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Salar de Antofalla, Catamarca, Argentina
A well-salted wildland
While the Salar de Uyuni in neighbouring Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat, this Argentine natural wonder is the world's longest. Meandering over a hundred kilometres through the high Andes, the Salar de Antofalla is low on crowds and empty of luxuries like salt hotels. Arid and hard to access, the slender basin nonetheless shows evidence it once teemed with life – the flats are bounded by oncolites, stone formations made up of clustered, petrified cyanobacteria.
A well-salted wildland
While the Salar de Uyuni in neighbouring Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat, this Argentine natural wonder is the world's longest. Meandering over a hundred kilometres through the high Andes, the Salar de Antofalla is low on crowds and empty of luxuries like salt hotels. Arid and hard to access, the slender basin nonetheless shows evidence it once teemed with life – the flats are bounded by oncolites, stone formations made up of clustered, petrified cyanobacteria.
You'll likely meet more lithium miners than fellow tourists if you pay a visit to this remote corner of Argentina.
© Chiara Salvadori / Sime / eStock Photo 2026-09-11 08:45:51 :