Uyuni

• Bolivia: A Local's Guide to a Country You Have to See to Believe · Juan Flores, our Bolivian friend, on the salt flats, La Paz, Sucre, Lake Titicaca and Santa Cruz — with the hotels and tours we'd book.

Where should I stay?

Where we'd stay in Uyuni

From our Bolivia guide, with advice from our Bolivian friend Juan Flores.

1. Palacio de Sal (Salt hotel on the Salar's edge):
2. Luna Salada (Salt hotel, Salar views):
3. Casa de Sal (In town):
4. Jardines de Uyuni (In town):

Where should I eat?

• Tika · Centro · Modern Bolivian: A sit-down restaurant serving updated Andean dishes such as llama and quinoa, a good place to try local ingredients.
• Lithium Club · Centro · Bolivian fusion: A more upscale dinner spot with Bolivian-inspired plates, including llama, and a wine list.
• Minuteman Revolutionary Pizza · Centro · Pizza: A long-running, traveler-favorite pizzeria, also popular for breakfast before or after a salt-flat tour.
• Mercado Central · Centro · Bolivian market food: The town market, where food stalls serve cheap set lunches, soups and fresh juices.

What should I do?

• Salar de Uyuni · Salar de Uyuni: The world's largest salt flat, about 10,000 km² of white crust that turns into a mirror after rain, usually visited by 4x4 tour.
• Cementerio de Trenes · Outskirts of Uyuni: Rusting early-20th-century locomotives left on the desert edge of town, a reminder of Uyuni's railway past.
• Isla Incahuasi · Salar de Uyuni: A rocky island in the middle of the salt flat covered in giant cacti, with a short trail to a viewpoint.
• Colchani · Colchani: A small village at the edge of the salar where families process and pack salt by hand.
• Monumento al Dakar · Salar de Uyuni: A large salt sculpture marking the Dakar Rally's passage, near the flags monument and the old salt hotel.
• Sunset and stargazing tour on the salar · Salar de Uyuni: An evening 4x4 trip onto the flats to watch the sunset and the very clear night sky, dressing warmly for the cold.