Sky driving: A tour of Bolivia's salt flats and desert – in pictures

The Salar de Uyuni, the world's biggest salt flat, is a highlight of a trip to Bolivia Photograph: Anna Batchelor

In the rainy season the Salar de Uyuni is transformed into a giant mirror: a couple of inches of water cover it, reflecting the sky as far as you can see Photograph: Anna Batchelor

The Palacio del Sal hotel is one of a few stylish new hotels catering for tourists on the edge of the salt flats Photograph: Anna Batchelor

The hotel's rooftop lounge is an incredible place to watch the sunset Photograph: Anna Batchelor

Street vendors in Uyuni, Bolivia Photograph: Anna Batchelor

The train graveyard in Uyuni. The trains once transported minerals to the Pacific coast but were abandoned after the mining industry collapsed in the 1940s
Photograph: Anna Batchelor

A mother and daughter in Uyuni Photograph: Anna Batchelor

The drive from Uyuni to the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve takes you through spectacular scenery, dotted with volcanos, lakes and snow-capped mountains Photograph: Anna Batchelor

Lago Colorado is one of several multicoloured lakes in the reserve. It is home to thousands of pink flamingos Photograph: Anna Batchelor/Anna Batchelor

Llama roam the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor

A rock formation sculpted by the wind to resemble a tree in the Eduardo Avaroa reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor

The remote Hotel Takya del Desierto is bathed in a red sunset in the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor

One of four eco-lodges run by the Takya community group, it is the only comfortable place to stay in this part of Bolivia Photograph: Anna Batchelor

A woman and child in the Eduardo Avaroa national reserve Photograph: Anna Batchelor