Salar de Uyuni

  The Salar de Uyuni, in the middle of the Andes in southern Bolivia, is the largest salt flat in the world. It is the legacy of a prehistoric lake that dried up and left a desert landscape of almost 11,000 square km of sparkling white salt, rock formations and cactus islands. Its mystical extension can be seen from the central Incahuasi island. Although fauna is rare in this unique ecosystem, it is home to several pink flamingos.