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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well whoever came up with that phrase was right, check out these amazing Bolivia pictures and images that were captured by travelers.
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Salar de Uyuni - Salt Desert
Salar de Uyuni was once a giant salt lake. The lake dried up and left behind a massive salt desert. You can now tour these salt flats and see some of the world's most natural wonders such as geysers, hot springs, volcanoes, giant cacti, red and green lakes. Bolivia pictures below.
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Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon) is a greenish-blue colored salt lake located near Salar de Uyuni & the border of Chile. Its color is bright green due to arsenic content. Volcano Licancabur towers over Laguna Verde.
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Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a red colored salt lake, caused by red sediments and pigmentation of algae. The lake is home to many pink flamingos and is located near Salar de Uyuni.
Chacaltaya - World's Highest Ski Resort
Chacaltaya is a mountain in Bolivia located just outside La Paz, Bolivia and is known to have the World's Highest Ski Resort.
At an elevation of 17,785 ft (5,421 meters) above sea level. The glacier on Chacaltaya served as Bolivias only ski resort. Due to the melting of the glacier, skiing has been limited.
The glacier on Chacaltaya was believed to be as old as 18,000 years old, but over the last 70 years the glacier melted down. With most of the meltdown coming after 1980, due to missing precipitation and the warm phase of El Nino, resulted in its final disappearance in 2009.
Though skiing is limited to when it receives fresh snow, it is still a great half-day trip to hike and see some amazing views. More information on
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Sucre, Bolivia
Sucre is the best place in Bolivia to go if you want to see historic colonial buildings. Many of these colonial buildings in Sucre have been restored and are well-maintained.
Sucre is known as the "White City", where many of the colonial building are painted white every year, as can be seen in the pictures above.
Potosi, Bolivia
Potosi is a historical place with many colonial buildings throughout the city. It is where many wealthy residents once lived dating back to the 1500's because of the rich silver mines in the area.
Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain) is a historic mountain in Potosi. Silver extraction from the mines in Cerro Rico made Potosi a booming city. About three hundred years ago the mines were a major supply of silver for the Spanish Empire.
Casa Nacional de la Moneda (National House of the Mint) is a huge building, now a museum, dates back to 1572 and is where the silver from Cerro Ricco was minted into coins. A strange statue of a grinning face hangs over the courtyard in the museum, which is kind of fitting for the greed of the Spaniards.
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