On our last full day in San Pedro, we set out by car through the Atacama Desert towards the highlands and the border area of Bolivia – an adventure, wild and overwhelming. The landscape was a spectacle, with llamas everywhere that brought a broad ...
The next day, from San Pedro de Atacama, we drove our little Polo through the cool mountain landscape to Valle Arcoiris, the Rainbow Valley – an adventure, wild and mysterious. Our guidebooks were silent about it, only internet forums whispered ...
After our tour through the Bolivian highlands, we returned early in the morning to Chile, where we settled into San Pedro for the next few days. We arrived at our hotel around midday and headed out again in the early afternoon to the nearby Valle de la ...
The true highlight of our tour through Bolivia’s highlands was the breathtaking salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni! A vast, endless white expanse as far as the eye can see. We got up before dawn to be out on the flats just in time to enjoy the sunrise ...
The first night in the highlands wasn’t great – the thin air and freezing cold made for a restless sleep. But as soon as we stood at the shores of Laguna Colorada after breakfast, all was forgotten. The red lake was absolutely stunning – ...