Top 12 Lakes in Potosí

Here you pass through a small village with a shop (a small one, but enough to keep you from starving). On either side of the village are small lagoons. The water isn't always the same color, and it's worth a visit. The young people of the village seemed very surprised to see tourists passing by on bicycles. Everyone was very welcoming and warm.

Laguna Hedionda (Spanish for "stinking lake") is a salt lake in the Nor Lípez Province of the Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is known for various migratory species of pink and white flamingos. Laguna Hedionda is one of the nine small salt lakes in the Andean Altiplano. It lies at an elevation of 4,121 metres (13,520 ft) and has an area of 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi). Salt flats and bofedales (wetlands) are spread around the periphery of the lake. It is located in a very remote area where there are hardly any people. However, llamas and alpacas can also be seen grazing in the area. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Hedionda_(Nor_L%C3%ADpez)

The Charcota Lagoon is a Bolivian saltwater lagoon located in the Nor Lípez Province in the Potosí Department, near the border with Chile. It is close to the Cañapa Lagoons and many others. Many flamingos come to this lagoon to feed in shallow waters. Source: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Charcota

A lonely spot on the windswept Altiplano at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters: The Laguna Colorada not only has a unique location, but also combines all the colors of nature. The deep blue of the sky, the barren brown mountains and, last but not least, the unusual, bright red of the lagoon, which has given the lake the name Laguna Colorada (colored lagoon). Together with the pink flamingos that live here, the Laguna Colorada is a wonderful spectacle of nature that will delight nature lovers. During your visit to the Altiplano, explore the huge, colored salt lake, which stretches for kilometers and creates a dreamlike backdrop that no picture can really capture. Along with the Island of the Sun and the Salar de Uyuni, the Laguna Colorada is one of the most beautiful places on earth that Bolivia has to offer. Source: https://www.skr.de/bolivien-reisen/sehenswuerdigkeiten/laguna-colorada/

The Salar de Chalviri is a salt flat in the extreme southwest of Bolivia. It is located in the municipality of San Pablo de Lípez, which belongs to the province of Sur Lípez in the department of Potosí. The Salar de Chalviri is located on the Altiplano at an altitude of about 4400 m in the Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa. From the south, the Cerro Boratera protrudes into the Salar de Chalviri, and to the south it borders the Salvador Dalí Desert. On the western edge of the Salar, in the settlement of Chalviri, there are hot springs whose water is used for a small thermal bath and which forms a lake on part of the surface of the salt pan, the Laguna Chalviri. The closest towns are Peña Barrosa and Quetena Grande, 30 and 40 kilometers away respectively in a north-northeast direction. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Chalviri

The Laguna Verde ("Green Lagoon") is a lake in the Andina Eduardo Abaroa National Park in southwest Bolivia. It lies at the foot of the Licancabur volcano at 4,329 m. The Laguna Verde can be reached by off-road vehicle from San Pedro de Atacama (in Chile, about 70 km away) after crossing the Bolivian border. The Bolivian entry and exit procedures must be observed. Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Verde_(Bolivien)

The Laguna Verde ("Green Lagoon") is a lake in the Andina Eduardo Abaroa National Park in southwest Bolivia. It lies at the foot of the Licancabur volcano at 4,329 m. The Laguna Verde can be reached by off-road vehicle from San Pedro de Atacama (in Chile, about 70 km away) after crossing the Bolivian border. The Bolivian entry and exit procedures must be observed. Source: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Verde_(Bolivien)

Laguna Blanca is a high Andean lagoon located in the Eduardo Abaroa Andean Fauna Natural Reserve in southwestern Bolivia, in the department of Potosí. The water has a whitish color due to the high mineral content and is therefore called Laguna Blanca. It is located in the Puna area, has a dry climate, has dimensions of 5.6 kilometers long and 3.5 kilometers wide and an area of 10.9 km² at an altitude of more than 4,000 m above sea level and is connected to Laguna Verde by a small strait. The lagoon has a circumference of 22 kilometers. Source: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Blanca_(Bolivia)