Travelogues Potosí

The overnight bus was supposed to drop us off in Uyuni at 5:30 am. However, a few locals had made themselves comfortable about 70 kilometers before our destination with a little...

Here there are two superlatives: 1) The largest railway graveyard in the world and 2) The largest salt flat in the world Unfortunately, we did not drive far in because it was...

The mining town of Potosi was once the richest city in the world, as it is home to the Silver Mountain. Today, the city has 170,000 inhabitants, but a planned mine visit...

The tour starts at 3500m and goes up to 4900m in altitude. Here you can visit the highest lagoons, geysers, and hot springs.

Closed mine, here the old iron is melted down and partly exported to Germany. The mine is located at 4200m!

The mountains are the same but the poverty is significantly greater. From now on, we will be at an altitude of over 4000 m for a longer time.

The first day I spend on the so-cslles Ruta de Los Salares. First, we had a nice view onto the vulcanoe Licancabur and then went to the Salt lagoons of Salar de Talar and Salar...

Climbing the Tunupa Volcano

Salar de Uyuni

Saturday 14.03 The trip to the salt flats and on to La Paz is currently not possible. The workshop van broke down and needs to be repaired. The initial attempts at self-repair...

Uyuni on Palm Sunday

Second day on the way to Salar de Uyuni

First day Salar de Uyuni Tour

Extra day in Uyuni

Friday 13th March. Continuing to Uyuni. The route on the way was once again fantastic. We are slowly entering very high areas in Bolivia. Until we reached our destination Uyuni,...

Tour of an active mine where minerals are extracted under extremely challenging conditions