Potosi Top Attractions

Top 2 things to see and do in Potosi

• 1 Laguna Colorada

  7.8 /10

  The Laguna Colorada is located in the Andean plateaus of Bolivia, just southwest of it. It is within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve near the Chilean border. It is a 60-square kilometer shallow salt lake with white borax islands that provide good contrast to all that red water. The shoreline is also bordered by white deposits composed of gypsum, sodium, borax and magnesium.

  The lake is famous for its brilliant and unique coloration – bright red due to the algae that exists in abundance in its waters ...

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• 2 Salar de Uyuni

  7.4 /10

  Salar de Uyuni Lake in southwest Bolivia covers over 10,000 square kilometers and is the largest salt flat in the world. It is perched close to the crest of the Andes, over 3,500 meters high. At the Salar de Uyuni, what you see is a stretch of white, with remote purple hills (which are actually active volcanoes!) dotting the horizon. It is, by far, one of the most exotic, even surreal, destinations in Bolivia. A view of this scene is very much like something from a dream.The fact that this vast tract is made up of salt (and notice snow or water) is fascinating ...

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