4 Feb 2012
THIS is soooo worth seeing.......
This 4 day/3 night tour from Tupiza is better than the one out of Uyuni because the Salt Desert is so amazing, that it´s good to do this trip and come to the Salt Desert last.
The Salar de Uyuni the the largest salt desert in the world with an area of 12,000km squared.
Beautiful Valleys between snow covered mountains. At times the road was washed out due to the rainy season so we had to drive through rivers, and at times, a narrow edged-cliff road.....with ease, Jhonny took it in his stride. It reminded me of Africa and driving through some of those muddy roads with the truck tipping over slightly in the unevenness of the road....
Meals great as Elli cooked them the night before - so for our first lunch we had warm chicken schnitzel, pasta and salad - delicious.....and dinner was often 3 courses !!!
Day 2 - Heaps of Lagos (lakes) then geysers shooting hot water and not far from there a hot spring pool to have a swim......just lovely!!
Day 3 Up early to see Lago Colorado - coloured lake filled with flamingoes andto add to the scenery - a few llamas grazing on the surrounding grasss!
The landscape then changed dramatically to almost a desert when we came upon the Arbol de Piedra (looked like a tree out of rock) - one of a huge number of balancing rocks in that area. Everyone climbed the rocks as this was such an interesting site and a time to stretch our legs....
Then to Uyuni - a poor dilapidated town with so many water problems as there is no drainage so the streets are filled with water in the wet season......
The next morning we were up before the sun so that we could see the sunrise over the Salt Lake and it was a truly spectacular sight......you can't imagine how amazing it is to see this white desert which blends into the sky at times as far as the eye can see.....
THIS is soooo worth seeing.......
This 4 day/3 night tour from Tupiza is better than the one out of Uyuni because the Salt Desert is so amazing, that it´s good to do this trip and come to the Salt Desert last.
The Salar de Uyuni the the largest salt desert in the world with an area of 12,000km squared.
La Torre Tours- 1200 Bvs (~$180) - Land Cruiser great - belonged to the driver Jhonny -(relatively new) so he was careful driving.
Drivers crazy here - overtake on blind corners across double lines..... So, with cook, Elli on board and a young English couple and a young Dutch girl, and me, we started the large circuitous route.
Beautiful Valleys between snow covered mountains. At times the road was washed out due to the rainy season so we had to drive through rivers, and at times, a narrow edged-cliff road.....with ease, Jhonny took it in his stride. It reminded me of Africa and driving through some of those muddy roads with the truck tipping over slightly in the unevenness of the road....
Meals great as Elli cooked them the night before - so for our first lunch we had warm chicken schnitzel, pasta and salad - delicious.....and dinner was often 3 courses !!!
Day 2 - Heaps of Lagos (lakes) then geysers shooting hot water and not far from there a hot spring pool to have a swim......just lovely!!
Day 3 Up early to see Lago Colorado - coloured lake filled with flamingoes andto add to the scenery - a few llamas grazing on the surrounding grasss!
The landscape then changed dramatically to almost a desert when we came upon the Arbol de Piedra (looked like a tree out of rock) - one of a huge number of balancing rocks in that area. Everyone climbed the rocks as this was such an interesting site and a time to stretch our legs....
Then to Uyuni - a poor dilapidated town with so many water problems as there is no drainage so the streets are filled with water in the wet season......
The next morning we were up before the sun so that we could see the sunrise over the Salt Lake and it was a truly spectacular sight......you can't imagine how amazing it is to see this white desert which blends into the sky at times as far as the eye can see.....
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