The Sacred Valley

The Sacred Valley - including the towns of Ollantaytambo, Pisa, Chinchero and Maras - is a worthy competitor to Machu Picchu. The Inca ruins are comprehensive, with an amazing capacity to cling to the side of (very) steep mountain sides. Very, very impressive engineering and building. The Maras Salt ponds are no less impressive, where the Inca’s harnessed a mineral-rich creek to provide salt for the region (and is still in use today)Les mer