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Tunupa Volcano, Uyuni

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Test your physical limits with a rewarding hike up Tunupa Volcano, which features a crater roughly 5,300 m (17,000 ft) above sea level. The hike takes several hours but provides unbeatable views of the surrounding landscape and the red coloring of the volcano itself. If you really want to challenge yourself, hire a guide and try to reach the very summit of the volcano. At the base of the mountain you can visit a small village, ideal place to have lunch and meet the locals. Using our online itinerary creator, Uyuni attractions like Tunupa Volcano can form part of a personalized travel itinerary.
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  • September 24, 2017
    It is at one end of the Salar de Uyuni. In its decorative Andean farming and agriculture is practised, and there are various farmhouses. There is a run by the local community, an indigenous settlement ruins that have not been restored, but with the explanations of the guides, allow to get an idea of how they lived the first inhabitants of the area. At the foot of the volcano and just where it starts salting, there are several small lakes in which there are many flamingos. If it climbs along a path that runs along the slopes of the volcano, it is possible to have an extraordinary view of the salar de uyuni.
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  • September 14, 2017
    We continue the journey with the destination the volcano Tunupa, where after going through some remote villages, such as Ayque and Coquesa, let us pause in to an old cottage in Tahua, rintanando because the strong wind arose. The animal pens blend with rocks; small islands you can see the sea of salt, lit up completely by the Sun: it is a fantastic landscape. Here live blade and men; in the square, central square gazebo with tables for picnics, a beautiful church with belfry in adobe, unfortunately with the metal roof. While waiting to have lunch we go to walk the edge of salar, where many lamas are grazing greedily on the bofedales, wetted parts, rich in organic matter, where they grow herbs and plants fed by underground waters low mineralized ascents oxygen concentration. After a while this vast expanse of salt it becomes familiar with the crater of the volcano Tunupa which at 5,321 meters is upon us and makes us watchdog, bordering on the North edge of the desert.
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  • August 22, 2017
    Easy until the mirador is 4700 meters. The path part end of the village of 3700 meters and count 3-4 hours to go up and down, according to acclimatization l altitude. Bear N have done after more than 8 days in altiplano l and n so no problems. In the past must be equipped with day or we have done, there was a terrible wind storm and the climb to the top was prohibited. Great views, beautiful colors and meeting with. Of the viscachas (kind of chinchilla / squirrel)
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Accommodations seem to occupy nearly every other building in Uyuni. Where you stay is of little importance, as the town can be traversed on foot in a matter of minutes. You won't find large luxury hotels here, but you can choose between a range of comfortable inns and guesthouses. Reserve your room in advance, as competition for good rooms can be stiff during high season.
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