Kachi Lodge

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, Kachi (a two-night stay starts at $1,980 per person) is the first permanent ­accommodation of its kind on the world’s largest salt flat, and its cluster of geo­desic domes resembles an isolated space station. During the day, guests can take one giant leap on Uyuni’s bright white expanse of salt—an estimated 10 billion metric tons of it—which was left behind as an ancient lake dried up. At night, they can stargaze through transparent cutouts in the domes’ walls, uninterrupted by light pollution thanks to the remote, high-­­altitude ­location—Kachi Lodge is more than 35 miles from the nearest town and 11,800 ft. above sea level. —Ciara Nugent