This is the largest and highest salt lake in the world - 12,000 square kilometers: twice as big as the Great Salt Lake in the United States. It resembles an impressive, overwhelming and solitary white ocean; bright blue skies contrast with the blinding white salt crust and in the rainy season the lake is covered with a small layer of water that adds a surreal experience. In the interior of this sea of salt there are islands with giant cactus.
South of the Salt Flats, towards Chile is the Avaroa National Park featuring some of the world’s most beautiful and bizarre landscapes. It is empty and desolate, yet it has multicolored lagoons that brim with bird life.
