Cordillera Traveller

The company is highly recommended for the quality of service and price. Especially the basic accomodation in the first night is okay and the second night in the salt-hotel is perfect. The hotel ist only 1 year old and was absolutly clean.

We booked our tour with Cordillera on the basis of the reviews on this site (and others), but even though we booked on the morning of our departure and were assured that we would have a Cordillera driver, we ended up on a Colque tour. I think this is typical. So, if there are less than six of you it is irrelevant which agency you book with, you will end up on whatever tour has spare places. Although we enjoyed our tour because we had a good group, the food was terrible and limited, we had no guide or cook (only a driver, who was rude and offered no information) and we did not get what we were promised by hte agency. On returning to Uyuni, we complained to Cordillera, who apologised but we had to push hard to get a very small refund.

Booked with Cordelia and got bumped to another agency although they did say up front that it doesn't' matter what tour agency you pick, they all just work together and book the drivers so it is just luck of the draw. Thought we had the worst car out there, but we didn't break down once so was all good. Driver didn't speak English and wasn't forthcoming with information even in spanish, but we were happy just to sit back and take in the scenery. Accommodation was very basic and very cold, barely slept a wink over the 3 days. Don't pay for your sleeping bag till it's in your hand and don't pay extra entry for anything as it won't be there on the trip, you'll get the basics no matter what. Don't pay any fees, entry's, etc in advance, just your basic tour price. Was $85 US for the 3 days. Not a bad company, not fantastic, but pretty happy with it. Happy with the food.

We booked the standard $100 tour in Uyuni. The agent there had us pay an extra 100 BS ($15 US) for park entrance fees, water, and the exit visa to Chile. Our tour got "farmed out" to another tour company who didn't know anything about these extra payments, so we had to pay for these things on the tour. When we stopped at the office in San Pedro, the people there were VERY helpful, even when the agent in Uyuni accused us of lying about the extra fees. The people in San Pedro asked us to post this information and recommend that future travelers with Cordillera: 1. Try to book through San Pedro, not Uyuni. They don't even trust the people in Uyuni. 2. Be sure to get written receipts for ANY money paid, so you can dispute any problems you have. The tour itself was pretty basic, okay food, Spanish speaking guide, pretty old 4X4 and we stayed in the creepy old meteorological station on day 2. Bring sleeping bags! But for $100, it was a good deal.

Bring a sence of humour and just absorb the beautiful scenery, it's truely amazing. We had the worst vehicle in our convoy and it was still damn comfortable. The accommodation is very basic but you're not Vegas. One of the highlights of our RTW trip. Read our post on www.daveyandsam.com

I would certainly recommend them, especially our driver Epy

So glad we used Cordillera traveller! we started the tour from Chile & ended it in uyuni. OUr jeep and driver was very reliable and in good condition. Our driver wiped down his truck everyday! even though it was goign to get dust all over it again! While we were driving through uyuni there was another tour company truck that broke down it was from COLQUE... the driver ran out of GAS! unbelieveable! so our great driver Zichard gave him from Petro (gas) for his truck. There was another group of people that we met along the way that had 3 flats throughout the trip! thats annoying & frustrating. I think paying $130 for Cordillera which has the best reviews and I think trying to save $20 isnt worth the aggravation and chance of breaking down out there! Go with Cordillera Traveller you wont be disappointed!