Beautiful Salar de Uyuni Lake in Bolivia and How to Get to It
Salar de Uyuni is famous for being the largest salt lake in the world. The tourist spot which is being discussed on Twitter has a beautiful natural charm. If you have a chance, you can come to this beautiful tourist attraction in Bolivia.
Salar de Uyuni has an area dimension of about 10582 square kilometers with an altitude of 3650 meters above sea level (masl). If measured, this lake contains 10 billion tons of salt.
Salar de Uyuni is located in the Provinces of Potosi and Oruro, in the Andes mountains, Bolivia. Every November, the lake, which has a thick and elongated layer of salt, becomes a home for the flamingo bird species.
People know Salar de Uyuni as the world's largest salt flat. (Wikipedia.org) You can see the shadow of the sky perfectly through the plains. It's as if the sky is one with the ground. That is why, Salar de Uyuni is also dubbed the giant celestial mirror.
The reflection of the sky in the Salar de Uyuni is what makes tourists flock there. They don't want to miss the chance to take a nice photo. If the photographer is an expert, the resulting photos can have a unique perspective.
When the sun is shining, the surface of the lake Salar de Uyuni can reflect the sky like a giant mirror. The reflection of the blue sky seems to make the impression of the sky blending with the earth.
History of Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni started tens of thousands of years ago.
Tens of thousands of years ago, there were evaporating lakes. Now, at certain times of the year, the waters of the lakes overflow and form a fairly wide plain containing salt. The Salar de Uyuni was formed.
About 40,000 years ago, this lake was part of Lake Michin, a large prehistoric lake. And finally when it dries up, now there are 2 lakes that remain, namely Lake Poopó and Uru Uru, as well as the 2 largest salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and Salar de Uyuni.
Salar de Uyuni has a lot of salt content. Approximately 25,000 tons! Apart from salt, Salar de Uyuni also stores lithium reserves, which is a component in batteries in laptops, cell phones and electric vehicles.
To go to Salar de Uyuni, travelers can book entrance tickets through travel agents online. Another way is to choose a tour package that is available by directly coming to several tourist travel agency offices in La Paz or Uyuni City. The distance from La Paz to Uyuni takes about 7 hours of travel.
To travel to Salar De Uyuni, tourists usually use 4×4 vehicles like Toyota Landcruisers for 6 to 7 people.
Salar de Uyuni is located in South America, which is crossed by the equator. That means, areas in South America have only two seasons: dry and rainy. When is it good to go to Salar de Uyuni? During the rainy season or dry season? The answer is that both of them are good.
Most Salar De Uyuni tour providers sell 3-4 day tour packages that have the same schedule. For the first 2 and a half days is the exploration of the salt flats of Salar De Uyuni. Then head south to the southwest corner of Bolivia, and then the tour ends there.
If you want to see a giant sky mirror and take home photos with a unique perspective, come during the rainy season, which is in December – April. During the dry season, which is May – November, Salar de Uyuni is also still beautiful, even though you can't see the giant sky mirror at that time.
Actually there are several ways to visit Salar De Uyuni. One of them is that you can start your journey from La Paz, and then take a bus to Oruro and after that, then take the train to Uyuni. After traveling for about 7 hours, you will arrive at Uyuni at night.
When coming to Salar de Uyuni, you can also see Isla Incauhasi. It was an island filled with cacti of various types and sizes.
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