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Eduardo Avaroa Reserve
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The National Reserve Eduardo Avaroa was created in December 1973. The park covers 1,765,456 square acres (714.745 hectares) and is located in the southwestern part of the country where it shares a southwestern border with Chile. The average altitude of the area is 13,000 ft (3.962 m). The climate and the temperature varies from an average of 15.8 F (-9 C) during the winter (May through August) to an average of 37.4 F (3 C) and a rainy season during summer months (Dec. - March). The best time for visiting is October, November and December.
This National Reserve offers some of the most incredible and dramatic scenery and untouched wildernesses in South America. Travelers will be immersed in a dazzling other world experience of yellow-brown mountains, silver, green and red lagoons some of them with flamingos, and the shy and endangered vicuña . This is a landscape with snow capped volcanoes, boiling mud pots, vapor-spouting geysers and natural hot thermal springs that have only recently become a more widely known travellers destination.
The journey through Eduardo Avaroa Reserve can seem lengthy and covers beautiful open Andean highlands dotted with impressive volcanic peaks. Roads are very basic but conduct those who travel them to a number of extraordinary natural attractions. Among them are:
Laguna Colorada. This is a beautiful red lagoon that has an surface area of 60 km2. The color comes from some minerals such as borax and from red algae. The temperature varies from 14 to 50 F (-10 to +10 C). It is the most advantageous place in the area from which to observe the three principal species of spectacular pink flamingos. From September to April there are literally thousands of them creating a near-magical scene of graceful beauty.
Sol de Manana and Geysers located south of Laguna Colorada. The 0.38 sq. mile (1 sq. km) area has extensive and intense volcanic activity. At elevations of near 16,000 ft (4.877 m), boiling water vents, fumaroles producing vapor reaching 30 to 150 ft (1o to 50 m) and boiling mud pots are everywhere here. These unusual physical phenomena give insights into the immense heat and pressure that exist typically just out of sight in the earth’s crust beneath us.
Laguna Verde. An area comprising 5.56 sq.mile (17 sq.km). The Lake has a marvellous emerald green color caused mostly by its magnesium content. Next to this lake is Licancabur Volcano, which can be climbed all he way to its peak at 19,409 ft (5.916 m) peak.
Just to the north of Eduardo Avaroa Reserve is the Salar de Uyuni, the world's highest and largest salt lake. It is located in the highlands of southwestern Bolivia. This salt plain resides at 11,975 feet (3.650 mt) and covers approximately 4632 sq.miles (12.000 sq. km). Eleven distinct layers combine to create a salt deposit depth approaching 393.7 feet (120 mts). These individual layers range in depth from 6 to 60 feet (1.83 to 18.29 mts). The weight of this massive salt deposit is estimated at approximately 64 billion tons.
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