Tours and Tickets to Experience Great Salt Flats (Salinas Grandes)

There are plenty of ways to experience the Great Salt Flats (Salinas Grandes). Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca: Full Day Excursion from Salta Capital

• Full-Day Tour to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca From Salta

• 3 Days 3 Full Excursions Pack

• Full-Day Tour to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca From Salta

• Promotion of 3 Excursions: Cafayate + Cachi + Salinas

There’s an admission fee of approximately 4,000 Argentine pesos to enter the Great Salt Flats, which is payable in cash. Shared day trips to the Great Salt Flats from Salta start from around US$40.

While you can visit the Great Salt Flats with your own vehicle, a tour is the best way to make the most of the other sights in the area. Plus, the mix of gravelly desert terrain and winding mountain roads is only recommended for experienced drivers, so a tour lets you skip driving and soak up the scenery instead.

When it comes to photography, the Great Salt Flats in Argentina create similar perspective-bending effects to those seen at the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. As part of your entrance fee, staff members use props such as a toy dinosaur to take hilarious pictures of you and your group.

The Great Salt Flats are completely exposed to the elements and exceptionally bright; make sure you wear effective sunglasses and that you are well protected from the sun. The surface of the flat is hot and loose, so you need to wear closed-toe shoes to grip it and protect your feet from the heat.

The Great Salt Flats are in the middle of nowhere, so there are no accommodation options on the doorstep. The nearest towns that you can stay in are Tilcara, a lovely desert town surrounded by red rocks, and Pumamarca, which is famous for its backdrop of rainbow-colored rock formations.