Urubamba

In its bottom are great level terraces rescued from the Urubamba River by the untiring energy of the ancient folk.

Here, as at Urubamba, there are flower gardens and highly cultivated green Page 206fields.

The Urubamba River is known by various names to the people who live on its banks.

The break between the Andean Cordillera and the hill-dotted plains of the lower Urubamba valley is almost as sharp as a shoreline.