Altiplano Travel Guide

Tourist Guide

Uyuni which includes landscape views and mist or fog
Salar de Uyuni which includes interior views
Salar de Uyuni which includes landscape views and tranquil scenes
Uyuni
Uyuni which includes tranquil scenes and vehicle touring

Where to stay in Altiplano

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Tiquillani

If you're spending some time in Tiquillani, Lake Titicaca is a top sight worth visiting.

Tiquillani
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Yunguyo

While Yunguyo isn't home to many top sights, Cementerio General and Saint Gabriel Theatre are some notable places to visit nearby.

Yunguyo
Hotel de Sal Luna Salada
Hotel de Sal Luna Salada
4 out of 5
25 kms away from Uyuni town, Uyuni
The price is AU$481 per night from 30 Mar to 31 Mar
AU$481
includes taxes & fees
30 Mar - 31 Mar
Stay at this 4-star boutique hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free breakfast, a rooftop terrace, and room service.
8.4/10 Very Good! (489 reviews)
The hotel is large and beautiful
"The hotel is large and beautiful, and the view of the salt flats outside is mesmerizing."

Reviewed on 20 Mar. 2025

Hotel de Sal Luna Salada
Hostal Cagnapa Restobar
Hostal Cagnapa Restobar
3 out of 5
Av. Avaroa, Uyuni, Departamento de Potosí
The price is AU$102 per night from 25 Mar to 26 Mar
AU$102
includes taxes & fees
25 Mar - 26 Mar
Stay at this 3-star hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and a 24-hour front desk. Popular attractions Archaeology and Anthropology Museum ...
9.2/10 Wonderful! (41 reviews)
"Comfortable stay . Rooms are big and bathrooms good . We stayed just a night as we went only for a day tour of sakt flats . The management is friendly and responsive ."

Reviewed on 12 Mar. 2025

Hostal Cagnapa Restobar
Hotel Palacio de Sal
Hotel Palacio de Sal
4.5 out of 5
Orillas del Salar de Uyuni, Uyuni
The price is AU$463 per night from 6 Apr to 7 Apr
AU$463
includes taxes & fees
6 Apr - 7 Apr
Stay at this 4.5-star luxury hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews.
8.8/10 Excellent! (152 reviews)
A great salt hotel
"A nice hotel next the salt flats. It is clean, unique building materials with salt. The buffet was good, staff were friendly. Special thanks to Jonathan who went beyond. Highly recommended."

Reviewed on 3 Feb. 2025

Hotel Palacio de Sal
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Beautiful Central Apartment
Beautiful Central Apartment
Oruro
Stay at this apartment in Oruro. Popular attractions Oruro Cathedral and Portada del Beaterio are located nearby.
Beautiful Central Apartment
Enjoyable 2-bedroom apartment with WiFi in Uyuni
Enjoyable 2-bedroom apartment with WiFi in Uyuni
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Stay at this apartment in Uyuni. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and a fitness center. Popular attractions Archaeology and Anthropology Museum of the ...
Enjoyable 2-bedroom apartment with WiFi in Uyuni
Nice and cheap place to rest
Nice and cheap place to rest
2 out of 5
Oruro
Stay at this vacation home in Oruro. Popular attractions Museo Casa Arte Taller Cardozo Velasquez and Conchupata Lighthouse are located nearby.
Nice and cheap place to rest
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Popular places to visit

Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni

Step into an alien landscape where salt flats stretch for thousands of miles and rainfall turns the ground into a gigantic mirror.

Salar de Uyuni
Copacabana Beach

Copacabana Beach

Why not spend a care-free afternoon at Copacabana Beach during your travels in Copacabana? While you're in the area, stroll along the lakeside.

Copacabana Beach
Tiwanaku which includes heritage elements

Tiwanaku

Learn about the local history of Tiahuanaco when you spend time at Tiwanaku. Wander the lakeside or discover the area's desert landscape.

Tiwanaku
Copacabana Cathedral which includes religious aspects, heritage architecture and a church or cathedral

Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana

See a procession leave the cathedral, watch flower-strewn cars pull in for a blessing or join a lavish religious festival at the town’s central church.

Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
Train Cemetery

Train Cemetery

A graveyard strewn with the remains of historic locomotives is one of the most striking and haunting sights in the deserts of southwest Bolivia.

Train Cemetery

Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes

Find out about the history of Copacabana when you spend time at Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. Wander the lakeside and beaches in the area.

Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes

Cities near Altiplano

La Paz which includes a city

La Paz

Isla Taquile featuring tranquil scenes as well as a small group of people

Isla Amantani

Uyuni showing landscape views and tranquil scenes

Uyuni

Tiwanaku featuring heritage elements

Tiwanaku