Just driving across Bolivia’s incredible Uyuni Salt Flats is a life-changing experience. But you can make it even more magical via the special ways to experience one of South America’s great natural wonders offered by Hidalgo Tours.

Feast your eyes and your palate during an Andean-style picnic lunch in the middle of the salt flats that includes typical Andean dishes (like shredded llama, quinoa, hominy corn, several roast potato varieties, and spicy sauces). Served on a portable wooden table covered with a gorgeous Aymara woven tablecloth.

Toast to the Andes and the ancient Inca during sunset cocktails in comfy wooden deck chairs in the middle of the world’s largest salt flat with a perfect view of the solar orb descending over the snowcapped mountains. Choose from a range of fine wines, local beers, and top-shelf spirits.

Or watch the sunset, sunrise or any time of day through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the indoor heated pool at Hidalgo’s Palacio de Sal hotel. Arrayed along the eastern edge of the slat flats, the “salt palace” is literally made from blocks of salt.

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