After surviving the coldest night Nobbies have ever experienced, the group is on the road at 8am to see incredible rock formations in the Siloli Desert and visit more coloured lakes – Laguna Honda & Chiarcota with more flamingoes. Average … Continue reading
Stunning afternoon driving through arid desert plains, more lakes and the highlight was seeing flamingoes at 4500m. Our first flat tyre which is no surprise given the terrain we were crossing. The first night sleeping at high altitude and temps … Continue reading
Nobbies embark on a 3 day Salar de Uyuni 4wd trek to Bolivia. With so many photos to post I have divided our 3 day posts into morning and afternoon. Day 1 morning – we cross the Chilean border to … Continue reading
An afternoon tour floating in Laguna Cejar. The salt content of 28% allows you to float like in the Dead Sea. Absolutely freezing on the surface but warm below the chest. Bizarre sensation. We washed our salt crusted bodies with … Continue reading
A 4am start to El Tatio geysers 4200m high and -7c. This is a test to see how we cope at this altitude and temperatures for our 3 day trip ahead. Don’t think we have ever been so cold. Incredible … Continue reading
An afternoon exploring Death Valley (behind us on top left) and then over to Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) to watch a spectacular sunset light up a pink hue over the Andes with 11 snowcapped volcanoes across the horizon. … Continue reading
Nobbies are basing ourselves at San Pedro Atacama, North Chile for 5 days before we cross into Bolivia. A desert town hub for excursions to amazing landscapes. A tad touristy but fun. Warm days and freezing nights continue.
Given our blog is called ‘Across the Andes by blog’ we have gone around them and travelled on the side of them but on this day Nobbies finally cross them!! The Paseo Sico from Purmamarca, Argentina to San Pedro de … Continue reading
Nobbies continue with more exploring and trekking around The Jujuy region behind a small town Uquia with amazing red canyons. We then find a local 4wd taxi to take us to our highest altitude of 4500m outside of Humahuaca to … Continue reading
Nobbies trekking for 5 hours with llamas through the back country of Tilcara. We reached our highest altitude of 3000m. My llama was called Poco.