View of the Nevado de Anallajchi at dusk, located North of the Sajama volcano

Herd of lamas near the twin volcanos Parinacota and Pomerape

Snow capped volcanoes Parinacota (6348m, left) and Pomerape (6282m, right) seen from the plains in the Sajama region

The world’s highest forests grow on the slopes of the extint volcano Sajama, in the Central Ande, where patches of forest formed by plants of the genus Polylepis can be found up to elevations of 5100-5200m

Close up of a plant of the genus Polylepis, with the volcano Sajama in the background. Polylepis forests can be found up to elevation of 5200m, making them the highest forest on the world

Dry Puna vegetation common in the central Ande, consisting of plants of the genus Jarava, Azorella and Polylepis

Hot spring with mineral formations near the volcano Sajama, in the central Ande, Bolivia

Naturally colored water due to mineral inclusion forming a stream from a hot spring near the volcano Sajama, in the central Ande, Bolivia

Lama walking by a hot spring near the volcano Parinacota

Salar de Uyuni featuring perfect conditions for mirror like reflections, after getting flooded during the wet season.

Laguna Verde with the volcano Licancabur in the background

Laguna Colorada, or Red Lagoon, is located at 4278m in the Reserva Eduardo Avaroa, a desertic area with volcanoes, colored lagoons in the Central Ande near the border between Chile and Bolivia

The shallow waters or Laguna Colorada, are a favourite breeding site for James, Chilean and Andean species of flamingo. The lagoon owes its reddish color to local algae, while the white crusts are mineral deposits of salt and borax

James’s Flamingoes feeding in a salted lake in the Ande

Small herd of vicugnas grazing near a small lagoon in the Reserva Eduardo Avaroa.

Vicugna grazing near a small lagoon in the Reserva Eduardo Avaroa

James’s Flamingo’s nest built in the center of a shallow lagoon in the Ande: the nest is a raised platform of mud with a depression on top to hold the egg and the chick

James’s Flamingo feeding in a salt lake of the Reserva Eduardo Avaroa, Bolivia

James’s Flamingoes feeding in a salted lake in the Ande

Vicugnas in the arid landscape of the central Ande