Colchani

Name: Hotel Palacio de Sal
Price range: P22,421
Rating: 9

Travel Guide

The South American Puna Flamingo is also known as James's Flamingo (so named for Harry Berkeley James) and Lesser Andean Flamingo. It received its common name "Puna" from its natural habitat - "puna" is the local word for high Andean plateau. The flamingo's characteristic pink / salmon-colored plumage is caused by their beta carotene-rich diet.

The Puna Flamingos occur on the high Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina where they usually occur at altitudes of over 3,000 m (9,900 ft).
Together with the other South American flamingos -- namely the Andean Flamingos and Chilean Flamingos, they inhabit salt lakes and lagoons in the Andean mountains, After the breeding season, most migrate to lower attitudes for the winter. Some remain at lakes near hot springs.

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The only salt-making facilities using salt from the Salar de Uyuni are located in Colchani – a cooperative joint-owned by all salt workers. There is an estimated 10 billion tonnes of salt contained in the Salar de Uyuni, with around 25,000 tonnes excavated and processed at Colchani annually.

They scrape salt off the salar into pyramid-shaped piles and leave it to dry in the sun. Once dry (after 4 days or so) the salt is shoveled into trucks and carted to Colchani to be processed. It is cooked in ovens to dry further, then iodine is added and the mixture milled before being sealed into 1 kilogram sacks. The final product – table salt – is sold by the cooperative in Bolivia and Brazil.

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Salar de Uyuni Colchani Departamento de Potosí

P36,823

P36,823 total

Mar 8 - Mar 9

Stay at this tentalow in Colchani. Enjoy free breakfast and daily housekeeping.

Hotel Jardines de Uyuni

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P13,452

P13,452 total

Apr 4 - Apr 5

Stay at this hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and room service. Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews. Popular attractions Museo ...

Hotel Palacio de Sal

Orillas del Salar de Uyuni Uyuni

P22,421

P22,421 total

Mar 13 - Mar 14

Book a stay at this luxury hotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews.

9/10 Wonderful! (169 reviews)

One of the better hotels in Uyuni, but it is desperately in need of renovation and updating. The breakfast buffet is terrible.

Reviewed on Mar 2, 2026

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Colón Uyuni Departamento de Potosí

Stay at this aparthotel in Uyuni. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and housekeeping. Popular attractions Archaeology and Anthropology Museum of the Southern ...

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