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Considered the main town in the desolate area of Southwest Bolivia, Uyuni is a launching pad for multi-day overland trips to the Salares, or salt flats.
Despite its cold temperatures and isolated feel, Uyuni is nonetheless a traveler's hub, and not a bad spot to hang around for a day before going on a tour of the Southwestern Circuit or after you've come back and are figuring out your next move.
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Uyuni's only cultural attraction, this museum features mummies and skulls, with Spanish-only descriptions of the process of mummification and cranial ...
3 km outside of Uyuni is the train cometary, home to a large collection of rusting steam locomotives dating back ...
Condor Journeys and Adventures Offers tours across a lake of hardened salt roughly half the size of Belgium. ...
A simple, good option, though the rooms are not well lit and some are significantly worse off than others. Ask ...







This basic but adequate budget hotel is situated practically opposite Uyuni’s train station, making it a convenient option for anyone ...







A busy backpacker favorite, Marith has a courtyard, and shared showers with hot water available all day long. ...







Offers tasty and affordable pizzas, pastas, Bolivian and international food, served in a comfortable atmosphere. ...







An unlikely French-run bar and restaurant in this desolate desert town, La Loco is a barn-like space with wooden furniture, ...







Step inside cozy gringo-owned Minuteman Pizza, and you momentarily forget you are in a freezing, isolated desert town in Bolivia. ...







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