Walk into a hotel, made up entirely of salt! :
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Tourists visit a salt hotel in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. The construction of salt serves as an insulator to withstand the low temperatures at night in Uyuni. The nights are cold throughout the year, with temperatures between -9 and 5 °C. AFP
Tourists eat inside a salt hotel in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. The salt flats are a major tourist attraction in Bolivia, with around 60,000 tourists visiting them every year, where one can find various types of flamingos, giant cacti, geysers, hot springs, volcanoes and colourful ponds. AFP
A bedroom inside a salt hotel in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world at 4,085 miles. The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. AFP
Tourists visit a salt hotel located in the entrance of the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. The large area, clear skies and exceptional surface flatness make the Salar ideal object for calibrating the altimeters of the Earth observation satellites. AFP
A local native walks inside a salt hotel in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. The Salar serves as the major transport route across the Bolivian Altiplano and is a major breeding ground for several species of pink flamingos. AFP
A local native walks outside a salt hotel in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. The first such hotel was erected in 1993-1995 in the middle of the salt flat, and soon became a popular tourist destination. AFP
A worker collects salt to make bricks to be used in the construction of salt hotels, in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. Salar de Uyuni is estimated to contain 10 billion tonnes of salt, of which less than 25,000 tonnes is extracted annually. AFP
View of salt bricks used in the construction of salt hotels, in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. One of the major tourist attractions is an antique train cemetery that is located 3km outside Uyuni and is connected to it by the old train tracks. AFP
Tourists visit a salt hotel located in the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. With estimated 5.4 million tonnes, Bolivia holds about half of the world’s lithium reserves; most of those are located in the Salar de Uyuni. AFP
