Uyuni Salt Flats 3 days tour from Uyuni > Salt hostel included!

Great experience, would use Howlanders again.

Great experience and decent value for money. Note - Howlanders don't actually operate the tour but they place you witha tour operator. This is not a bad thing - they choose their tour operators carefully and ensure high levels of service - in my opinion it is worth paying slightly more to go through Howlanders for this peace of mind rather than taking a gamble booking with a operator directly. The tour itself was great - our guide, Rene, was friendly and funny. As with most guides, he only spoke Spanish - worked fine for non-Spanish speakers as others in the group translated as required. The 4x4 we were in was much better than I expected - comfortable and fairly spacious with bluetooth for playing music. The accomodation and food does the job - the first night is a very basic place, but given how rural it is, this is to be expected. The food does the job at keeping you fuelled, but I advise bringing your own snacks to supplement. The locations you visit are consistently amazing and breathtaking. Overall - an excellent experience, well run tour, amazing locations and good value.

Response from the operator: The Howlanders.com team would like to thank you for your kind review. We hope to see again!

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Unique experience

I booked a 3g/2n tour at Salar de Uyuni through Howlanders and everything went as planned. The local tour operator selected was reliable and profession. Recommendation.

Response from the operator: Il team di Howlanders.com desidera ringraziarla per la sua gentile recensione. Speriamo di rivedervi di nuovo!

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Terribly organised and incompetent guides

As incredible as it was to visit the different sites of Salar de Uyuni the 3 days was so poorly organised. If I could do the trip again, I would absolutely not book with Howlanders. Our guide was absolutely terrible, he essentially just drove us from place to place with zero information on anything, I mean ZERO! We never knew what the plan was and when we asked he responded with a joke and never gave us a straight answer. This was super frustrating when we were exhausted after the day, freezing and hungry. We felt really rushed at every stop and had on average 15 - 30 minutes to enjoy each place. Granted we got some fantastic pictures and footage at the Salt Flats but that’s the only element that was worth the money tbh. The guide clearly didn’t have a clue what he was doing and completely messed up the last day where we rushed through all of the stops, my friend and I nearly missed our bus to Chile due to his incompetence. I get the impression that these ‘guides’ are paid peanuts and do the absolute bare minimum as a result. When we arrived to Chile we were dropped off with the bus driver refusing to leave us at our accommodation. We paid 130 BOBs for this bus and were expected to just find our own way to our accommodation. After much insistence from us he left us off in the end. If you want to actually learn something about this area and take your time to enjoy the different sites I would book with a different tour company!

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Book with another company

I booked a tour with Howlanders and it was operated by Skyline Traveler. The Salt flats are absolutelly amaizing and a must see.If visiting again, will definatelly book with different company . To start with , Skyline Taveler did not collect me from the bus station upon my arrivial from La Paz as comunicated in our whatapp corresponndence . I had to ring them myself and remind them. The first day of the tour was super nice as we visited the Salt flats. We ended up not seeing the refletion effect due to our gide and drivers not really beeing organised. On the second day, we were told breakfast is at 6, and 6:30 we are leaving the accomodation . Our drivers and tour gide were no where to be found as they overslept and it was people from the grop that had to go and wake them up . We did not leave the accomodation till 8:30. When asked if we can head to the flats to see the reflection the guide refused saying that will cost extra. In general the second day was a lot of stops not that nice and everything was dragged with a lunch break over an hour and half . The third day again, we left few hours after the agreed time for departure . I was continuing to Chile . I was droped off to catch my bus , at 10 sharp , as the bus was waithing for me . The sites I was soposed to visit on day 3 were all rushed and the guide was not at all serious taking theit time literally doing nothing and I ended up woring about missing my bus to Chille . Over all really unprofessional company starting from pick up ,to drivers/ guides . U are better off booking with someone else

Response from the operator: Dear Stay, Thank you for sharing your comments. We are sorry to hear that the experience did not live up to your expectations. Please feel free to contact comments@howlanders.com with more details or with any other comments, concerns or suggestions you would like to share. We would love to improve your experience and satisfaction by booking with Howlanders.

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Salar de Uyuni Tour

Share a bit of what I witnessed in Uyuni, if you are going to cross the border direction San Pedro de Atacama I recommend tour of 3 days otherwise do the 2 days if you do not have to pay 150 Boliviano Avaroa Reserve off the value of the tour closed with the agency to see 2 lagoon and face almost 7 hours back to Uyuni. The altitude affects each one differently I didn't feel anything, but I came across people with fatigue and others feeling bad.

Response from the operator: Muito obrigado por sua avaliação sobre sua experiência com o Howlanders.😊. Agradecemos suas recomendações e aguardamos ansiosamente sua próxima aventura!

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