05/11/2015
Moray: a further breathtaking 20 km drive with the beautiful snowcapped Chicon and Veronica Mountains in the Cordillera Vilcanota as a backdrop we continue through to moray. In moray we visit “the Inca agriculture greenhouse or laboratory “consisting of four platforms amphitheater style and has a depth of 150 meters, the overlapping concentric circular stone rings widen as they rise. It was an experimental place to study the adaptation of plants to new ecosystems
Maras – Salineras (Salt Mines): located 7 miles from Moray at altitude of 3,380 m is an small village, as a model of a miniature city. Famous for its salt mines, made up of about 3000 small wells with in area average size of about 5m. These were already exploited since Inca times as a means of economic exchange and securities. Very interesting to see how the salt is recovered from these mines and the lives of those who work here
