Salar de Uyuni & Potosi
The largest salt flat on Earth and the legendary Silver Mountain of Potosi, a surreal landscape of blinding white flats, colored lagoons, and colonial grandeur.
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Walk Across the Salar de Uyuni
Step onto the blinding white expanse of the world's largest salt flat.
Walk the White City's Colonial Core
Stroll among perfectly preserved whitewashed buildings in Bolivia's constitutional capital.
Descend into the Mines of Cerro Rico
Enter the colonial silver mountain where miners still work by hand at 4,200 meters.
Follow Dinosaur Footprints at Cal Orcko
Stand before a cliff wall imprinted with over 5,000 dinosaur tracks.
Sleep on an Island of Cacti in the Salt Desert
Visit Incahuasi Island, a rocky outcrop covered in giant cacti rising from the salt.
Taste Traditional Chocolate at Chocolates Para Ti
Sample handcrafted Bolivian chocolate where cacao meets Andean flavors.
Explore the Royal Mint at Casa de la Moneda
Tour the colonial mint where Bolivia's silver was stamped into coins for a global empire.
Photograph the Train Cemetery at Dawn
Explore rusting locomotive skeletons abandoned on the edge of the salt flats.
Explore the Textile Museum of Indigenous Art
Discover centuries of Andean weaving traditions preserved by local communities.
Soak in Hot Springs Beside a Frozen Lagoon
Bathe in volcanic thermal pools at 4,800 meters on the three-day Salar tour.
Climb the Rooftop of San Felipe Neri
Ascend to the convent's sun-bleached rooftop for the finest view in Sucre.
Warm Up with Api and Pasteles on a Cold Morning
Sip Bolivia's thick purple corn drink with a fried cheese pastry on a Potosi dawn.
Eat Llama Steak Under a Salt-Flat Sky
Try Bolivia's iconic high-altitude protein in Uyuni's rustic tour-town restaurants.