Saturday 7th October 2006: BOLIVIAN SALT FLATS TOUR: La Gruta De Las Galaxias

This attraction is new on the Bolivian Salt Flat Tour as it was only discovered a few years ago by two men who worked at the adjacent `Devils Cave´. The cave was once underwater (covered by the same lake that covered the Salar De Uyuni) and it is believed that the cave was preserved when a nearby volcanoe erupted and the lava was cooled as it flowed into the cold lake. Walking into the small cave we could see solidified coral and leaves and it was then we realised why they call this the `Galaxy Cave´ as being inside we definitely felt like we were on a different planet!

La Gruta De Las Galaxias

Ancient solidfied Coral