Salar de Uyuni: The place where earth meets heaven
Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat in the plateau of Bolivia. The mirror effect seems like the sky is hugging the earth most beautifully. In 2023, it is probably the most eccentric tourist destination so far.
Uyuni Salt Flat, Spanish Salar de Uyuni, arid, windswept salt flat in southwestern Bolivia. It lies on the Altiplano, at 11,995 feet (3,656 meters) above sea level. The Uyuni Salt Flat is Bolivia’s largest salt-encrusted waste area (about 4,085 square miles [10,582 square km]). It separates the Coipasa Salt Flat, a similar but smaller feature to the north, by a range of hills.
On its shores are saltworks at Salinas de Garci Mendoza on the north, Llica on the northwest, and Calcha on the south. Vast reserves of untapped lithium lie beneath the salt flat. And in th...