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The most beautiful places in the reserve Eduardo Avaroa

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Petr Liška
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The most beautiful places in the reserve Eduardo Avaroa
Inserted: 15.10.2022
Author: Petr Liška © gigaplaces.com

The Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve can be found at the very southeastern end of Bolivia. In and around this reserve, you will find the most breathtaking and almost surreal places in all of Bolivia. A high plateau with many volcanoes and lagoons is just part of the natural beauty that awaits you here. Let's take a look at the most beautiful places you can find in the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve.

1.
Laguna Colorada

The most beautiful lake of Bolivia

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| Altitude: 4 290 m / 14 075 ft

Red Laguna Colorada belongs among one of the biggest attractions of this part of Bolivia. You will admire… continue reading

2.
Licancabur

Volcanic lighthouse over lagoon Verde

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| Altitude: 5 960 m / 19 554 ft

One of the most typical Bolivian scenery is the view from the lagoon Verde of volcano Licancabur (5 960 m asl… continue reading

3.
Salar de Uyuni

The biggest salar in the world

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| Altitude: 3 660 m / 12 008 ft

Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt desert on the earth. It is, for example, twice larger than famous Great… continue reading

4.
Desert Desierto de Dali

Desert between pastel volcanoes

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| Altitude: 4 700 m / 15 420 ft

High mountain desert measuring about 10×10km surrounded on three sides by volcanoes abounding with pastel… continue reading

5.
Fumaroles Sol de Maňana

Devil's cauldron

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| Altitude: 4 870 m / 15 978 ft

The biggest „volcanic“ attraction on the entire salar tour are smoking fumaroles Sol de Maňana at a height of… continue reading

6.
Cacti at Isla Incahuasi

Gigantic cacti at salar

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| Altitude: 3 712 m / 12 178 ft

Stop on the „island“ Inca Huasi lying on an immense salar de Uyuni is a great experience, mainly due to the… continue reading

7.
Laguna Verde

Mirror for Licancabur

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| Altitude: 4 330 m / 14 206 ft

Lagoon Verde is one of the best experiences during the trips to the Bolivian southwestern Altiplano not only… continue reading

8.
Laguna Hedionda

Lagoon full of flamingos

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| Altitude: 4 119 m / 13 514 ft

Lagoon Hedionda is one of the most beautiful ones out of the six lagoons lying close together on the way from… continue reading

9.
Rock formation Arbol de Piedra

Rock mushroom on Altiplano

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| Altitude: 4 800 m / 15 748 ft

Arbol de Piedra is the most famous rock formation on the southwestern Bolivian Altiplano. Each of off road … continue reading

10.
Church of San Cristobal

Famous church

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| Altitude: 3 766 m / 12 356 ft

The church in San Cristobal is one of the most famous in Bolivian Altiplano. He is famous for the strangely… continue reading

11.
Laguna Honda

Laguna with peninsula

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| Altitude: 4 120 m / 13 517 ft

Laguna Honda is well recognizable out of the six lagoons lying close together on the way from laguna Colorada… continue reading

12.
Cemetery train

Remnants of Bolivian train rush

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| Altitude: 3 675 m / 12 057 ft

At the southern end of the dusty, cold and windy Uyuni is a unique set of trains and locomotives, the so… continue reading

13.
Desert Desierto de Siloli

Desert with rock formations

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| Altitude: 4 800 m / 15 748 ft

High-lying upland plain north of laguna Colorada is called Desierto de Siloli. It is clenched from both sides… continue reading

14.
Salar de Chiguana

Salar near the volcano Ollagüe

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| Altitude: 3 700 m / 12 139 ft

Considering Bolivian Altiplano, Salar de Chiguana (3 700 m asl) is a relatively small salt plain… continue reading

15.
Cerro Tunupa

Volcano with blasted peak

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| Altitude: 5 321 m / 17 457 ft

Cerro Tunupa (5 321 m asl) is a mountain of salar de Uyuni. It is visible almost from everywhere. It's a type… continue reading

16.
Gigantic cacti at Atulcha

Cacti in the ancient Inca settlement

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| Altitude: 3 700 m / 12 139 ft

There are very high cacti reaching almost six meters in the nearby salt plains of salar de Uyuni. One of the… continue reading

17.
volcano Ollagüe

Smokey giant

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| Altitude: 5 868 m / 19 252 ft

Ollagüe volcano (5 868 m asl) is one of high volcanoes on the volcanic Chilean-Bolivian border. Thanks to the… continue reading

18.
Salar de Chalviri

Salar at the crossroads

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| Altitude: 4 400 m / 14 436 ft

Salar de Chalviri does not belong among the classic salars, because it is lined on almost all its sides by… continue reading

19.
Termal de Polque

Warm swimming in Altiplano

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| Altitude: 4 400 m / 14 436 ft

Thermal springs Polque are very popular stop for those who want to swim in very warm water in very cold… continue reading

20.
Laguna Salada

Laguna with thermal springs

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| Altitude: 4 400 m / 14 436 ft

Laguna Salada does not belong among the most distinctive and beautiful lagoons at Altiplano, and even though,… continue reading

21.
Laguna Caňapa

Majestic lagoon

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| Altitude: 4 140 m / 13 583 ft

You can see Caňapa lagoon, according to your direction, either as the first or last in a series of six… continue reading

22.
Laguna Blanca

The first stop on salar tour

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| Altitude: 4 328 m / 14 199 ft

Laguna Blanca is one of two lagoons you can see below beautiful volcano Licancabur. If you set out for salar… continue reading

23.
Licancabur lake

The highest Bolivian pool

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| Altitude: 5 900 m / 19 357 ft

Lake (5 900 m asl) situated in the crater of the volcano Licancabur (5 960 m asl) is one of the highest… continue reading

24.
Museum of salt in Colchani

Unique miniature museum

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| Altitude: 3 670 m / 12 041 ft

The usual stop in the mining ghost town Colchani is at a miniature museum of salt where you can see some… continue reading

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