The Altiplano, far south west Bolivia

The Reserva Eduardo Avaroa in the High Andes near the Chilean border in the south west of the country offers a landscape of desert and wind-eroded rocks at Pampa Siloli. There are spectacular lakes further on, in the remotest south-west of Bolivia; the Laguna Colorada is a salt lake at 4278 m, coloured red (caused by red sediments and the pigmentation of some algae) about 25 km from the Chilean border. It has large numbers of the rare James' flamingoes inhabiting its shores. Around 50 km further south is the geothermal area of Sol de Mañana at an elevation of approximately 4800 m, with its bubbling mud pods, geysers and fumaroles. Steam rises from the thermal creeks nearby, especially in the early morning when the air can be bitterly cold.

	Pampa Siloli	Erosion, Pampa Siloli	Laguna Colorado	Flamingoes, Laguna Colorado
	View, Laguna Colorado	Laguna Colorado, at 4278 m	Sol de Mañana	Boiling mud
	Chalviri creek	Altiplano desert	Bare mountains	Laguna Verde

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