Most people head to the town of Uyuni from La Paz, the administrative capital of Bolivia and the country’s most visited city.

Accessing the city itself is a little trickier ... to explore the Altiplano from the tourist-heavy towns of Tupiza or Uyuni, which are both farther south than Moon Valley and the nearby capital.

Until we start sending commercial flights to the moon, the Kachi Lodge on Bolivia’s Uyuni Salt Flats might be the most otherworldly vacation you can take. Opened in May at the foot of a volcano ...