Chile’s Atacama Desert is a 600-mile landscape of otherworldly landscapes. At times you'll feel like you're visiting another planet... The Atacama Desert is recognised as being the driest place on earth - there are areas where a drop of rain has never been recorded. While backpacking for a few months around South America we went to … Continue reading Travel Bolivia: Crossing the Bolivian Salt Flats by Jeep
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Travel Bolivia: the Salar de Uyuni, home to salt, cacti & pink flamingoes
Salar de Uyuni, is the world’s largest salt flat, located at high altitude in southwest Bolivia. The area was formerly a prehistoric lake that dried up leaving behind a desert-like landscape of stunning bright-white salt. Located at 3656 metres above sea level Salar de Uyuni’s ecosystem spans 11,000 sq km. The salt landscape stretches as far … Continue reading Travel Bolivia: the Salar de Uyuni, home to salt, cacti & pink flamingoes
