Located high in the Bolivian Andes close to the Chilean border, the tiny town of San Pedro de Quemes is one of the access points to the striking Uyuni salt pan. Visitors who reach this remote outpost will be rewarded with spectacular scenery and an authentic experience of rural Bolivian life. The village is composed mainly of traditional earth-and-stone houses and the community survives primarily on farming quinoa, potatoes and grains. Tours from San Pedro de Quemes take in striking vistas of rust and ochre-coloured desert desert plains, shallow lagoons rich in bird life, snow-capped volcanoes and the vast white expanse of the Uyuni salar.