Destinations » Salt Pans Maras

Five kilometers west of Urubamba  is the village of Tarabamba, where a bridge crosses the Rió Urubamba, if you turn right after crossing the bridge you will come to Pichingoto  a tumple-down village under an overhanging cliff. Also just over the bridge and before the town, to the left of a small walled cemetery, is a salt stream. Follow the  footpath beside the stream and you’ll come to Salinas, a small village below which are over 5000 terraced Inca salineras  (salt pans), still in production after hundreds of years, the cascade of centuries-old rectangular basins is like a giant artwork by a cubist painter obsessed with the color white. These are now a fixture o the tourist circuit and can become congested with buses it’s a 45 minutes walk from Urubamba to the salt pans. The climb up from the bridge on the right side of the valley is fairly steep but easy, with great views of Snowy Mountain Chicon.

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