the
expedition, it is usually performed by
van.
The small town of Uyuni has many
hostels and hotels, travel agencies
and restaurants. It has also a market
in the middle of the city and a
pedestrian street where many shops
are located. Long time ago, Uyuni
was an important railway and a
mining center. Today it is a quiet
place that receives hundreds of
tourists every week.
We must be prepared if we want to
get into the salt flat and bring a
sleeping bag, warm clothes, swimsuit
if we want to bathe in the hot
springs, sunglasses, hat for the sun,
and do not forget the sunscreen.