Uyuni Salt Flat (4 days)

• High season price per person: CLP$ 150,000.
• Low season price per person: CLP$ 140,000.

*The high season corresponds to tours that begin on July 1^st to 31^st, and from September 14^th, to April 30^th. Low season, meanwhile, is for tours that begin on May 1^st to June 30^th, and from August 1^st to September 15^th.

1. Select the departure date from the calendar.
2. Select the number of peple.
3. Click on "Add to cart".
4. Pay online an advance deposit of CLP$ 25,00 per person.

• The pending balance must be paid in cash (Chilean pesos) in San Pedro de Atacama before 2:00 pm on the day vefore the tour.
• You can reschedule or cancel the tour (with a full refund) up until 48 hours before it starts.

• Hotel pickup in San Pedro de Atacama.
• Shared transport (minibus in Chile and 4x4 for six people in Bolivia).
• Spanish-speaking driver/guide.
• All meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner).
• Basic accommodations:
  • 1^st night at the Refugio Huayllajara in a shared room with maximum of six people, with a shared bathroom (no showers).
  • 2^nd night at Hotal de Sal San Juan de Rosario in a shared double, triple, or quadruple room, subject to availability, with a shared bathroom (showers with hot water).
  • 3^rd night at a refuge in Villamar in a shared double, triple or quadruple room, subject to availability, with a shared bathroom (showers with cold water. You may pay an aditional Bs. 10 if you would like ot have hot water).

• Round-trip shuttle between the Calama airport and San Pedro de Atacama.
• Border tax (Bs. 15 per person).
• Entrance fees (Bs. 186 per person).
  • Entrance fee to the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve (Bs. 150 per person).
  • Entrance fee to the Polques Hot Springs (Bs. 6 per person).
  • Entrance fee to Incahuasi Island (Bs. 30 per person).
• Access to bathrooms along the way (approximately Bs. 6 each time).
• Rain boots (needed the event of rain; rental for Bs. 20 per person).
• Health insurance.
• Sleeping bag.

• Comfortable and warm clothing.
• Comfortable shoes (ideally for hiking).
• Swimsuit and towel (for Polques Hot Springs).
• Sunglasses.
• Sunscreen.
• Toiletries.
• Toilet paper.
• Flashlight.
• Water (1 liter per person for the first day. You can buy it on the road durign the rest of the tour).
• Sleeping bag (see FAQs).
• Towel.
• Passport or ID card. If you are a foreign resident in Chile, you should bring both to present them at customs.
• At least Bs. 250 for mandatory expenses on the tour (tax, entrance fees, bathrooms, and water).

• Minimum age of 7 required.
• Not recommended for people suffering from high blood pressure, heart failure, asthma, or other similar ailments, for whom visiting places above 4,000 meters (13,123 ft.) of altitude may present a health risk (the tour is done mostly above 4,000 m of altitude, even reaching up to 4,850 meters (15,912 ft.) of altitude on one of the days of the tour).
• Passengers over the age of 65 must present a medical certificate authorizing them to travel to an altitude above 4,000 meters.
• Not allowed for pregnant women.

Start: Day 1 at 6:30 am at your hotel in San Pedro de Atacama.
End: Day 4 at 1:00 pm in downtown San Pedro de Atacama.

Day 1: We will pick you up at your hotel and travel in a minibus from San Pedro de Atacama to the border of Bolivia, passing by the border-control stations of Chile and Bolivia. Once we reach the border, we will switch to a 4x4 vehicle for 6 people. On this first day, we will visit places in the Bolivian Altiplano such as the Blanca Lagoon and Verde Lagoon located near the Licancabur Volcano. Next, we will visit the Salvador Dalí Desert, the Polques Hot Springs to take a nice dip, and the Sol de Mañana Geysers, intermittent sources of water that flow at a temperature of 90 °C (194 °F). We will end the day at the Colorada Lagoon, a major nesting site for more than 30,000 flamingos. We will stay overnight at the Refugio Huayllajara.

Day 2: In the morning we will go to the Siloli Desert. Here, we will observe the “Stone Tree,” a volcanic rock that, as you can imagine, is in the shape of a tree. Next, we will visit the Chiarcota, Honda, Hedionda, and Cañapa Lagoons, followed by the Chiguana Salt Flat and the town of San Juan del Rosario. We will stay overnight at the Hostal de Sal San Juan del Rosario.

Day 3: We will begin our last day of the tour very early in the morning with a view of the sunrise in the Uyuni Salt Flat. After this we will go to the Incahuasi Island, a limestone formation located in the middle of the salt flat where we will be able to explore and get another perspective of the Salt Flat. We will then continue on to the Salt Museum and the town of Colchani, which are outside of the salt flat. From here we will go to Uyuni, passing by the train cemetery, where we will make a short stop to take pictures. In Uyuni, we will say goodbye to our driver/guide who accompanied us during the previous three days, and then we will have some free time to eat lunch and tour part of the city. Then, we will meet up with the driver who will take us on the return trip, with a stop-over in Villamar to eat dinner and sleep.

Day 4: We will get up very early to continue our return trip and get to the border between Chile and Bolivia. Once here, and after the corresponding procedures, we will switch vehicles to a minibus to go back to San Pedro de Atacama.

*The end time of this activity could be modified due to weather conditions or lengthy customs procedures, which is why we recommend purchasing your ticket to leave San Pedro de Atacama as lates as possible on the day we get back from Uyuni, or on the day after we return.

Altiplano winter

From January to April, a weather phenomenon occurs that is known as the Altiplano winter, which is the rainy season in the central Andes. Due to this, the described itinerary may be modified as follows:

• The places visited on Day 2 are replaced by the following: Italia Perdida, Vinto Lagoon, Anaconda Canyon and Rocas Valley.
• The second night we would stay in a hostel in Uyuni instead of at a hostel in San Juan del Rosario.
• We would not visit the Incahuasi Island because it is located in the middle of the salt flat where we find the largest concentration of water during the rainy season.

Changes due to force majeure

This is a referential itinerary. The route to get to the salt flat, the places visited, the indicated order, and the end time will always be subject to change according to weather conditions, road conditions, unforseen events, and accommodation availability. The itinerary is confirmed in the briefing given by the supplier the day before the start of the activity. However, the itinerary still could be modified due to the occurrence of the aformentioned situations once the tour has already begun.