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San Pedro de Atacama (v.v.) - Salar de Uyuni
private tour with hotel accommodations, 3 days

You will have a shared transfer by bus between 7.00 - 7.30 hrs. from San Pedro de Atacama to the border at Hito Cajón.
After receiving a stamp in your passport you will change transport and start your tour by 4x4 Jeep.
Today you will get to see Laguna Verde (green lagoon) and the nearby Volcano Licancabur. You will drive through the Salvador Dalí Desert to arrive at the natural thermal water of the hot springs (Polques).
Next stop will be at Laguna Colorada (red lagoon), where you can see flamingos. The journey continues driving through the Silolí Desert where you will get to see the Árbol de Piedra (stone tree), a rock formation of over eight meters high.
You will pass the so called Lagunas Altoandinas, Laguna Ramaditas, Laguna Honda, Laguna Chiarkota, Laguna Hedionda and Laguna Cañapa where flamingos can be spotted as well.
Then you will arrive at a viewpoint from where you will have a good view of the semi-active Ollagüe Volcano.
Probably you will see some wildlife today as well.
Then your drive continues through the salt flat of Chiguana to San Pedro de Quemez, where you will spend the night in Tayka Hotel De Piedra.

On the second day you will visit the caves Cueva del Diablo and Galaxia Cristal and enter the Salt Flat of Uyuni. You will have lunch at cactus island Incahuasi and you can go for a short walk over the island along the huge cacti to enjoy the fabulous views over the salt flats.
Later on you will visit the Salt Hotel, see Ojos del Salar (eyes of the salt flat), here bubbling gases escape from underneath the salt flat, and Montones de Sal (salt piles), this is the place where salt is extracted. In Colchani handicrafts made of salt can be seen, as well as the process of making domestic salt, and the Salt Museum. At the Train Cemetery near Uyuni you can see antique English trains that were brought to Bolivia many years ago and that are no longer in use.
You continue your trip via San Cristóbal and Alota to Villa Mar, where you will spend the night in Hotel Jardines de Mallku Cueva.

On the third and last day you will leave early. Close to Villa Mar you will pass the 'bofedales', a grassy area where you are likely to see lamas, alpacas and vicuñas. You continue the tour visiting Laguna Capina and Laguna Colorada (red lagoon).
Next stops will be at the geyser Sol de Mañana, the hot springs and you will pass Laguna Chalviri.
Finally, after seeing Laguna Verde (green lagoon), Volcano Licancabur and Laguna Blanca (white lagoon) you will reach the border Hito Cajon where you will make your connection at 14.30 hrs. with your private transfer that brings you to San Pedro de Atacama.

  • Included:
    Transport in 4x4 vehicle;
    Spanish speaking driver/guide or English speaking guide, depending on your choice;
    Meals from lunch on the 1st day until arrival at the border Bolivia/Chile on the 3rd day;
    2x stay overnight in 3* hotels;
    Shared transfer by bus from San Pedro de Atacama to the border Chile/Bolivia on the 1st day;
    Private transfer back at 14.30 hrs. on the 3rd day; 
  • Optional: a shared transfer back at 9.30 hrs. on the 3rd day. You will have to start very early and this day will be only transport (no stops) to be at the border in time for the transfer to San Pedro de Atacama.
  • Not included:
    Entrance fees (to be paid on the spot in bolivianos);
    Migration costs;
    All costs that are not specifically mentioned.