Cusco day tours Sept 25 morning.re

Today I was booked for two tours. One in the morning and then a city tour in the afternoon.

The morning tour was to the agricultural centre at Moray.

Interesting time. And the road to get to this place firstly dirt and rough, but in places narrow, very narrow. No trees to hide the drop either. 

Moray has three sections at 3500 meters, circular in pattern. Due to the location and building, there can be a 15 degree centigrade difference in temperature from top to bottom. This allowed different crops to be grown on each level.

The. Back to the dirt roads and on to the salt mines. Well these are open air evaporation ponds, which are terraces on the side of the mountain. The salt is gained by evaporating the water. The water is volcanic in origin. One single stream feeds some 3000 ponds. There are three different grades of salt produced. They have different flavours and when used in cooking will also vary the flavours of the food too.

Mind you when the wet season comes the mines stop working as the rain water dilutes the volcanic water, and also there is no evaporation.

  

Back up the road, and back to Cusco.