Uyuni Saltflat de San Pedro de Atacama ALLER-RETOUR ou ALLER SIMPLE vers Uyuni

The only good thing about this tour was the views. Prepare for no hot water and a very unhealthy diet on your journey. As for requesting an English speaker, I only had an English for part of the tour. The first and last day you won’t have one. As for my last day on this out, the driver abandoned me in San Pedro Atacama. I tried asking for directions to get back to my original location which was Calama, where they picked me up on day one, It was not a round trip for me. Overall, I give the views a 5 star but everything was a 1 star. I would only recommend if you completely understand Spanish, okay with cold showers, and double checking where you will be getting dropped off. If not, I don’t recommend.

The views and sites we saw are completely amazing but the logistics and organization of this trip needs room for improvement. To be completely honest I saw many other tour agencies operate the same way on this excursion but I still think it can improve... 1. There was no guide,just a driver and a 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser that was running on hopes and dreams taking a group of tourist through the Bolivian desert. I wish there was someone who could answer my questions and teach a little about the culture and the area. 2. Accommodation - no hot water or heater and it was FREEZING. At night it got to - 10 degrees centigrade and the rooms were not properly isolated - I felt it. 3. Food - was ok, edible but not great. I must say that the agency did contact us before hand and made sure that everyone is safe and we all pass the border fine but I would have liked a tip about preparing for the altitude or the cold - that was brutal.

We had a awesome tour with our english speaking guide Daniel (and our driver Berni). He explaint and show us so much. Others we met during our trip had only a spanish speaking driver, which is also the guide. There were not happy. Don't safe the money on the wrong end. Without the english extra guide, it would be only a 3-4 star expierance. Daniel made it to a 5!

Such an incredible time! Most wonderful and thrilling 3 days. Saw the most incredible beautiful scenery. Off the beaten path! Good food and accommodation

Guide-James was great! Very knowledgeable and fun to be around for 3 full days. Well organized and efficient

Wonderful, but challenging. Worth to try it regardless of age group. You’re like on another planet

I decided to book this tour to see some extra places whilst travelling between Chile and Bolivia. It also includes all the main sights within Uyuni so it just made sense. Note, lots of companies offer similar tours however we met other travellers whose tours did not include visiting as many places as this one did and worse accommodation too. Day 1 was a bit of a mess but that was not the tour operators fault. There was ice on the road near the border so we had to wait on the motorway near San Pedro for 6 hours before the road opened again. We had breakfast on the motorway. The minibus was comfortable and had starlink WiFi. The border is at high altitude and we had to wait another 4 hours there because they had no electricity. We were brought empenadas as a snack. Once we finally crossed the border you split up into groups of 6 and get into 4x4 vehicles. The rear seats are not comfortable so we swapped places within the group occasionally so everyone had a fair opportunity. The first stop is the lagoon on the other side. We stopped for photos and then went to see the Geysers. We didn't have time to relax at the thermal bath but stopped there briefly. We drove past the Salvador Dali desert but didn't stop. We had to skip Laguna Colorada as it was starting to get dark. There are no roads but just dirt tracks and it's not a very comfortable drive for a few hours to get to the first hotel. We arrived quite late and had some dinner which was ok. The first hotel was ok had a comfortable bed, hot shower and starlink WiFi. We had an early start day 2. We went to see the world cup and camel rock formations then to stone city where all the tourists were free climbing up all the rocks. Then we stopped at anaconda canyon which was a nice scenic place. We stopped somewhere for lunch and then saw hundreds of llamas grazing in a big field and you could get really close to them. We then went to a trainyard where you could enjoy some local beers before arriving at our next accomodation which was a hotel made of salt. Lovely place to stay. Day 3 was a very early start to get to the salt flats in time for sunrise. Sunrise was beautiful. After sunrise we were driven to cactus Island and had time to hike up to the top. After the hike we had some more free time and had a basic breakfast there. Then we drove to the Dakar Monument and had some free time there. One thing our drivers didn't really do which others did was help you take all the fun tourist photos on the salt flats with dinosaurs and other props. This was really my only complaint. We left the salt flats and stopped at a small market to buy souvenirs. They were really cheap here and you could find a lot of different things. We then went to the trainyard in Uyuni and had some time there to explore and take photos. I realised I left my wallet at the market and our driver kindly drove me back there to get it which was a big relief. The tour ended with lunch at a restaurant in Uyuni. I did the one way trip and was dropped off to my hostel in Uyuni at the end. The rest of my group returned to San Pedro but I'm glad I didn't as the trip on Day 1 was quite rough. I stayed the night in Uyuni and then moved on to the next place as I felt this tour covered everything worth seeing in the area. It was a really well organised tour, drivers were nice and accomodation was satisfactory. It was nice to spend a few days with the same group of people too. Amazing memories would highly recommend.

Very good experience. Excellent guide. The accommodations are quite simple, but in all of them we manage to have comfort.

I paid for an English speaking guide they did not turn up. Viator would had commission on what I paid. The bus turned up over an hour late in morning. Complete shambles.

This trip was one of my highlights of my Latam trip. I was a bit concerned because of less reviews: bringing your own towels and toilet paper though also the tour operator mentioned to bring own towels or rent. The hostels we got appointed provided all, including soap and were spotless clean, This is a great adventure which I highly recommend