Day 4, part 2

• Maras Salt Mines and Moray Visit Maras – Moray 11,483 ft
Drive a little more than an hour to get to the Moray archaeological site. Tour these unique Inca ruins, consisting of circular terraces and a sophisticated irrigation system located at 3500m (11483 ft). Learn about the history and study of this fascinating site – speculation has it that it was an Inca agriculture experiment station.
Visit the impressive Maras Salt Mines, after Moray. See thousands of individual ancient salt pools spilling over a hillside. Each pool is probably 4 ft x 6 ft. Learn about the different varieties of salt, and try the renowned pink salt, famous worldwide.
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1-2 Moray archaeological site. circular terraces & sophisticated irrigation system(11483 ft).
3-5 Moray archaeological site.
6 Maras Salt Mines - 1000s of individual salt poolsLeggi altro