DAY 1 – Uyuni – Colchani – Incahuasi Island – Pia Pia Island – Sunset on salar – Mañica
We will leave Uyuni in the morning around 10/10.30 am and first visit the train cemetery where you can see the old rusting trains from decades ago. After this we proceed to Colchani and witness how the salt is processed before we arrive to the salt flats themselves and see the “Ojos de Sal” where water bubbles up through the salt plains. We will see where the salt has been placed in mounds ready to be transported, the original salt hotel (no longer used for guests) and visit the Inca Huasi Island to see the giant cacti and have great views of the salt flats all around. There will be plenty of time for taking amazing photos before moving to another island, the Pia Pia island, to watch the sunset and take some stunning photos before making our way to the hotel in the village of Mañica for dinner and stay the night (it is not a salt hotel).
DAY 2 – Mañica – Lagunas – Laguna Colorada – Geysers – Hot springs – Polques
We awake early and have breakfast before leaving to travel further south. The scenery will include a number of extinct volcanoes plus the semiactive Ollague. As the journey continues we will pass by high altitude lagoons (Cañapa, Hedionda, Chiark'ota) that are home to 3 species of flamingo before arriving into the desert of Siloli and the “tree of rock”. We then move onto the “Laguna Colorada”, an amazing red colored lake full of flamingos. Here is where we enter the Eduardo Avaroa National Park. In late afternoon we then go to visit the “Sol de Mañana” geysers and see the bubbling mud pools and steam jets. We will then continue to Polques where we find the hostel where we will spend the night. After dinner, you can decide to relax in the warm water pools of the local hot springs while enjoying the breathtaking starry sky.
DAY 3 – Polques – Dalí Desert – Laguna Verde – Laguna Blanca – Uyuni
Today we have an early start and have breakfast. We then continue our trip via the “Dali desert” (only visible from afar) to see “Laguna Verde” where, if conditions are correct, we see the green mineral waters of this lake at the foot of Volcan Licancabur (from here we do the transfers to San Pedro de Atacama - there is an additional fee for this transfer and it is available on 3 day tour only, you arrive in San Pedro approximately midday). We will stop at another lagoon (Laguna Blanca) and then start our return journey back to Uyuni where we arrive approximately 16.30 / 17.00, perfectly on time if having a late flight or an overnight bus back to La Paz.