Prehistoric lakes once covered Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni near the crest of the Andes. When these lakes dried up over hundreds of thousands of years, their rich salt content was left behind, and it ...

Envision yourself in a calming, untainted place where the sky and earth meet on an infinite horizon, the air is thick with peace, and the ground shiny. This setting is not from a fantasy story. It is ...

The biggest salt flat on Earth is considered by many to be the world’s largest natural mirror. A team of scientists wondered if that’s actually true, and the answer is—sort of. Reading time 2 minutes ...

The stark white salt formations are the result of the evaporation of prehistoric lakes. It is located where Lake Minchin once was 40,000 years ago. This unique ecosystem is an otherworldly experience ...

The world's largest salt flat, also known as Salar de Uyuni, is located in southwest Bolivia and it covers over 4,000 square miles of the Earth's surface. Over the years, it has become quite a tourist ...

I went to Bolivia to trek the Isla del Sol and Huayna Potosí, but once I arrived in La Paz, all I heard was talk of the ...

The mirror effect of the Salar de Uyuni. Photo by Boyan Lepoev via Unsplash One of the must-see sights on a visit to Bolivia is the entrancing mirror effect on the Salar de Uyuni, the famous salt ...

SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia — In the southwestern corner of Bolivia, about an hour’s flight from La Paz, the blinding white Salar de Uyuni salt flat stretches for more than 4,500 square miles. There is no ...

Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world, located in the expansive highlands of southwestern Bolivia. The large natural phenomenon occupies more than 10,500 square kilometres, and it is ...

Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers. It is located in the Potosíand Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes and ...