Palacio de Sal Hotel

UYUNI SALT FLATS, BOLIVIA

PERSONALITIES

Adventurers. People interested in discovering nature's wonders. 

MOMENTS

Hotel made up largely from rock salt. Changing colours of the salt flats with sunset and sunrise. Vanishing horizon. White desert.

BEST VISITING MONTHS

The dry season is April to December, where salt flats can be crossed. May to September the temperature is 0-5 degrees, and October to December the temperature goes up to 14 degrees.
The rainy season is late December to mid-April, where salt flats show a beautiful water reflection, yet can't be crossed more than 15 km in. The temperature is around 14 degrees. 

COST

WHY STAY

Palacio de Sal Hotel is located on the edge of the vast and mysterious Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia - the world’s largest salt flat. Mirroring its environment, everything from the walls to the furniture in the hotel is built entirely with salt. Choose one of 30 igloo-like rooms, built with salt blocks. Relax by the fireplace in the game room or have a drink at the bar after a long day of exploring. Take in your surroundings from Palacio de Sal's viewing room with a surreal 360 degree view.

WHY WANDER

You are here for Salar de Uyuni -  the largest salt flat in the world, covering an area of 12,000 square km, and sitting 3660 meters above sea level, visible from space. Created by a prehistoric lake going dry, Salar de Uyuni is a desertlike landscape of salt, rock formations and islands. Discover this other-worldly natural wonder while staying at Palacio de Sal on foot or mountain bikes.

Other Bolivian landmarks not to be missed are Árbol de Piedra ("stone tree") in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve; Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon), a salt lake in the Sur Lípez Province, where you will also come across flamingoes; Laguna Celeste, another famous Bolivian lake and last but not least the Salvador Dalí Desert (Valle de Dalí), where landscapes resemble the artist's signature paintings.

INDULGE IN

House specialty: salt chicken.

GETTING THERE

Take a flight from La Paz city or a train from Oruro to Villazon with a stop in Uyuni.

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