The salt evaporation pans near Maras, Peru, are located in the Sacred Valley, roughly 40 kilometers from Cuzco. The pans are built on steep terraces along one side of a narrow valley and fed by saline spring water that emerges from the rock close to the head of the valley. The water is sent throughout the pans by a network of channels. Salt has been collected from Maras since Pre-Incan times and it is thought that a collective of salt 'miners' has maintained the terraces and channels for...
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The salt evaporation pans near Maras, Peru, are located in the Sacred Valley, roughly 40 kilometers from Cuzco. The pans are built on steep terraces along one side of a narrow valley and fed by saline spring water that emerges from the rock close to the head of the valley. The water is sent throughout the pans by a network of channels. Salt has been collected from Maras since Pre-Incan times and it is thought that a collective of salt 'miners' has maintained the terraces and channels for many hundreds of years.
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