About this trip
This trip takes you overland from Buenos Aires up through Argentina, Chile and Bolivia to La Paz, crossing some of the most dramatic high-altitude landscape on the continent. You start in the noise and energy of Buenos Aires, then head north to colonial Salta and the vineyards around Cafayate before crossing the Andes into Chile.
From San Pedro de Atacama you continue into Bolivia by 4WD, several days spent among volcanoes, hot springs and coloured lagoons with no real roads to speak of, ending at the Uyuni salt flats. A bus then takes you on to La Paz, one of the highest cities in the world, with a stop at the Tiwanaku ruins before the trip winds up.
It runs independently rather than as a fixed group tour, though the San Pedro to Uyuni leg is done in shared 6-seat 4WD vehicles with other travellers. Expect long travel days and a lot of altitude change over the two and a half weeks.
What you'll do
- Take in a tango show and dinner in Buenos Aires
- Visit a peña and explore colonial Salta
- Tour the Cafayate wine region
- Cross the Jama pass into San Pedro de Atacama
- Watch sunrise at the Tatio geysers and see the lagoons near Licancabur volcano
- Sleep in a salt hostel and catch sunrise over the Uyuni salt flats
- Independent-style trip, not a fixed group tour, except the San Pedro to Uyuni section which runs in shared 4WD vehicles
- Reaches altitudes of up to 4,600m — worth checking with a doctor beforehand, especially if you have a heart condition
- Runs year-round except January, June and July; rainy season can occasionally close the Salta to San Pedro border
Cheapest live departure per day, in £, recorded by our tracker since 16 Jul. Never a brochure “was” price.
Worth it if you want hassle-free logistics and responsive guides across BA and Bolivia. Think twice if you need hand-holding with logistics or have altitude sensitivity.
- When a strike stranded the group mid-journey, the company's driver rescued them within two hours.
- Guide Leonel and the wider team were professional and consistently responsive via WhatsApp to queries.
- Park fees in Bolivia weren't clearly itemised upfront; tourists faced surprise extra costs during the trip.
- Altitude sickness in Bolivia affected multiple travellers; arrive prepared for genuine physical challenges.
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Where to stay
A night before your tour in Buenos Aires · 25 Jul – 26 Jul
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