The salt-evaporation ponds are four kilometers north of the town, down a canyon that descends to the Rio Vilcanota (as the upper Urubamba River is known) and the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
ðə sˈɔltɪvˌæpɚɹˈeɪʃən pˈɑːndz ɑːɹ fˈoːɹ kɪlˈɑːmɪɾɚz nˈɔːɹθ ʌvðə tˈaʊn, dˌaʊn ɐ kˈænɪən ðæt dᵻsˈɛndz tə ðə ɹˈiːoʊ vˌɪlkɐnˈoʊɾə æz ðɪ ˌʌpɚ jˌʊɹɹuːbˈæmbɚ ɹˈɪvɚɹ ɪz nˈoʊn ænd ðə sˈeɪkɹɪd vˈæli ʌvðɪ ˈɪŋkəz.