DAY 1 – San Pedro de Atacama – Hito Cajon – Laguna Verde – Geysers – Laguna Colorada – Valle de las Rocas
You will be picked up from your central hotel in San Pedro de Atacama around 8am to be taken to the border at Hito Cajon (border of Chile / Bolivia). After passing through the border formalities it is a short jounrey to reach Laguna Verde where we will see the emerald green waters of this mineral rich lake (n. b. only green if there is some wind churning up the mineral - if calm there is a beautiful reflection of the volcanoes). We then head towards the geysers "Sol de Mañana" to witness the bubbling hot mud pools and shooting of steam many meters into the air.Next stop will be Laguna Colorada - a fasinating lake with red water and we can see many flamingos feeding along its shores. Here we will stay in a basic hotel for the night.
DAY 2 – Laguna Colorada – Desert of Siloli – Laguna Honda – San Juan
We depart on this second day after breakfast around 8am and we have a chance to see Laguna Colorado again as we pass by a different side of the lake. We will travel through the Siloli desert area and see surreal rock formations.Further along today we pass by Laguna Honda to witness its sulphury smell and pass by some other high altiplano lakes. In the evening we arrive in the town of San Juan where we will stay the night.
DAY 3 – Full day on salt flats – Salar de Uyuni – Uyuni
Today we will visit the amazing salt flats. Here we will see the "ojos del sal" were water is bubbling up through holes in the Salar, we will see where local workers gather salt into mounds and visit Isla Incahausi (also referred to as Isla Pescado) where we will find giant cacti and have great panaramic views of the surrounding salt flats. After leaving the salt flats we will visit the town of Colchani to see how the salt is processed and you can also ask your driver if he can take you to the Train Cemetery for the final stop on the tour before arriving in Uyuni. There will be plenty of time to stop and take photographs of the incredible salt flats throughout the day before we arrive to Uyuni in the evening around 17.00pm. We will rest for a couple of hours before setting off for our accomodations in Villa Mar.
DAY 4 – Return to San Pedro de Atacama
We set off early (leaving 5am) for the return to San Pedro de Atacama arriving around midday approximately in San Pedro. Please note that this day is just a transfer and not a tour - there will be no sightseeing or stops for photos etc.