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Dear Friends
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ANDES SALT EXPEDITIONS Tour Operator is a adventure travel agency in Potosí, Sucre, Uyuni, colonial cities of Bolivia; created, administrated and operated by professional adventure guides since 1985. After eighteen hard - working years.
Founded by Braulio Raúl Mamani, the pionner of tourism in Potosí Bolivia. We are very proud to offer you the highest quality: Visit to Cooperative Silver Mines in Potosi;Trekking;The Lipez & South West Circuit, overland expeditions by 4x4 WD of one day up to nine day, to Salt Flat of Uyuni, Fish Island - Jirira, Tunupa Volcano, Mummies, Salt Flat of Coipasa, Chipayas Cultures, Coloured Lagoons, like: Laguna Colorada, Laguna Verde, Laguna Celeste, Tupiza, El Sillar, Bush Cassidy & Sundance Kid Tour in San Vicente. We work with a wide range of clientele, customizing and accommoiting any for our expeditions one list according to theirs needs.
Our staff, especialist guides can help you in either spanish, english, french and we are recommended by Lonely Planet and Footprint Handbooks.
We are different, we are professional, wedo it because we love nature and our job.
In the year 2000, we have participated in the film of Potosí, with three channels of television of Japan (TBS - VISION Inc.), in the film of the City of Potosí, for series of programs of patrimonial cities for the humanity in April of 2001, TEMJIM TV Inc. of the Japan; with the series of "Chikyu Romance" for the whole Japan. We have also participated for the film of "Trips to the confines of the earth" for Discovery Channel and D&D, K&B productions of Holland with the series of "Bereavement to the other side of the Frontier".
The Devil's Miner, the film was shot over a period of fours weeks in Potosi in February 2004 and it would have been impossible to complete without the dedication an incredible support of Braulio Mamani and his agency Andes Salt Expeditions.
We can guarantee, without any doubt, that you will not be able to find a better adventure service in the country, not only because of the good quality of our services but also because of the experience and knowledge you will get from our guides.
We are sure that in the new millennium we are going to fill up all your expectations, so come along!
Sincerely, Braulio Mamani
Our Clients Comments
We had a really really absolutely great time with Braulio.
I strongly recoverd him as a guide and us a friend, you will not want the trip to finish. Thanks Braulio for there incredible 2 days. Nikos
Excellent trip with perfect timing we will always remember this moment,and strongly recommended Braulio to my friends. He is a good guide and cook. Braulio will now be famous in France Guyana!. Maylis & Julien
The best expirience With the best guide!!. Thank you very much for everything. Beautiful lake, beautiful country, beautiful people. We'll come back!. Yannis - Stella (TV operators) / Greeks
Excellent trip. Great service - smart, funny guide and terrific cook. You took very good care of us. Thank you!
This has been a wonderful day and I know I'll ever see anything so beaytyful here again. Thank you. Amanda (Australia)
Absolutely fantastic place and super guides. Thank you very much for a very special, memorable experience. Will definitely be one of the highlights of my trip in South America. Sarah (Ireland)
Good one !! Paul
Ever feeling usch I still had a great day. Phil
Do you want some fries with your salt!. It was incredible. Thank you. Grace
Thanks for a brilliant day!. Selmax
Amazing day. lots of fun. Thanks. Beth
Had a great day the highlight of Bolivia. Thank you. Janex
Thank you so much for an amazing day. At experience I will never forget. Mary Kate (Ireland)
What a fabulous day!! you has been very informative. A day that will be in my mind forever!. Thanks again. Kathleen (Australia)
Today was great. Thanks heaps. Kylie Jane (Australia)
I like salt!!!. Patrick
Salt makes me burn!!. Danny
It would be very easy to hide a body out here. Thanks for the idea. Stewhad
Cheers guys for a great day. Cherrie (Australia)
Fantastic! Amazing. thank you so much for showing us such a beautiful place. Brenda (Australia).
Was brilliant! All the drivers were fantastic.The cook was wonderful. Was a truly brilliant trip. Thanks a millon. Janine Derby
We couldn't have had a better introduce to Bolivia. Kirsty Derby
Super all round. Extremely enjoyable and informative, and the tours guides were fantastic. thanks very much. Petros, London
This has been the highlight of the trip for me - something news and amazing every 2 minutes! It was a privilege to here wich wonderful guide, cook, drivers to show us gow wonderful country - I enjoyed every minute of it was fantastic and you were all great! we will reccomend you to every ! .Anna, Ireland
Most fantastic experiences of my life! what more can I say. Muchas gracias.
Obed was a fantastic guide, driver and DJ. Margarita is the best cocinar. Kelly (UK)
Todo muy bien - Muchas gracias, Beatriz (TUCAN TRAVEL)
Local food for dinner instead of pizza eg. soup or cassuela. 4x4 comfortable and driver sensibly. Lllam BBQ lovely. Thank you for all you efforte. Camille & Jon
Very well organised, but going guide needs to work on his English. Terrence.
Had a really good time - very organised enthusiastic guides. Fresh frut at breakfast would have been good. Apart from that Margarita is a great cook!!. Nic
Potosi mine tour was fantastic the trip to the hot spring was overpried considering it only involved gethng a left there as was the same price as the mine tour. Llama BBQ was excellent I would have preferred local food inshead of pizza for dinner haved the sethng of the salt hotel. Tracey
Trip to mines was excelent and tour guide really informative and interesting sal flats also experience standing in salt lake. Again guides helpful + informative, food really good.
The tour was amazing and the food was good especially the barbecue lunch on the second day the hotel was very unusual and the people were really friendly & helpful. Rosheena
Los tours al Salar de Uyuni con Braulio son excelentes, los pasajeros siempre estan contentos con el tour (guias, 4x4, comida hotel de sal de Atulcha). Los tours son bien organizados, puntuales y de buena calidad, Margarita cocina delicioso.Carmen Juarez (Tour leader Tucan Travel)
Thank you. Better than expected, fantastic scenery, good tucker and lots of fun.
Thank you! These have been wonderful and very everyful 3 days. very well organised, delicious food and good guides. Heating would be highly recommended in the lodge. Sandra
Joilets on 2nd night could have so helpful been made separate for different **.Also some warmth. caery on timber, have simple preplace left at lodge. Our driver very good- though very little information given meals OK and delivered within good time of arrival times. Places taken to highly recomended. Would recomended tour. H. Harris
Really enjoyed the trip, thought it was very organised and felt well informed. Hilary
Toilets left a bit to be desired on 2nd nights food could be improved on but OK. Obed is a great guide + kept us very well informed. Emjoyed the trip a lot. Laura H.
Thanks very much for a great trip our driver, Agapi, was tab + the knowledge + experise of the guides made it really interesting. Lisa + Steve.
Very good trip enjoyed that very much well lorth it Carlos
Great day thank’s trip worked really will James
Absolutly awesome! Great Guides. Great fun At!
Moi Bien! Awesome time, great guides love the cheesy tunes!. Laurea
Super tour highlights everywhere would love to come back. Nick Carran (New Zeland)
One of the highlights of the trip so far-we're enjoyed every minute!. Thanks ofr being such a great guide Rich E. Ramana (United King)
Awesome tour. Awesome sights. Amazing!!!. Lee (New Holland UNCS UK)
Amazing day, great guide a fantastic signr. Thank you. Lean Winsor( UK). PS. Mummys made my day.
We just wanted to thank you and your team for the most amazing tour of the Salar. Having spoken to others who were on similar trips, we know how lucky we are. You looked after us from the moment we were collected to the minute you dropped us off. The food was superb and the English speaking guide fantastic. Bernice, the cook, was delightful and a joy to be with. And, the llama barbecue was delicious! We loved every minute of it, it is truly the best thing we have done on our whole round the world trip so far, and we have covered over 23,000 miles to date!! Hope you and Hobbi enjoy the photos attached. If you use them for marketing purposes, can I ask that you credit us? [(c) KSrtw.com] Thanks
Kathy and Sharon (England)
Wow! I have been travelling for 2 months around south America, this has been one of the best days. Will never forget it amazing. Thank you Andes salt expeditions.
Thank to Braulio Mamani and Margarita Revilla for such amazing experience. I will never forget it.
Thank you for such an amazing day Bolivia in beautiful salt lakes are amazing!!. Gracias Nicke
Best day so far out of sukeks. Thank you!!. So much fun. Gracias por todo. Andrea
Had such an amazing day, best by far!. Gracias Viki
Thank you Braulio and margarita, for such a great day. I will always remember it. You were brilliant. Gracias Philippa
Great trip, highlight, my tour South America. Sharon
Thanks for Braulio , Margarita an awesome trip.
This trip has been absolutely amazing. Awesome music. Thanks Kim
A surreal experience never to be forgets. Thanks you.
Thank you… An absolutely fabulous experience
Awesome! Sorry about bleeding
The trip was wonderful. We enjoyed it so much such an amainzing landscape". Volcanoes covered with snow are so beautiful and the colourful slopes are unique. Team reach our expectations. They are excelent drivers, knowing where to stop, what to explain and the travel was confortable. We liked the food of Margarita. The amounts suited our needs. Sala de surprised the majority of group. Supertatives for everythings.
Zelo smo uzivali vavanturi, cemur so veliki meri prispevati nasi vodici. Vedno se bomo spominjal pokrajine, jezer in domacinov, ki so nam omogocili to gradoceno izkusnjo huala vam!
Olga Bercicurbanc / Janko Mohoric / Jana Zigon / Natasha Knaubertsorli / Sonja Demsar / Marija Klofutar / Joze Klofutar / Silvio Bravac / Jolanda Skrambelj / Marija Sanca
Juan de Dios Angeles : Agradece a Braulio y su equipo full. Action - Perú - Bolivia - Eslovenia. Gracias amigo, 100% the best
Fantastic day, the scenery was like nothing see before. The barbecue lunch was delicous.
Matt Cambell, Scottland
Good trip, never seen befire lunch was fantastic. Good driver, many thanks for the trip.
Steph, Aussie Land
I was looking forward to this trip most and it exceeded expectations. Breathtalking scenery, all of it giant cacti fantastic. Food was brillant timed to perfection generally will be memorable for me.
Kate, Ingalterra
The driver was amazing, Edgar (Manchon). The meal was fantastic and the music was most of all that make our day.
Edgars Singing
Muy divertido. Muy interesante. Una buena experiencia. No cambia nada. Muchas Gracias
Kyle (de Escocia)
An excellent trip. Excellent guides, food, transport accomodation. Thank you for looking offer my enjoyed. Thanks for everything.
Kate (England)
The trip has been well worth the money. I was pleasantly suprised on a number of occations, especially liked the lightening, pink flamingos, the flooded salt plains and all the cacti. Thanks alot.
Claire (New Zeland)
I'll never look at a salt shaller again. Great tour, best lama barbecue. Thanks Guys.
Murry
Amazing experience... pictures will be priceless. For everything el there's visa! Yeah I loved the lama and th climb up the volcano was an experience.
Scott (Australia)
Awsome 2 dyas! Food was great and well planned :) thanks alot for everything.
Takk Fyrir Kvedja Fra Island Iris Katrin og Maeja
Very good. Thank you for the trip to salt flat of Uyuni 2 days 1 night.
Benjamín Tagle (British)
Really enjoyed my self. Excellent food. Like of the salt hotel. Very impressed. Staff honely. Thank you.
Jody O’Connor (British)
Great trip. Driving was excellent, the insight into how the salt plains give people a living was fascinating, salt hotel interesting, food fantastic especially llama barbicu and enjoyed the football around the salt hotel. Thank you.
Christopher Gawn (British)
An enjoyable trip, very different and interesting, helpful an informative guides, plus good food.
Michael Elsmore (British)
Thanks again really enjoyed the whole experience, really fan.
Eagle (British)
Trip was very interesting and the salt hotel was much better than I was expecting. Good that we have lots of room in cars-plenty of room to sing!.
Louise Quinn (British)
An excellent tour very organized, great food, great guides Braulio and Obed, very safe driving. Margarita best cooking in the Salar. Muy rico las comidas. ¡Excelente!. Thanks for 2 excellent days!
Stephanie Weller T/C Tucan Travel
The Uyuni 2 day tour with Braulio over the salt lake, complete with driver and cook was a great experience. The knowledge and history a the area was hepful and the friendly and happy people we met, has made it a very worthwhile trip.
Liz Riopen - New Zeland
Salt lake tours, wonderful 2 day experience meals were enjoyable, it a would have liked a driver that could have the passengers, we were information passing but Braulio made up fait Margarita is a wonderful cook, thank you Gregor the driver experienced GREAT TRIP, GREAT SITES, would recommended to all I weet. Thank you.
Barwen Kuipel's (New Zeland "Kiwi")
Very knowlegable guide. Good knowledge of English know a lot about local places of interest that a number of local contacts.
Thanks, Sven (England)
Fantastic tour - I really enjoyed the tour days. I couldn't remember how is spell you name, was class throught and was always going out a his way to make sure you were OK and hairing a good time. Would definitely recommend the like to the summit of Tunupa , great views!
Thanks again, Calleeon . Scotland
This excursion by far has been the most wondeful experience in South America. You have provided us exciting fun and educational tour. I have thoughly enjoyed my self and recomended you & your company to any independent travellers I meed. Thank you for a wonderful 2 days. The food was also the best, the soup of quinua + BBQ llama.
Thanks Ceyda, Australia
Really enjoyed OW 2 days tour, around tha salt lake. Raul Braulio was very informative and helpful the tour time. Amazing views and a real insight into how the lakes are used.
Many thanks, Ingrid (England)
El tour estaba muy bien hecho, interesante, un itinerario adecuado, comida variada y rico. Gracias
Alena Simova, Tucan Travel TC'
The trip has excellent! Everything was exceptionally well organized Braulio Margarita food was delicious and Greco's during has impecable.
The isghts arrival the salar are amazing. From the salt factories rear UYuni city to the Galaxy caves, the island of the cactus, Volcan Tunupa and the villages , to the stories at night near the hotel.
Well worth it!
Christophe & Koen (Belgica)
Diese Reise ist ein muss bei einer Bolivien reise, Braulio ist ein erfahrener jour guide und er hat uns dieses geibet auf einer super weise entdecken lassen das essen war auch super jeden wie ein gutes. Restaurant milten im nirgendwo. Vielen dank für eine unvergessliche reise.
Birgit Menge
20 ans d'exèrience en guide, noaus dans la région d'Uyuni. Tourisme privé de qualité avec un guide qui aine et --- la région, an depart spécialide dans las mines de Potosi, il vous explique bien las enjours économiques des --- de comunication ours le Chili, e'Argentine et la Bolivie. Un voyage jours problémes en tour sécurité avec tour les arrêts obligatoires á voir et des petites surprises avec des arrêts personalisés. Un bon choix pow évites de baigues toure la journes avec une marìe de touristes avec une note toure spèciale au moius 5 étoiles pour la barbecue de llama sance papaye dans une baie cochée de touristes de l'îte des cactus au milien du Salar!
Merci,
Raphael Lambert 05AT00028
Fantastic food, fantastic tour (Lesly - UK)
Margarita's Cooking was fantastic ! (Holly Thomas - England)
A true geographical wonder amazing (Sarah Harris - Norwich, Uk)
A amazing experience well NW (Miranda, Swansea, Wales)
Excellent tour thank you very much and thanks Margarita, yummy food! (Alex - UK)
Positive: good guide, good driver (knowledge), good food. It was nice to stop in special places without many turist good music, relax atmosphere.
Thanks for this beautyful adventure
This was almost unreal trip. Such varied scenery, wonderful sights a really great experience. With great food and an absolute y fantastic guide.
Thank you Braulio, for a fantastic trip across the Altiplano. The delicious food a great company were wonderful.
Excelente Braulio tu personalidad hace la diferencia asi como el idioma ya que a la gente le gusta mucho. Margarita siempre servicial y amable, muy buena cocinera.
Gracias Beto T.C.