The beautiful country home to the 'world's flattest' place boasting stunning landscapes

is a continent that offers unique travel experiences that attract visitors in their millions. Some 35 million tourists are believed to have visited in 2024, as traveller numbers continue to recover post-Covid.

Ancient ruins, stunning scenery, delicious local cuisines, and untouched wild coastlines with pristine sandy beaches are just some of the reasons people visit . One country attracting an ever-growing number of visitors is , whose capital La Paz sits on the Andes' Altiplano plateau two miles above sea level.

Located in the central part of the continent, has a varied terrain spanning the Andes Mountains, the Atacama Desert and Amazon Basin rainforest.

It is also home to , South America's largest lake, straddling the border with Peru.

Last year, almost one million tourists travelled to the country, generating an income of around $736.6 million (£569m).

Heirs of fascinating and ancient cultures, many people in still preserve centuries-old traditions, as evidenced by local languages, dances and music.

Bolivia is home to the world's flattest place, where there is nothing at all. Despite this it is an amazing place to visit.

Forty thousand years ago, the Altiplano plateau of was covered by a vast lake, Lake Minchin.

When it eventually dried up, two large salt deserts were left behind - one of which is called Salar de Uyuni.

The larger of the two, it covers an area of over 4,000 square miles and contains an astonishing 10 billion tonnes of salt.

Throughout the entirety of the desert, the terrain does not rise by more than one metre.

That's so flat that the area is routinely used by satellites to calibrate their instruments.

Because the desert is so high, so dry, and reflects so much light, it's five times better for satellite calibration than even the surface of the ocean.

The "mountains" and "valleys" of the Salar may be only a few millimetres in height.