6–7 hours
2 languages
Instant confirmation
Mobile ticket

Highlights

This is a half day tour that you can do if you are in Cusco city . The tour to Maras Moray is a traditional and cultural tour that is recomended for familys, this is a regular tour where you dont need to walk a lot. You will visit the circular terraces of Moray as well as the Salt Mines, 2 beautifull places of the sacred valley, also if you are interested to buy typical alpaca wool fabricsf from locals, this is a great oportunity to dont miss this tour.

Inclusions

What's included

Private tourist Transport
Private tour guide

What's not

Entrance ticket to Salineras or Salt Mines or Maras (PEN10.00 per person)
Parcial Tourist ticket for Moray (PEN 70.00 per person)
Meals, snacks, others

Itinerary

We’ll pick up you from your hotel at 08:15 hrs on our private car to start the tour. We’ll visit the first point in Chinchero town, a place where local people do typical alpaca wool fabrics. Where we have a short demonstration of the Incas processes used for the production of textiles
30 min
We continue with a visit to Moray, about 7 km southwest of Maras; it is the only archaeological site of this kind in the entire region. It consists of depressions or natural gigantic holes that were used by the Incas to build terraces in the contours, agricultural terraces with their respective irrigation canals, they were used as a prototype of greenhouse or experimental biological station advanced for that time, and it helped to the antiquity American men to inherit to the humanity 60% of vegetable products consumed today. For example they obtained more five thousand varieties of potatoes, one hundred and fifty of maize, varieties of quinoa and many other products.
1 h
We’ll continue with a visit to Salineras or salt mines that are exploited since the Inca period to the present day, Salineras is located northwest of the town of Maras, is constituted by about 3000 small wells of salt with an average area of about 5 m² each one, during the dry season these well are filled every 3 days with salt water emanating from a natural spring located at the top of the wells, the water evaporates and the salt contained in it, gradually solidifies , then this salt is granulated to be bagged in sacks and plastics, which are then shipped to markets of the region for sale. Finally we will return to Cusco at approximately 14:30 hrs.
1 h

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Know before you go

Pickup: Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size: Up to 15 travellers
Operated by: LIBERTY PERU TRAVEL

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Cusco

Its from-price is 105% above the median of the 1358 day trips we list in Cusco.
It is shorter than most of them.

About Cusco

Cusco, the old Inca capital high in the Peruvian Andes, blends massive stone walls with colonial churches and is the gateway to Machu Picchu.

The Plaza de Armas is the heart of the city, framed by the cathedral and the Jesuit church of La Compañía. Inca stonework survives throughout the centre, most famously at the Qorikancha, the sun temple on which the Spanish built a monastery, and in the twelve-angled stone on Hatun Rumiyoc street. San Blas, the artisans' quarter, climbs steeply with workshops and cafés.

Top-ranked sights in Cusco: Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo Ruins.

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