Uyuni Train Graveyard | Wild Camping
Bolivia
Details
- Verified:
- about 1 month ago
- GPS:
- -20.48206, -66.83813
- Altitude:
- 3665.0 masl
- Website:
- None
- Contributor:
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burtway.com
Amenities
- Electricity:
- No
- Wifi:
- No
- Kitchen:
- No
- Restaurant:
- No
- Showers:
- No
- Water:
- No
- Toilets:
- No
- Big Rig Friendly:
- Yes
- Tent Friendly:
- Yes
- Pet Friendly:
- Yes
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iOverlander cannot verify if wild camping is permitted at this location. It is your responsibility to verify local laws or obtain consent before staying the night.
Fun but spooky place for the night. Peaceful night though there a still trains running that you can hear over night.
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Safe and quite place to spend the night. Slept here on two different occasions, and it was great. The old trains are really charming, but the surrounding is full of trash, unfortunately. Also, not sure if it's because of the trash all around or because of the time of the year, but we had maaany flies coming into the car. Eventually we had to keep our dors closed, as at some point we had over 30 flies in the car!! So keep that in mind when coming here.
Report Check-Ingreat atmosphere to spend the night. very quiet, only one more overlander was on site. toilets closed when we arrived in late afternoon. garbage bins available, no other amenities.
Report Check-InWe spent two separate nights here and really enjoyed it. There are very clean compost toilets (2 bob) but only open during tour visits (morning to noonish). They start arriving pretty late, you have the place almost to yourselves until around 10am. Also very quiet in the evening to make use of that golden hour light. Enjoy, we sure did!
Report Check-InA good and quiet place to stay overnight. The only thing that is very annoying is the tons of flies.
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Stayed here while waiting for my vet papers in town. If you park past the restrooms you won’t have to deal with all the tour trucks that arrive throughout the day. A bit windy but not too bad. A few cars drove by during the night but there were no issues.
Report Check-InAnother satisfied customer!
We parked here two different times. And left the truck for the entire day while we went on a tour. No one bothered it day or night. Quiet. Dusty. Windy. Good cell service. No bathrooms working. No water. No trash cans. Make a plan to deal with your poop if you choose to stay here.
on a dormi ici une nuit, calme mais froide. un train est passé à 5h30 du matin. je recommande.
Report Check-InWe spent a quiet night, there were 2 more campers. There are some bathrooms but they were closed all day.
Report Check-InThis place is literally on the graveyard….I guess the parking space in front of it is just better for staying the night. Therefore you need to drive to 20° 28′ 53,1″ S 66° 50′ 20,3″ W
Report Check-Inarrived to uyuni late so pulled up here for the night. passing train around 9pm and 7am but otherwise quiet
Report Check-InNous avons passé la nuit à côté des anciens trains seul au monde.
Report Check-InDormimos una noche en el cementerio de trenes y nos sentimos seguros. En el día hay muchos tours 4x4 que vienen y algunos puestos de comida y artesanías, pero a la noche estábamos solos. Se puso a llover mucho cuando estuvimos y aunque la ruta está con mucho relieves, conseguimos salir sin problema despacio.
Report Check-InWe slept here one night. Very quiet place. We hear the train passing early in the morning.
Dormimos una noche acá, muy tranquilo. A la mañana temprano escuchamos y vimos el tren pasar.
Report Check-Inquiet a good night and spot before entering the salar, only a real train pass during night, doing lot of noise.
Report Check-InHad a quiet night at this spot behind the train wrecks. Very few cars drove by. Spectacular during sunset. At 1 am a real train passed and woke us up afterwards again very quiet.
Report Check-InSpent a quiet night here. No one bothered us. No facilities and no wind protection.
Report Check-InWe stayed here one night. Unfortunately around 5 AM police knocked to our car and wanted to check our papers. After having a look they left. First tourist car arrived at 6 AM and people selling souvenirs / food arrived at 7 AM. Nice spot but it's better to find another place.
Report Check-InGreat place to spend the night. They did dig a trench all around the place but we found a way through at this GPS point -20.483762, -66.839472. And the spot to cross the rails is at this GPS point -20.483838, -66.840777
Report Check-InGreat spot to spend the night, very quiet - and you can even meet fellow overlanders. You can park pretty much wherever you want. Some tourists start coming around 8am, then the tours around 11am
Report Check-InVery nice to visit the train graveyard in the evening. No other tourists. We had a quiet night.
Report Check-InStill possible to drive in and park right amongst the trains (use Google Satellite view and you can see the road to take). very cool spot!
Report Check-InIt is very nice during sunset. After sunset gets pretty cold but night photos are amazing here! Quiet during night. And you cannot be next to the train due to a long hole next to the trains.
Report Check-InNot the most pleasant place. Kind of spooky and dirty. Police came in the night to check on us. As they saw we are just turists they let us stay.
Report Check-InGood place for one night or more.
It’s now impossible to park close to train.
Some people visit the cemetery until 7PM and from 9AM in the morning
Great spot, no one at night. Very winfy though, the car didn't stop moving and we were parked behind a small construction. Wind calmed down around 2AM.
Report Check-InUPDATE: Still a great place to stay but a trench has been dug around the south side of the site making it impossible to park amongst the trains.
I’ll post some updated photos.
Report Check-InGood and safe place to stay a night before heading to the salar.
We let our van parked there (on the very end of the train graveyard) during the afternoon to spend some time in the village of Uyuni. We came back around 20h00 and found our vehicle as we had left it.
Good place for overnight parking. Quiet until the tours arrive. Some trains at night.🚂
Report Check-InFun place with beautiful sunset. Lots of trash as described but that's Bolivia. Quiet night there. The wind died at night. We stayed at the very end of the train graveyard so the first tours didn't bother us.
Report Check-Inits a nice place to stay. sheltered from the wind behind the trains. all arround there's a lot of trash but it didnt disturbed us to much while sleeping. it was quite at night.. no trains at all. a nice location for good photos and very free.
Report Check-InLugar muy tranquilo junto en el cementerio de trenes. Algo de ruido por la noche por un par de trenes lejanos y camiones.
Report Check-InLugar super tranquilo e seguro para dormir, em meio aos trens abandonados, procure chegar quando estiver claro ainda, o caminho é meio difícil. As 9h da manhã começaram a chegar os turistas.
Report Check-InGreat photos at sunset! We stayed overnight and had a really fun evening with antoethono.. love meeting other overlanders along the way!
Report Check-InTrains are crap and the area is a sea of trash (reminds me of northern coastal Peru in a bad way), but there's a big motocross track if you want to tool around on a dirt / mountain bike.
Report Check-InNice place for the night with some wind protection. Good photo shots at sunset and sunrise. Tourist buses arrive around 10:00am, enjoy the peace while you can!
Report Check-InA fantastic camp right near the abandoned trains. It was a ghost town when we arrived at approx 8:30pm and we had the trains to ourselves the next morning until approx 9am when the tours started to roll in. The camping area is a bit trashy. But if you have made it this far, you've likely learned to overlook some plastic bags and Coke bottles ;) Well worth the time to visit!
Report Check-InThis was a great place to take some fun photos. It was incredibly cold when we camped so be prepared. There is lots of trash around and graffiti on the trains.
Report Check-InAmazing place for photographers, train lovers and everyone how's into old abandoned stuff. Yes, it's just trains parked in the middle of nowhere, but what did you expect?
Very sad, that most of the stuff got graffiti sprayed on right now,but still a great place to check out and explore
looks like rubbish... its just trains left almost in the middle of town
Report Check-InWe spend 2 nights there. Peaceful and quiet nights. Tourists is coming around 10:30 am and park their cars in the other side on railroad
Report Check-Innice quiet place to spend the night. did not meet anyone beside of some tourists on the trains
Report Check-InWe just stayed the night here from 9pm to 9.30pm. No people, the place was very quiet. Did not see a garbage dump, but as it is Bolivia there is a little bit of trash everywhere. There's a small covered, clean building where you can sit, cook or pitch a tent. Quite windy but the building provides some shelter.
Report Check-InThis a sad place, far away from the center of the city and close to a garbage dump. Local people told us that it is not a secure place to sleep there in the night.
Report Check-InGood overnight stay for Uyuni. Quiet at night. No vendors in the morning, just some tour trucks. No facilities.
Report Check-InStayed here three nights, quiet at night. Heaps of 4x4 tours arrive around 10am.
Report Check-InOK place to stay in Uyuni, some wind cover during the night, but not much (we have a rooftop tent but opted to stay inside the car). There are small covered stalls where vendors sell their stuff during the day - you can go there and cook sheltered in the evening if the wind is strong - that was nice.
Report Check-InYou can use the deserted rooms at night, but remember, in the morning there are people coming to use them as shops.
A lot of rubbish on the way to the train graveyard. Feels like a dumpster.
Good place to spend the night before heading to the Salar. Cold and very windy! FREE
Report Check-InBest place to wild camp in town thanks to wind protected rooms where during the day cholitas sell turisty stuff. Clean and quiet. Spent 3 nights there. Tours usualy come to visit the place between 7:30 and 8 am.
Report Check-InWe camped here before leaving for Uyuni and again before the Southwest Circuit with two other couples behind the box car with the painting on it. Very quiet and peaceful. Great photo op spot and less creepy if you arent camping alone.
Report Check-InStayed here with two more travelers, seeking shelter by the houses. It's a wide open desert stretch and was windy and cold. Great antique rusty trains around to explore. We were told the vendors come around 9am. Free, no facilities. A few trains passed at night but it was quiet and nice overall.
Report Check-InNice quiet place to spend the night. COLD at night (low of -10C) in June! Free
Report Check-InFun but spooky place for the night. Peaceful night though there a still trains running that you can hear over night.
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