Salt Mines of Maras and Moray Ruins Tour
Cusco, Peru
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Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 7 hours
Take a day trip to the pre-Inca salt mines of Maras and the nearby pueblo. Then, visit the ancient Inca laboratory (circular terraces) at Moray. Escape the city and take in a less touristic option in the Sacred Valley. The views of the towering Apus "Holy Mountain Top Glaciers" are also an impressive piece of the unique tour. See the natives working in the fields with traditional plows and farming tools. A true taste of the Andes.
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Take a day trip to the pre-Inca salt mines of Maras and the nearby pueblo. Then, visit the ancient Inca laboratory (circular terraces) at Moray. Escape the city and take in a less touristic option in the Sacred Valley. The views of the towering Apus "Holy Mountain Top Glaciers" are also an impressive piece of the unique tour. See the natives working in the fields with traditional plows and farming tools. A true taste of the Andes.You will start driving from Cusco in the morning for about 40km (24 miles) passing through the town of Maras, which has an interesting mix of Inca and colonial influence.
Afterwards the group will proceed on to Moray, which has an impressive Inca monument of giant terraces in the shape of nearly perfect circles that is believed to have been used for agricultural experimentation, because of the increasing temperature of the terraces the more you descend further into the complex and the well-developed irrigation system.
From there we will head to Salineras, the salt mine. At the salt mine you will see many ponds filled with salt from a natural underground salt spring that comes from the adjacent mountain. The inhabitants of the area have worked and harvested the salt the same way since the time of the Incas. You can watch them work and even buy a small bag of the fresh salt to take home and use in your kitchen. We'll stop for lunch near Salineras (not included in the tour cost).
After the visit, the car will transport you back to Cusco.
Afterwards the group will proceed on to Moray, which has an impressive Inca monument of giant terraces in the shape of nearly perfect circles that is believed to have been used for agricultural experimentation, because of the increasing temperature of the terraces the more you descend further into the complex and the well-developed irrigation system.
From there we will head to Salineras, the salt mine. At the salt mine you will see many ponds filled with salt from a natural underground salt spring that comes from the adjacent mountain. The inhabitants of the area have worked and harvested the salt the same way since the time of the Incas. You can watch them work and even buy a small bag of the fresh salt to take home and use in your kitchen. We'll stop for lunch near Salineras (not included in the tour cost).
After the visit, the car will transport you back to Cusco.
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