UYA - Discovering Uyuni Salt Flat & Atacama

(ID 23)

Day 1 Airport - Salta

We are greeted at the Salta Airport and transferred to our accommodations. The rest of the day will be free for us to discover this unique city.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: None

(ID 51)

Day 2 Salta - Humahuaca

We depart early on our way to Jujuy, visiting León, Tumbaya and Purmamarca with its colourful “seven colours hill”. Then we visit Tilcara and its famous Pukara, the ancient church at Uquia, arriving at Humahuaca when our excursion ends.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 30)

Day 3 La Quiaca –Uyuni

After breakfast we take a regular bus from Humahuaca to La Quiaca, crossing the border we reach Villazon and head to the train station to take the service to Uyuni. Finally we arrive at Uyuni to spend the night at our accommodations.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 31)

Day 4 Uyuni Salt Flat

We leave Uyuni around 11:00 hs. Heading to Colchani (22 Km. to the north of Uyuni), a little village of built around the exploitation and refinery of salt. We enter the town walking through the piles and attending a demonstration of the extraction of the salt blocks. We can visit the stores, the salt hotels and the Isla Lomo Pescado, appreciating the huge cactus and an outstanding panoramic from the view point. Box lunch at the Island and continue our walk to Chuvica, where we spend the night in a rustic refuge.

Lodging: Bed in refuge

Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner

(ID 32)

Day 5 Salar de Uyuni – Altiplanic Lagoons

Leaving around 09:00 hs., after breakfast, to visit the altiplanic Lagoons: Cañapa, Hedionda y Ramadita, then continuing through the desert of Siloli to see the Tree of Stone. Visit to Laguna Colorada where we can appreciate the pink Flemings and major Andean fauna such as vicuña, suri or andean ñandú. We spend the night at another basic refuge.

Lodging: Bed in refuge

Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner

(ID 33)

Day 6 Altiplanic Lagoons– San Pedro de Atacama

The day begins around 05:00 am, when we leave the refuge to be able to see the Geysers (volcanic steam springs) and visit the thermal waters. Continuing our travel we find very curious rock formations produced by countless years of erosion, and finally reach Laguna Verde, a lagoon very particular and famous because of its color shift occurring between 11:00 and 12:00. We also visit Laguna Blanca and then we may take a new transport vehicle and continue to San Pedro de Atacama, arriving past noon. In the afternoon we take a trek to the Valle de la Luna; located at 17 km from San Pedro in the area of the Cordillera de la Sal, it has an especial appeal for its amazing resemblance to the lunar surface.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

Depending on the time of arrival, this activity can also be done on day 13 in the afternoon.

(ID 34)

Day 7 Salar de Atacama and Altiplanic Lagoons

This day we will visit the Miscanti y Miñique lagoons; with its wonderful colours are located over 4000 meters over the level of the sea. On our way to them, we stop at a Toconao, an old town made complete of stone, where the art craft is also well known. Another highlight of this is the “Salar de Atacama” which is over 100 km of extension. We will also appreciate some of the birds and fauna that has manage to survive in one the most desert places of the earth. All this will require from us around 6 hours.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 35)

Day 8 Geysers del Tatio

This day starts quite early in the morning. We will depart before sunrise (4am) in order to go to the TATIO volcano, located 4300 meters over sea level. First thing we’ll do once we arrive is to go to the geothermal field located in the mountain range of Los Andes. Early in the morning this place has an amazing steamy activity because of the high temperatures that are coming up from the craters. The boiling water, the huge columns on steam and the water that runs underneath the surface makes of this, and unforgettable experience.
Here will have breakfast, and then we’ll take a walk and those who want to might take a bath in the warm water (between 25ºC and 30ºC).near the geysers.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 36)

Day 9 San Pedro de Atacama - Salta

We leave San Pedro de Atacama by bus, arriving in Salta during the afternoon.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 37)

Day 10 Salta - Aeropuerto de Salta

After breakfast we are transferred to the airport where our tour ends.

Lodging: None

Provided meals: Breakfast