Bolivia

Bolivia

The mirror of the sky: Uyuni Salt Flat, Andean highlands, indigenous cultures and otherworldly landscapes

Bolivia is the most authentic country in South America. A place where indigenous cultures remain alive, where landscapes seem like Mars and where the Uyuni Salt Flat gives you one of the most spectacular photographs in the world.
Bolivia is the highest and most isolated country in South America, and perhaps that is why it has maintained an authenticity lost elsewhere. It is a country where cholitas with their bowler hats and layered skirts are still part of the everyday landscape, where witch markets sell amulets and llama fetuses, where patron saint festivals mix Catholicism and pre-Columbian rites. But Bolivia is above all landscape. The Uyuni Salt Flat, the largest salt desert in the world, is an infinite mirror in rainy season and a hypnotic white expanse in dry season. The Laguna Colorada with its pink flamingos, the Dalí desert, the Sol de Mañana geysers: landscapes that don't seem from this planet. And then there is La Paz, the highest capital in the world, wedged into a canyon at 3,600 meters with snowy Illimani watching over. Sucre, the colonial white city. Lake Titicaca shared with Peru. Bolivia is not an easy destination, but it is unforgettable.
Uyuni Salt Flat

Uyuni Salt Flat

Uyuni Salt Flat

The largest salt desert in the world: 10,000 km² of infinite white. In rainy season it becomes the largest mirror on the planet.

Highlands and Lagoons

Highlands and Lagoons

Highlands and Lagoons

Laguna Colorada with flamingos, Laguna Verde at the foot of Licancabur volcano, Dalí desert, Sol de Mañana geysers. Martian landscapes at 4,500 meters.

La Paz and Surroundings

La Paz and Surroundings

La Paz and Surroundings

The highest capital in the world: cable cars over the city, witches' market, Valley of the Moon. Nearby: Tiwanaku, pre-Inca ruins.

Sucre and Potosí

Sucre and Potosí

Sucre and Potosí

Sucre, the white city and constitutional capital. Potosí, the city that financed the Spanish empire with its silver mountain. Living colonial history.

Experiences

Bolivia offers experiences in landscapes that seem from another planet: from walking on a sea of salt to seeing flamingos in colored lagoons at 4,500 meters.

Salt flat sunrise

Watching the sun rise over the Uyuni salt flat: light transforming the infinite white into gold and pink. Absolute silence and the feeling of being on another planet.

Colored lagoons

Laguna Colorada (red from algae), Laguna Verde (green from minerals), pink flamingos at impossible altitudes. Martian landscapes.

La Paz cable car

Flying over the highest city in the world on the highest and longest urban cable car system on the planet. Illimani views included.

Night in salt hotel

Sleeping in a hotel built entirely of salt blocks: walls, furniture, beds. A unique experience on the edge of the salt flat.

Bolivia has unique accommodation options: salt hotels in Uyuni, colonial haciendas in Sucre and boutique hotels in La Paz with Andean views.

Palacio de Sal

Luna Salada

Atix Hotel

Casa Grande Hotel

Parador Santa María la Real

Mi Pueblo Samary

Ready for the land of impossible landscapes?