Altiplano Travel Guide

Tourist Guide

Uyuni featuring 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 showing vehicle touring and tranquil scenes

Where to stay in Altiplano

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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
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Tiquillani

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

Tiquillani
Hotel Palacio de Sal
Hotel Palacio de Sal
4.5 out of 5
Orillas del Salar de Uyuni, Uyuni
The price is £204 per night from 5 Jul to 6 Jul
£204
5 Jul - 6 Jul
Stay at this 4.5-star luxury hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free breakfast, free Wi-Fi and free parking. Our guests praise the helpful staff in their reviews.
8.8/10 Excellent! (154 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
Hotel de Sal Luna Salada
Hotel de Sal Luna Salada
4 out of 5
25 kms away from Uyuni town, Uyuni
Stay at this 4-star boutique hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free breakfast, a rooftop terrace and room service.
8.4/10 Very Good! (499 reviews)
"Exceptional location. Staff were absolutely wonderful. Our Dome room was magnificant and we left the curtains open at night in order to enjoy the clear skies and even saw a meteor falling. The salt plains were awesome and we got beautiful pictures with our family. 5 stars!"

Reviewed on 23 Jun 2025

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Hotel de Sal Luna Salada
Hostal Cagnapa Restobar
Hostal Cagnapa Restobar
3 out of 5
Av. Avaroa, Uyuni, Departamento de Potosí
The price is £45 per night from 4 Jul to 5 Jul
£45
4 Jul - 5 Jul
Stay at this 3-star hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, breakfast (surcharge) and a 24-hour front desk. Popular attractions Archaeology and Anthropology Museum ...
9.2/10 Wonderful! (58 reviews)
"Really lovely place to stay after a gruelling 3 day salt flats tour in the cold. Every amenity was available and even the shower was soft filtered water. I absolutely loved my day there. The manager even let me pay for my taxi by card and then paid the taxi driver himself to take me to the airport. ..."

Reviewed on 27 May 2025

Hostal Cagnapa Restobar
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Lowest nightly price found within the past 24 hours based on a 1 night stay for 2 adults. Prices and availability subject to change. Additional terms may apply.
Enjoyable 2-bedroom apartment with WiFi in Uyuni
Enjoyable 2-bedroom apartment with WiFi in Uyuni
Uyuni, Departamento de Potosí
Stay at this apartment in Uyuni. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, breakfast (surcharge) and a fitness centre. Popular attractions Archaeology and Anthropology Museum of the ...
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Reviewed on 20 May 2025

Enjoyable 2-bedroom apartment with WiFi in Uyuni
CABAÑAS SAL Y PIEDRA (perfect lodging in the city of UYUNI )
CABAÑAS SAL Y PIEDRA (perfect lodging in the city of UYUNI )
Uyuni
Stay at this apartment in Uyuni. Popular attractions Museo de Trenes and Plaza Arce are located nearby.
CABAÑAS SAL Y PIEDRA (perfect lodging in the city of UYUNI )
Hostal Luna del Titikaka en Isla de la Luna
Hostal Luna del Titikaka en Isla de la Luna
Isla de la Luna, Departamento de La Paz
Stay at this holiday home in Moon Island. Enjoy free breakfast and housekeeping. Popular attractions Templo de las Vírgenes and Templo del Sol are located ...
Hostal Luna del Titikaka en Isla de la Luna
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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
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
Tiwanaku showing 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 heritage architecture, a church or cathedral and religious elements

Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana

Admire the grand architecture of this historic cathedral then spot European artwork, enjoy religious festivals and watch unusual spiritual ceremonies.

Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana

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

Copacabana which includes a coastal town, mountains and a beach

Copacabana

La Paz which includes a city

La Paz

Isla Taquile which includes tranquil scenes as well as a small group of people

Isla Amantani

Photo by Marcelo Lopes

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