Some 30 to 42 thousand years ago, the area was part of huge prehistoric lake and lake Minchin, which once covered almost the entire south-west of Bolivia. Salar de Uyuni is estimated to have areserve of 10 billion tons of salt, while production is 19,700 tons per year, and it is extracted by conventional methods.

In the rainy season, from November to March, the lake-marsh Uyuni tuns into a hug mirror — salt cell covered by a very thin layer of clear water, which reflects the sky, and i becomes quite clear, exactly, the horizon. Every year it attracts about 60,000 tourists from around the world. And no wonder, because this salt desert is considered one of the most beautiful places in the world.

For these sites are characterized by large swings in temperature, at night it  can drop below zero, and often in afternoon are swarm up to 40-50 degrees Celsius. Tourism and salt is main source of income. The attraction of tourist from all over the world , number of hotels have been built for accommodation. Due to lack of conventional construction materials, many of them are almost entirely build by salt blocks, just like walls, roof, furniture and sculpture too. The first salt hotel was built in 1995 in the center of the salt zone, and soon its became a popular for tourist destination. Later many more construction are made out of salt.



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