Peru / Sacred Valley

Fertile Sacred Valley of the Inca (southern high valleys)

The Sacred Valley of the Inca is, now as then, an important growing region for vegetables, fruit and grains such as quinoa and amaranth. The fortresses of Pisaq and Ollantaytambo are impressive ruins, Moray reveals what were likely agricultural experiment terraces, and Maras is home to salt pans that have been worked since Inca times.