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Uyuni

A remote railway town on the Altiplano, the starting point for salt-flat tours, with a cemetery of rusting steam trains on its edge.

Photo: PsamatheM · CC BY-SA 4.0
Best Time to Go
Jan–Aug
Our full guide to Uyuni is being written. It's on the Bolivia list as If You're Nearby.

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Must-See
Nature · Salt flats

Salar de Uyuni

About 48 miles away

A blinding white salt flat, which turns into a giant mirror after rain, on a multi-day jeep tour to colored lagoons.

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Worth a Detour
Cities · UNESCO

Potosí

About 92 miles away

Once among the richest cities in the world, thanks to silver mined from the Cerro Rico. Mine tours are grim.

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Cities · UNESCO

Sucre

About 141 miles away

A dazzling white colonial capital, with dinosaur footprints on a quarry wall nearby.

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