3 days Uyuni, Andean caravan experience

Itinerary

Day 1: Uyuni - Incahuasi Island

Stop At: Salar de Uyuni, Uyuni Bolivia
Day 1. Pick up from the bus terminal and the hotel in Uyuni is included, just wait for us. The tour starts 10:30 from the 3 Gigantes office. The first place to visit is the Train Cemetery, where you can see old railway machines that represent the first railroads of Bolivia that were abandoned. Then visit Colchani town, this place is perfect for shopping crafts, you can also see the extraction and refining of salt. You will visit the first Hotel made entirely of salt.There is a stop to take pictures in the majestic Salar de Uyuni, which has 10,582 km2, later the tour continues on the Incahuasi Island a place where you can see giant cactus with a thousand years of life, in this place you do a walk to the top, there is a spectacular view of the Salar. At the end of the hike at Incahuasi Island, the jeep crossed the Salar to look for reflections and wait for the sunset. The trip continues to a shared rooms salt hostal where dinner is served.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Private room at salt hostel in Villa Candelaria with shared bathroom.

Day 2: Uyuni - Red lagood

Stop At: Die Laguna Colorada liegt nicht bei Potosi sondern einige 100 km entfernt, Potosi Bolivia
The tour starts with breakfast.

We will continue the trip and on the way, you can see the Ollague Volcano and the Altiplanic Lagoons of the Eduardo Avaroa Reserve. We will go through the desert of rock formations, especially the singular Stone Tree. Ending the day, we will visit Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) and will learn about its coloration and the ecosystem. Later we will move into our Basic Hostel to spend the night in shared rooms.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dorms for 5-6 people at basic hostel with shared bathroom.

Day 3: Hotspring - Geysers - Llama Caravan

Stop At: Camino a Sol de la Mañana, Quetena Chico, Bolivia
The tour starts very early at 5:00 am to observe the eruptions of the Geysers and fumaroles of Sol de Mañana, which is an area of volcanic activity, after which a stop is made at the Polkes Thermal Springs to take a bath.

The trip continues through the Dali Desert to appreciate unprecedented and surreal rock formations.

Then there is a stop at Laguna Verde or Esmeralda, a point where you can see the Licancabur Volcano.

Passengers returning to Uyuni, will visit the Great Caravan of llamas in Quetena Chico, these caravans emerged during the pre-Columbian period, to exchange local foods (quinoa, potatoes, salt and derivatives of llama meat) for other products of different ecological floors. After thirty minutes of walking, people from the community of Quetena wait for the caravan in a small hacienda with a delicious traditional lunch, and finally return to Uyuni to arrive at 5:30 p.m.

The passengers, who make the transfer to San Pedro de Atacama Chile, depart directly from Hito Cajones, so they do not visit Quetena Chico.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.