We will head to Maras (3,352 meters above sea level), a small Andean community with an economy based on salt harvesting. We will visit the town before taking a 2 to 3 hour walk to the circular terraces of Moray. The ancient peoples of the region used four huge natural hollows and sculpted them in many levels in the fashion of agricultural terraces which were used, hundreds of years ago, as an agricultural experimental station where they developed different types of crops. We will take a box lunch, surrounded by impressive views of the Vilcanota mountain range. After that we will continue our trek for 2 or 2.5 hours to the salt mines of Maras (3,048 meters above sea level). The salt mines of Maras are formed by 3 thousand small puddles with an average area of 5 sq. meters (53.8 sq. feet), built on one side of the Qaqawiñay mountain. The people fill or “irrigate” the puddles during the dry season every three days with the salty water coming from a natural spring at the top of the complex. This way, when the water evaporates, the salt hardens. This process is undertaken for a month until they get a considerable volume of salt.