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 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 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 ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni is a spectacular and dramatic landscape ...

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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 ...