How Do You Visit The Bolivian Salt Flats?
The Bolivian Salt Flats (Salar de Uyuni) are vast plains of level earth covered with a thick residue of gray-white salt, the vestige of an ancient inland lake. The world’s largest salt flats, they extend for four thousand miles and are a wonder to behold. They have become a popular ecotourism destination, but a visit to the Bolivian Salt Flats is still not an easy one to make. The journey involves traveling many miles through a country with a shaky infrastructure, and arriving in a place made beautiful by its inability to support life. The beauty, though, can make the effort worthwhile. Decide to visit the Bolivian Salt Flats wet or dry. The plains of the Bolivian Salt Flats are, during part of the year, flooded with a shallow expanse of water. During the rainy season the flats reflect the sky like an enormous mirror. Because the water only rises a couple of feet cars can still travel across it. There is the risk, however, of being prevented from travel by heavy rain. From May to Novem
