Salinas Grandes Salt Flats in Northern Argentina November 2022 by Ravi Chandra Gundakaram Salinas Grandes are the salt flats in northern Argentina, stretching across the provinces of Jujuy and Salta. The mean altitude is 3450 m, and the area is over 200 sq. km. Although not as vast as the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, Salinas Grandes have their own draw! The surreal landscape of salt! The Visitors’ Centre, so to say. The llama to the left of the flag , as well as the huge dish to the right of the centre of the photograph, are made of salt. Apacheta, an offering to Pachamama, in Salinas Grandes. More about this on the post on Purmamarca. To make salt for human consumption, and also for industrial purposes, the top layer is cut by several tens of centimetre. The water below the surface comes up, as seen in our photograph here, and evaporates over a few months, leaving pure salt for collection. Quite a slow process, you’d say. Quite. One of the many troughs of s...