Who would have thought there would be a place in the world where heaven meeting the sky would be a common phenomenon? But hold your breath as Bolivia hides a heaven in its heart which can make you skip a heartbeat or two. Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the world’s largest salt flat that is believed to be formed after a primitive lake dried up leaving a salt crust behind making it the most enigmatic and mysterious yet one of the most beautiful destinations of the world.
Located about 3600 meters above sea level, and spread across the land of about 10, 500 square kilometers, this salt pan becomes the world’s largest mirror whenever it rains making it the most surreal looking location on the world map. A perfect place for both family excursion as well as love duos, Salar de Uyuni becomes such a mirage after the rains that it becomes hard for onlooker to tell where the land ended and where the sky started from.
In the times that we are living in, vacation which is a cut off from the world is something everyone craves for but as everyone wants that, it becomes rare to find such locations which can make you forget the world but Bolivia with its exceptional salt flat definitely promises that. Staying with locals or nearby in the vicinity of salt pans of Salar de Uyuni is an archetypal divine experience which brings the lovers and admirers of beauty from world’s farthest corners.
Mountains and volcanoes surrounding this mysterious land make Salar de Uyuni a place which has a different view from morning till evening giving an astounding view to be seen by all at different times.
It is a place where land looks so glistening that it looks like the biggest mirror where reflection of everything present on the land is so clear and distinctive that it feels no less than walking on the gigantic mirror in the form of land. It is this transparency in the clear salt pan surface that makes it a land where earth meets the sky. Coming under an illusion is a common occurrence for the travelers here and it is probably the only place on the planet where sky looks as if commingling with the land and seems as if nature celebrates such rare happening by sprinkling the beauty on this magnetic land.
So whenever you feel the need to leave the world behind, to disconnect from the world and to behold the astonishing view of nature, you know where to head towards to live the most novel moment of life on the most obscure, enigmatic and picturesque land.
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