Salar de Uyuni

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The world’s largest salt flat, a blinding white expanse that becomes a vast mirror when a thin layer of water sits on its surface.

Highlights

Antofagasta, Chile

The driest non-polar desert on Earth, a high plateau of salt flats, geysers and lagoons prized for some of the clearest night skies anywhere.

Amazonas, Brazil

The largest tropical rainforest on Earth, drained by the mighty Amazon River and holding a tenth of all known species.

Galápagos, Ecuador

A volcanic archipelago on the equator whose fearless, highly endemic wildlife helped shape the theory of evolution by natural selection.