Laguna Colorada

The most incredible red lagoon filled with up to 30,000 flamingos. We also saw vicuñas and llamas. It shows red when there’s the perfect combination of sun and wind—they say it’s best in the afternoon.

🦩 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩 One of the most surreal places I’ve ever stumbled into, like someone Photoshopped Mars, added a dash of flamingo chic, and forgot to invite the rest of the tourists. When I went, it was just us, the flamingos, and the howling silence of high-altitude nothingness. No selfie sticks. No tour buses. Just volcanic mountains and a lake that bleeds red under the Andean sky. The flamingos 🦩 ? Still hundreds of them.. (as it was low season) strutting around like they own the planet. Which, out here, they kind of do. Mostly James’s, Chilean, and Andean flamingos all doing ballet in freezing shallow waters like it’s no big deal. May to December, especially September to November when breeding season hits and the population explodes like pink confetti across the lake. Outside of this, you might see fewer of them, but even a dozen flamingos in this red surreal soup is something else. Andean flamingos are the rarest in the world, and Laguna Colorada is one of their main breeding sites. During the coldest months (June to August), some migrate to lower altitudes, but many remain thanks to geothermal activity that keeps parts of the lake from freezing. Their primary food source is red algae, which not only fuels their feathers but also paints the lake in its iconic crimson hue—basically the most dramatic dinner date imaginable. At an altitude of 4,278 meters above sea level and covering roughly 60 square kilometers, Laguna Colorada is both breathtaking and breath-snatching. The temperature ranges from freezing to frostbite, the air is thinner than your excuses, and flamingos number in the thousands during peak season. When I explored the lake, tourist count was basically in the single digit, just raw nature, pink birds, and the creeping suspicion that I had entered a flamingo-controlled simulation. VERDICT: Felt like I was trespassing in a sacred sanctuary on another planet, silent, surreal, and utterly humbling. Would absolutely return, though next time with more thermal layers and less ego. If you value solitude, bone chilling temperatures, and raw untouched nature, this is not just a recommendation, it’s a rite of passage.

This is an amazing place, full of flamingo and with a wonderful color; red, white and green. There is a small trek to do to see the laguna from an upper view which is great and allow you to have a 360 degree vision.

Laguna Colorada or Red Lagoon is an incredible natural wonder in Bolivia, near the border with Chile. It's an experience that no pictures or videos can translate. Seeing the stunning flamingo in their habitat (and the reason why they are pink after all comes from the lagoon pigmentation) felt like being live in a documentary from the BBC. Unforgettable.

One of the most unusual and stunning attractions in Bolivia. Laguna Colorada is a shallow salt lake, peppered with white borax islands. It spans 6000 hectares, but is less than a metre deep. The strong red-brown color of this lake is derived from algae that thrive in its salty water.

This lake is absolutely stunning. The colors you get to see there are unbelievable! I saw flamingoes and llamas there and the landscape was so perfect. This place is definitely a MUST if you’re going to Uyuni, along with the green lake and the thermal pools. Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!

One of the spectacular places in Bolivia. Located in the Potosi department , Eduardo Avaroa Andean fauna nacional reserve this beautifully colored lake with red dark blue and whitish hues is a sight to behold. Many flamingos can be seen here and is situated at at altitude of about 14500 feet above sea level

It is unique place which is available only by jeeps, but it is really Travel worthy. Red colored lagoon with herds of flamingos and variety of other local birds. This landscape is unmistakable.