{"id":14909,"date":"2021-02-17T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/?p=14909"},"modified":"2024-09-13T04:45:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T08:45:47","slug":"incahuasi-island-uyuni-salt-flats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/bolivia\/uyuni-salt-flats\/incahuasi-island-uyuni-salt-flats\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of Incahuasi Island, the &#8220;House of the Incas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you imagine an <b>island surrounded by water in the middle of the desert<\/b>? Well, that&#8217;s exactly what you&#8217;ll find in the middle of the <strong>Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this post, we tell you about this peculiar form of nature, the <strong>Incahuasi Island in the Uyuni Salt Flats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Incahuasi Island and where is it?<\/h2>\n<p>To put you in perspective, the <b>Uyuni Salt Flats<\/b> is the <b>largest salt desert in the world<\/b>, with more than 10,000 square kilometers. The <a title=\"Uyuni Salt Flats Tour\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howlanders.com\/en\/tours-bolivia\/uyuni\/uyuni-salt-flats\">Uyuni Salt Flats Tour<\/a> features numerous stops, where you can see everything from a <a title=\"Uyuni Train Cemetery\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/bolivia\/uyuni-train-cemetery\/\">Uyuni Train Cemetery<\/a>, to geysers in the middle of the desert. Undoubtedly, the <a title=\"Original photographs in the Uyuni Salt Flats\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/bolivia\/original-photos-uyuni-salt-flat\/\">Uyuni Salt Flats is one of the most original and photographed places in all of Latin America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of this plain, there is a <b>small elevation<\/b> that <b>contrasts<\/b> totally with the <b>white landscapes of the salt flat<\/b>, the <strong>Incahuasi Island<\/strong>. The name comes from the Quechua language, the language of the Incas and means <b>The house of the Incas<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Incahuasi Island in the Uyuni Salt Flats\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/incahuasi-island-in-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?resize=640%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"contrast uyuni salt flat with incahuasi island\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/incahuasi-island-in-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/incahuasi-island-in-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?resize=768%2C372&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/incahuasi-island-in-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?resize=124%2C60&amp;ssl=1 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Legend has it that this <b>name<\/b> was given in times of <b>Spanish colonization<\/b>. The <b>Spaniards<\/b> arrived in these lands with their <b>horses<\/b>, but these animals <b>were not able to cross the salt desert<\/b>. Instead, the <b>incas<\/b> moved with the <b>llamas<\/b>, animals that were accustomed to this place. Then, as the Spaniards could not access, the <b>incas took refuge in this mountain<\/b>, a place where they were safe. You know what &#8220;better skill than strength&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The <b>current inhabitants<\/b> of the <strong>Incahuasi Island of the Uyuni Salt Flat<\/strong> are <b>gigantic cactus<\/b>. Some can reach more than <b>10 meters high<\/b>, and live more than <b>1200 years<\/b>. Can you imagine <a title=\"Sunrise from the Uyuni Salt Flat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howlanders.com\/en\/tours-bolivia\/uyuni\/uyuni-sunrise\">seeing the sunrise in the Uyuni Salt Flat<\/a> for more than 1000 years? You&#8217;ve got to love the place already&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The giant cactus on Incahuasi Island\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cactus-in-incahuasi-island.jpg?resize=640%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"giants cactus in incahuasi island\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cactus-in-incahuasi-island.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cactus-in-incahuasi-island.jpg?resize=768%2C372&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cactus-in-incahuasi-island.jpg?resize=124%2C60&amp;ssl=1 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case you have already decided, our colleague Ester in her <a title=\"Experience of the trip to the Uyuni Salt Flat\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/bolivia\/my-trip-in-uyuni-salt-flats\/\">experience in the Uyuni Salt Flat<\/a>, recommends wearing <b>appropriate shoes<\/b> for this place. For most of the trip, you won&#8217;t need them, as you&#8217;ll be doing it mostly shoeless. But in this case, they will be necessary if you want to see the island from the inside and not come back with your feet like a strainer.<\/p>\n<h2>Best time to see Incahuasi Island in the Uyuni Salt Flats<\/h2>\n<p>Any time is a good time to visit this place, but if you want to see the <b>mirror effect<\/b> all over the <a title=\"When to go to the Uyuni Salt Flat\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/bolivia\/uyuni-salt-flats-when-to-go\/\">best time to go to the Uyuni Salt Flat<\/a> is during the South American summer. You already know that the <a title=\"Seasons in Latin America\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/south-america\/seasons-south-america\/\">seasons of the year in South America<\/a> are different from those in, for example, Europe.<\/p>\n<p>This <b>summer<\/b> season (from December to February), is the <b>rainy<\/b> time of the place. As the water remains stagnant, it will be the ideal time to see the whole <b>salt full of water<\/b>, and in the middle, a <b>small desert island that floats out<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mirror effect from the top of Incahuasi Island\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mirror-effect-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?resize=640%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cars with tourists with mirror effect on incahuasi island in the Uyuni Salt Flat\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mirror-effect-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mirror-effect-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?resize=768%2C372&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.howlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mirror-effect-uyuni-salt-flats.jpg?resize=124%2C60&amp;ssl=1 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t think of a <b>better postcard of your trip to Uyuni than floating on the water, with an island behind you<\/b>. You&#8217;ll be the rage on social media!<\/p>\n<p>And if you can&#8217;t visit during this time, don&#8217;t worry. Given the grandeur and all the things to see in the Uyuni Salt Flat, any season is good to visit. Do you already have it on your list of upcoming trips? Do you know any other site as curious as this one?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you imagine an island surrounded by water in the middle of the desert? Well, that&#8217;s exactly what you&#8217;ll find in the middle of the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia. In this post, we tell you about this peculiar form of nature, the Incahuasi Island in the Uyuni Salt Flats. 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