Why this ride
A remote mixed-surface corridor with strong terrain and adventure-riding value. It links naturally to Eduardo Avaroa Reserve.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Uyuni to Laguna Colorada
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 389 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 11
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Editorial context
Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.
Access context
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Seasonal context
May-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Uyuni
At 3,650 metres above sea level, on the high plateau of south-west Bolivia, Uyuni is a dusty, windblown frontier town that exists for one reason. Just beyond it lies the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world, a blinding white plain of more than ten thousand square kilometres, which formed when ancient lakes dried out. In the rainy season, from roughly January to March, a thin film of water turns the salt into a mirror that doubles the sky, and in the dry season the surface cracks into hexagonal plates that stretch to the horizon.
Read the complete Uyuni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Uyuni sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is San Juan Bolivia.
2. San Juan Bolivia
San Juan is a speck on the high, dry southwestern edge of Bolivia, where the Altiplano turns into a landscape of salt, volcanic rock and sky. It lies south of Uyuni, on the route that heads toward Laguna Colorada and the Chilean border, and there is no larger town anywhere nearby, only a handful of houses, a few simple lodgings, some llama pens and miles of empty plateau. The height is well over 3,600 metres, so the air is thin, cold and very clear.
Read the complete San Juan Bolivia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
San Juan Bolivia comes up 117 km in. Next is Laguna Colorada.
3. Laguna Colorada
Laguna Colorada lies at about 4,300 metres on the Bolivian Altiplano, inside the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, and it is one of the strangest sights in South America. The water is a deep rust red, stained by algae and sediments, and it is dotted with white islands of borax and salt, with thousands of flamingos wading in the shallows. Three species, the Andean, the Chilean and James's flamingo, feed here, and the contrast of pink birds, red water and white crust against a backdrop of brown volcanic peaks is almost too much.
Read the complete Laguna Colorada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
389 km in you reach Laguna Colorada.