FIRST DAY

From RED PLANET  EXPEDITION office,  Leaving at 10:30 in a Toyota land cruiser 4x4 drive you will see………..

The  train’s graveyard to see the first locomotives in Bolivia.  afterwards  you  go to the small village of Colchani (Salt miners workshop next to the salt flats)  visit  the  factories and see the rustic  way of table salt production...... after this  you will be taken  to the  great  salt flat of Uyuni (salar de Uyuni)  where  you first  will see  the salt mining and the piles of salt (pyramids of salt)  after this  you go to see the  eyes of the salt ( big holes in the salt flat where the water from underneath of this death lake still comes out  by  high pressure) later you  go straight  to the hotel made out of salt (the only hotel allowed inside of the salt flats)  where you take you time for pictures taking  a look of the rooms, salt sculptures and the lobby of the  hotel (Playa Blanca) and having  Lunch in the same place........ after lunch you will  go  forward to the central point of the salt which is the  Inca Wasy  island (fish island)  where you  see the giant  cactus and the Rocks formations of Coral petrified ......... There will be always time to stop in the middle of the salt to see haw big is it the unusual formations in the salt flat that look like   (hexagons and pentagons) on top of it……. And some thing that you definitely have to do here are the pictures with the huge perspective (where people looks so tiny and funny). After some fun you go west direction to visit the strange Galaxies Cave (calcified and petrified algae) in a very scary and amazing cavern, and last that day you go to the small Village of Agua Quisa to spend the first night ( hot coffee,  or chocolate at the tee time and  a delicious supper )  will be waiting for you  when  arriving there.

SECOND DAY

This day starts at 7:00 am.  Waking up for breakfast   and then get ready to begin   an amazing day (check out the rooms when packing up don’t leave anything). 
The second  day after  1 hour you left  Agua Quisa villages  you got to be in the small desert of Chiguana  south side of  Uyuni salt flat. This desert is surrounded for many volcanoes…like dormant ones, extinct ones and one Semi active called Ollague (5840 high) which you see from the lookout and enjoy the steam that still comes out from the top of it.  Afterwards taking the way south direction you will get the Andean lagoons where flamingos are hanging around in hundreds   (along  the year three spices of flamingos can be  find) after this nice  landscapes, going  farther south  you will get the big desert of Siloli  at 4550 high (highest  and driest in the world)…ones you  crossed this desert in the other side of it  you will see  the  Rock tree  (lava cooled- rock formation).  Later  that day  the last stop will be in the amazing Red Lagoon to see some  pink  flamingos and the redness of the water from the view point.  Afterwards the car will take you to the shelter to spend the second night ( hot coffee,  or chocolate at the tee time and  a delicious supper )  will be waiting for you  when  arriving there.

THIRD DAY

This day starts bit early   around 5:00  am.  Then   1 hour  after  you left the hostel you will get  the  top of a big volcano called Sol de Mañana  5000 high  where  you get in  to the  crater  and  will see the fumaroles  and boiling mad pots (volcanic activity  150 to 200  Cº  hot)…after the volcano this  will be down the hill  to  the hot spring  to take  a bath  in nice  clean water 35 Cº hot  so  don’t forget you swimming suit for this. After the bath you will take the breakfast in the same place (some   pancakes, yogurt, milk corn flakes etc……….) to get energy for the rest of the day.  The next place to visit will be the Dali Desert (small colorful nice desert).  And then forward to the Green Lagoon (toxic copper water at the foot of the big volcano Licancahur  6000 high)  close to the border line…some people from this point  get a connection to San Pedro de Atacama Chile.  so from the border  we take the way back to Uyuni  taking  a shorter cut  straight back,   making some stops in the way  to stretch the legs out, toilets. Get some air and a stop to get the third day lunch….to be back in Uyuni  at 6:00 pm.  around.

OTHER OPTIONS FOR  THE SALT FLAT  (SALAR DE UYUNI)

• CONNECTION TO SAN PEDRO  DE ATACAMA CHILE
• 4, 5 OR 9 DAYS OF TOUR CLIMBING UP  VOLCANOS   (LICANCAHUR-THUNUPA-IRUPUTUNCO-UTURUNCU AND OTHERS) ALSO VISITING  OTHER LAGOONS LIKE (BLUE LAGOON-YELLOW LAGUN)
• TOURS ENDING UP IN TUPIZA AND VILLAZON – ARGENTINIAN BORDER

OTHER SERVICES AROUND BOLIVIA

• TOUR TO SAJAMA MOUNTAIN (HIGHEST IN BOLIVIA 6650 m.)
• PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION TO   LA PAZ, ORURO, POTOSI, SUCRE
• TOURS IN LA PAZ  TO COPACABANA LAKE,  COROICO DEATH ROAD, TIWANACO RUINS, CHORO  AND TAQUISI INCA TREKS
• TOURS  IN  PAMPAS AND  JUNGLE RAIN FOREST OF MADIDI -  RURENABAQUE BENI