Overall our 2 day private tour was amazing! the first day was our favourite, but the second day was good too…just a bit more driving. We were a little nervous given some of the recent reviews, but were really happy with the tour and our guide (Reinaldo). We will be recommending this experience to our friends. The views were amazing and we have so many photos. We loved every stop on the salt flats, the wine and snacks at sunset, taking fun pictures (our guide took some great ones for us), lunch and a hike on an island with cacti, the lagoons with flamingos, the weird volcanic rock shapes,…
We felt safe at all times with our guide and noticed he always took care to lock up the vehicle and watch our things. He was really good about asking us what we wanted to see, and when we saw donkeys, a fox, vicuña, llamas he would stop for us to take pictures. He did occasionally look down at his phone while driving on the salt flats, but this was to look at coordinates for something he wanted to show us (we asked).
The food was good (at both lunches, dinner and the snack we had at sunset). The salt hotel we stayed at was really nice too. We arrived just before dinner and left early the next morning.
All of our entry fees were paid. We did have to pay for bathrooms, but that was expected.
The only thing we would have changed is we booked an English tour, but because my husband speaks Spanish were given our tour in Spanish. My husband translated everything, including all of my questions and the responses. Make sure you are very clear if you want an English tour.