20 Aug 2023
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!