It is our day to drive south slowly over the huge salt flats just south of town on a dirt/paved road. The local indigenous people own all the national p ark lands here and are doing a very good job of managing them. An entry fee goes back into the community, park wardens are knowledgeable and helpful, displays are informative and well done. It’s the largest salt flat in Chile and home to 3 of the. Known species of flamingo. At Lake Chaxa we park and walk along the causeway to get closeup views of the flamingoes but also ducks wading birds, colorful lizards living in the salt. 30” salt pillars pop up out of the ground all around, crystals glisten in the sun. En route we pas a farm of multi color lamas, waking behind one another in a field. I guess that’s what they do even in a farmed environment, although there are no fences.
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