Although it is now closed to overnight visitors, you can still check out the salt sculptures inside and the Dakar Rally and Flag Monuments outside (add your flag if you've brought one). Find your own isolated piece of salt desert to enjoy and take out your props – it's here that plastic dinosaurs come out, as photographers play with the bizarre perspective caused by the bright blue skies and super-flat landscape. Many tour groups stop for lunch here.
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Located right on the edge of Salar de Uyuni, Colchani is the easiest place to access the great salt flat and the place to go if you just want a glimpse of…
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17.19 MILES
The only real attraction in Uyuni, Cementerio de Trenes is a rusty collection of historic steam locomotives and rail cars dating back to the 19th century,…
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At this virtual ghost town, brilliantly colored rocks rise beside the road and a mineral-rich stream reveals streaks of blue, yellow, red and green. The…
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Serious trainspotters might want to take a look inside this huge hangar of a museum, which houses several salt-crusted train engines and carriages. It's…
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Museo Arqueología y Antropológico de los Andes Meridionales
17.05 MILES
A small museum featuring mummies, long skulls, fossils, ceramics and textiles. There are Spanish descriptions of the practices of cranial deformation. At…
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This European-style clock tower was built in 1930 with a clock mechanism that was imported from Germany. You can find the tourist police office here.
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Monumento a Los Héroes del Chaco
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This monument is dedicated to the fallen in the brutal Chaco War.
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Nearby Salar de Uyuni attractions
7.57 MILES
Located right on the edge of Salar de Uyuni, Colchani is the easiest place to access the great salt flat and the place to go if you just want a glimpse of…
3. Museo Arqueología y Antropológico de los Andes Meridionales
17.05 MILES
A small museum featuring mummies, long skulls, fossils, ceramics and textiles. There are Spanish descriptions of the practices of cranial deformation. At…
17.09 MILES
This European-style clock tower was built in 1930 with a clock mechanism that was imported from Germany. You can find the tourist police office here.
5. Monumento a Los Héroes del Chaco
17.14 MILES
This monument is dedicated to the fallen in the brutal Chaco War.
17.19 MILES
The only real attraction in Uyuni, Cementerio de Trenes is a rusty collection of historic steam locomotives and rail cars dating back to the 19th century,…