Maras and Moray: The Generosity of the Land
Maras and Moray: The Generosity of the Land Salt Bed of Maras By Martin Harbaum Between Cusco and Urubamba are two of the best known attractions concerning to agricultural experimentation which transformed the hills and valleys. From a bird’s eye view Maras seems a white spot between green multicolor Sacred Valley and Urubamba mountain ranges. Since the earth is shining and people work in silence. You walk across the edges, surrounded by small streams, on a slope almost vertical. They are about 600 ponds of salt, about five square meters each, which are extracted by evaporation three types of salt: according to the purity, they have first, second and third class. Since the days of the Inca Empire, families of Maras and Pichingoto extract the salt, as if they were small farms, which then are sold in the markets of Urubamba, Cusco and Izcuchaca. They claim to have medicinal properties and, increasingly, are found and used in Bio-Fairs , Superma