Day 7: Uyuni - Colchani - Inkawasi - Colchani
After breakfast at 10:00 am, we will visit the train cemetery, where old steam locomotives used for transporting minerals are located. We will then continue the journey to the town of Colchani, where you can observe the salt processing, including drying, grinding, and packaging. You will also have the opportunity to purchase crafts made from salt. Next, we'll see the salt mounds (the first stage of salt drying), natural springs (subterranean waters that emerge to the surface), and the salt hotel (Salt Museum) built entirely of salt. Lunch will be served in the center of the Salar. We proceed to Incahuasi Island (a rocky island in the middle of the salt flat where giant cacti, some over 100 years old, can be observed). From the top, you can see the entire salt flat, along with the Minor Lagoons and the Siloli Desert.We will cross the infinite salt flat from north to south. Leaving it behind, we will traverse the range of volcanoes with their eternal snows up to Lípez, where we will have a distant view of the Ollagüe Volcano. Then, we resume the journey towards the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve, where you will appreciate the slender figures of wild vicuñas. As we reach the Cañapa, Hedionda, and Honda lagoons, you will see the three varieties of flamingos unique to the Andean region. Night at Hotel Los Flamencos (dinner at the hotel).
