Salineras de Maras

On our next stop we have come across another way of extracting salt in South America.
This time is through evaporation and the scale of those mines are huge. Around 3 000 pools are spread across hillside with a saline water filling them up. The whole process takes about 30-40 days and can be done only throughout the dry season.
The site did look impressive and we even tasted the stream of salty water.
As our tour guide is very strict with timing, making sure we arrive to the last site on time, we had a quick walk around for picture taking before we headed for well deserved lunch in Urubamba.Read more