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The-Southwest Far-Southwest Bolivia


Several startlingly beautiful sights are hidden away in this remote corner. The surreal landscape is nearly treeless, punctuated by gentle hills and volcanoes near the Chilean border. Wildlife in the area includes three types of flamingos (most notably the rare James species), plus plenty of llamas, vicuñas, emus and owls.

The following sites comprise the major stops on most tours. Laguna Colorada is a bright adobe-red lake fringed with cakey-white minerals, 25km east of the Chilean border. On its western shore is Campamento Ende and beside it the meteorological station, where those with marginal tour companies find shelter and visitors without tents can crash overnight. The thin, clear air is bitterly cold and between June and September, the temperature at night drops below -20°C (-4°F). The air is perfumed by llareta, a rock-hard, mosslike shrub that is broken apart to be burned for fuel.

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