Gemma Bowes 

Sky driving: A tour of Bolivia’s salt flats and desert – in pictures

Gemma Bowes discovers the surreal landscapes of Bolivia's desert reserve and Salar de Uyuni salt flats, where a trick of reflections creates the illusion of driving through the clouds
  
  


Bolivia travel: Travellers stop to take in the stunning scenery
The Salar de Uyuni, the world's biggest salt flat, is a highlight of a trip to Bolivia Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
In the rainy season the Salar de Uyuni is transformed into a giant mirror: a couple of inches of water cover it, reflecting the sky as far as you can see Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: Inside the hotel in the Salt Flats, Bolivia
The Palacio del Sal hotel is one of a few stylish new hotels catering for tourists on the edge of the salt flats Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: general view of the Salt Flats in Bolivia
The hotel's rooftop lounge is an incredible place to watch the sunset Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: Street vendors in Uyuni, Bolivia
Street vendors in Uyuni, Bolivia Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: The train graveyard in Uyuni
The train graveyard in Uyuni. The trains once transported minerals to the Pacific coast but were abandoned after the mining industry collapsed in the 1940s
Photograph: Anna Batchelor Photograph: Action images
Bolivia travel: A Mother and daughter in Uyuni
A mother and daughter in Uyuni Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: The beautiful scenery in the Altiplato region of Bolivia
The drive from Uyuni to the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve takes you through spectacular scenery, dotted with volcanos, lakes and snow-capped mountains Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia: Flamingo lake, Bolivia
Lago Colorado is one of several multicoloured lakes in the reserve. It is home to thousands of pink flamingos Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: Alpaca roam the Eduardo National Park
Llama roam the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: A Rock formation sculpted by the wind
A rock formation sculpted by the wind to resemble a tree in the Eduardo Avaroa reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: Desert Hotel in Eduardo National Park, Bolivia
The remote Hotel Takya del Desierto is bathed in a red sunset in the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: Inside the Desert Hotel in Eduardo National Park
One of four eco-lodges run by the Takya community group, it is the only comfortable place to stay in this part of Bolivia Photograph: Anna Batchelor
Bolivia travel: A Woman and child in the Eduardo National Park
A woman and child in the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor
 

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