Directors scout locations around Bolivia for 2015 Dakar Rally – in pictures

Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne, and staff members drive in Iquique on Saturday in Chile during the reconnaissance for the next Dakar 2015 that will kick off on January 4 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and will run untill January 17, after 9,000 kilometres through Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. Franck Fife / AFP / September 20, 2014

Lamas cross a road on September 16, 2014 during the reconnaissance for the next Dakar Rally 2015. Franck Fife / AFP / September 16, 2014

Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne and staff scout out locations for the 2015 Dakar Rally last week. Frank Fife / AFP / September 18, 2014

Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne and staff scout locations for the 2015 Dakar Rally in Bolivia last week. Franck Fife / AFP / September 16, 2014

Dakar rally director Etienne Lavigne and sport director of the Dakar Rally, French David Castera ride through the Salar de Uyuni salt pan in Bolivia near the crest of the Andes as they scout locations for the 2015 Dakar Rally last week. Franck Fife / AFP / September 18, 2014

Dakar rally director Etienne Lavigne and staff ride through a village in Bolivia last week as they scout locations for the 2015 Dakar Rally. Franck Fife / AFP / September 16, 2014

Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne gestures during the sunset in Uyuni last week while he and staff scout locations for the 2015 race. Franck Fie / AFP / September 18, 2014

Dakar rally director Etienne Lavigne and sport director for the race, David Castera and staff members ride through the Salar de Uyuni salt pan, the world's largest, in Bolivia. Franck Fie / AFP / September 18, 2014

Dakar rally director Etienne Lavigne and staff members ride through Bolivia, near the Andes, at the Salar de Uyuni salt pan as they scout out locations for the 2015 Dakar Rally. Franck Fife / AFP / September 18, 2014

Images from last week as Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne and staff drove throughout Bolivia, including the Uyuni salt pan, as the planning gets underway for the 2015 rally.