Have you ever wondered where the sea salt we eat comes from?

A few kilometers south of Pichilemu, you will come across the Estero Nilahue or also known as “Laguna de Cahuil”, where the salt mines of Cahuil, Barrancas and La Villa are located.

We passed by when we were leaving Pichilemu and we met Don Juan Menares who told us that salt has been harvested in this place since pre-Hispanic times, it is an ancestral technique that has been passed down through the generations.

In the estuary, quarters are traced with different levels where the salty water mixes with that of the estuary and is allowed to settle from spring to summer, when the water completely evaporates and leaves different layers of salt, one of which is salt. kitchen sea.

During all times of the year you will find stalls where they sell different types of salt, it is a very quiet place and they themselves built a walkway where you can get to the middle of the salt flats. He told us that the best time to visit the place is during the summer since they can explain in more detail how the salt is extracted.