Salt Flats Entrance | Tourist Attraction

January 5th, 2024 by Jeroen

It's quite wet right now, but the flats are still accessible from here. 10 to 15 cm water with more dry surfaces further away. Dakar statue and flags easy to reach. Behind that you're on your own...

May 14th, 2023 by alastairjward

Drove to the islands in my little VW Gol. currently very dry and no issues. got it cleaned afterwards as lots of salt on undercarriage

May 2nd, 2023 by sarahhayes

spent 3 magical days driving around the salt flats, very dry and solid at present, 2wd fine!

April 10th, 2023 by lewismin

We drove straight on past the police no questions asked. The road to this point is being rebuilt so a bit confusing how to arrive among the roadworks and mud but just head for this point and you should be ok. Headed past the Dakar statue about 10-15kms following one of tracks you can see left by others tyres (or the route on MAPS.ME would also work) and slept alone in the middle of nowhere but still quite easy to get out. All solid ground and dry while we were there, big heavy 2wd van no issues at all

January 3rd, 2023 by LiLa

No one checking at the entrance. Salar was dry almost everywhere. Some pools and puddles in the southeast but all still drivable.

Just camped away from the road in the middle of nowhere. Peaceful and beautiful. Crazy wind. No problem in our SUV but not sure how a tent would hold up in those conditions. The ground is so hard that it’s impossible to get any pegs in.

December 30th, 2022 by nomadexpedition.es

hoy había un control a la entrada del salar, nos dijeron que sin guía no podíamos entrar que era posible que nos atascáramos con el vehículo o que nos perdiéramos. les explicamos que ya habíamos estado ayer dentro del salar (el día anterior no había ningún tipo de control) y que solo íbamos a la plaza de las banderas y al monumento al Dakar (ambas cosas están realmente cerca de la entrada, es casi imposible perderte y el suelo estaba súper duro porque todavía no han empezado las lluvias y ya habíamos hecho ese pequeño camino el día anterior sin ningún problema). eran agentes de turismo de Uyuni y Potosí nos amenazaron y nos dijeron que nos habían hecho fotos al vehículo y que si nos pasaba algo dentro del salar por entrar por nuestra cuenta iban a mandar las fotos a migraciones para que nos deportaran del país... trato bastante lamentablemente pero por suerte el día anterior no había ningún control y pudimos disfrutar del salar.

October 21st, 2022 by follow_nadle

We drove from the this entrance via Dakar Monumental to Isla Incahuasi and further to Coqueza (north entrance) with our Ford E350. The road is bumpy but possible without 4x4 (dry season). Just follow the visible road.

January 7th, 2020 by bradyanddanica

We are in the wet season so a lot of it is covered in water. There were road paths 85% dry that you could drive in a 2WD (following where other vehicles had been) but the further in you go, the more water there is. This time of year, we recommend coming in a high clearance vehicle so you can have peace of mind. It was a fun day regardless...we thought the water made it even more lovely! We took off our shoes and walked in the water puddles (some of the salt was soft like sand and other parts were rough like pointy rocks). Beautiful place! We came in our own vehicle so it was free. The dirt road to get here is not in the best shape, FYI.

January 6th, 2020 by bruttin.jules

As previously said, you can drive until here, it's where begin the salt flat.
After this you have some water at this period of the year, but with my bike I try and it was ok. (of course I had salt everywhere after, but a good wash and it's ok)
I would say between 30 and 45 centimeters maximum (if you don't chose the good path)

June 14th, 2019 by phonography.world

no water at this time of the year (only few and small puddle just at the entrance)

very easy and safe driving. Enjoy

June 8th, 2019 by contact

Still water at the Entrance/Exit. Luckily we had a rental car. All the bautiful salt crusts were destroyed of the massive car impact.

May 30th, 2019 by pagesrougesetnoires.wordress.com

We met travelers and mechanics who told us we could drive on the Salar with our basic 2WD van (Chevrolet N300) because we were in dry season. We did, it was extremely easy (more than some gravel roads because there is no rocks and not a lot of holes), and spent a extraordinary moment : alone in the middle of this white desert, with total silent, magnificent sunset, night sky full of stars, sunrise and wonderful views on the mountains and mirages in the horizon... If it’s dry season and if you have your own vehicle, you have to try this !

May 27th, 2019 by Nicole Guanziroli

We came in and out of the Salar these two days without problems. It is dry:)
We've been following traces of cars already marked so we don't get in somewhere and it's Top.

August 26th, 2018 by barnis

no water in dry season just follow the road which turns into an obvious salt track. once it's all white drive wherever you want. a great entrance/exit in the North end if the Salar near the other salt hotel near Tahua

January 16th, 2018 by erin.clapper

You can definitely drive your own vehicle to this spot to get to the edge of the salt flats. Police told us we couldn't drive into the flats because there was too much water but you can absolutely drive to this location and get the experience without paying $100 a head for a tour.

It's actually quite deep water just west of this location, so likely your car would never make it far into the flats; however, you can drive up to the edge no issue whatsoever. It's actually a pretty decent gravel road out past the city limit towards the flats.

We paid a 5bols toll between here and Uyuni.