This is the most insane region on Earth and 99.9% of people have no clue it exists.
Spreads through Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia. You can do the whole thing in a 4-day overland trip.
- Salar de Uyuni: world’s largest salt flat, turns into a perfect mirror when it rains
- Atacama Desert: driest desert on earth, Milky Way views here makes US national parks look like parking lots
- Geysers del Tatio: 14,000 ft, erupts at dawn, better than Yellowstone and you’ll be nearly alone
- Valle de la Luna: Legit Mars terrain, but on Earth
- Laguna Colorada: blood-red lake full of flamingos at 14,000 ft. Should not exist
- Quebrada de Humahuaca: 14-color mountain range that makes the Grand Canyon look boring
- Cerro Rico, Potosí: mountain full of silver that funded the entire Spanish Empire for 200 years. still being mined today
Yes it’s safe. Yes it’s cheap.
If you don’t make it here in your lifetime, you’re massively missing out.