Uyuni Salt Flat

The Salar de Uyuni incomparable largest and highest in the world which is at a height of 3750msnm. With an area of 10,582 km2, besides being the largest lithium reserves in the world.

The salt is formed by 11 layers of earth and salt with a thickness ranging from 2-20 meters of the surface layer is 50 inches thick. The exact depth has not yet been determined, only to be the result of ancient Lake "Tauca" that dried up about 10,000 years ago.

On the banks of the Salt Flats are archaeological remains, ceremonial centers, strengths fairly remote past dating back thousands of years before Christ.

The salt, also called "sleeping giant" by the enormous wealth that locks, or as "the white sea" for its vast expanse covered with a white mantle occupies 68 ° 20 'to 20 ° 50' South, and from 67 ° to 68 ° west longitude. The tours that can be performed within the salar are: hiking in the islands, visiting the salt hotels, places of extraction of salt blocks, eyes, eggshell and performing all kinds of trekking and sports activities.

Salar legend told by community members of Tahua is as follows: count the hill Tunupa was a very beautiful woman, who had many admirers, who are constantly vying for her first love was the Cerro Tata Sabaya, but the other lovers who had as Kusun Kusku and who constantly faced by the love of Tunupa left his son and went to keelage, in one of the places when I was cooking alone and sad, he broke the quinoa from the pot, so is known as the goddess of Quinoa. However, she continued her journey and through Quinoa. Jayu Quta, having their breasts full of milk, let it fall into place, forming a q'ocha (lagoon), which later gave rise to Salar de Uyuni. The beautiful Tunupa continued his love and this time was to Karakura, then change it or Jach'a Chillima Qolla and make them fight, this time more violently than before, in these clashes on the hill he pulled out his teeth Karakura to Chillima, who gutted to Karakura, which is why the hill has water Coracora provided to nearby communities.

Location Uyuni Uyuni

Terrestrial distances to get to Uyuni and Eduardo Abaroa National Reserve

The most visited protected area in Bolivia