From Cusco: Moray, Maras Salt Mines & Chinchero Weavers Half-Day

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Private Service

2 Adults x $210.00

$420.00

Approx Total

$420.00

Chinchero Inca Site
Duration: 7 hours
van
Pickup included

From Cusco Chinchero Moray and Salt Mines Maras Half-Day Tour

2 Adults x $16.00

$32.00

Approx Total

$32.00

Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English, Spanish
Pickup from your hotel
Transportation
Bilingual tour guide

Entrance to Moray (19 dollars or 70 soles) and Salt Mines (6 dollars or 20 soles)
Hotel drop-off
Tips
Breakfast
Lunch

Overview

This half-day excursion to Moray and Minas de Sal allows you to venture into a part of the Sacred Valley, on beautiful farmland outside Cusco and near the ancient Andean town of Chinchero. You will visit the following sites: Andean Textile Center in Chinchero, Moray, Maras village, and Salt mines.

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Pickup details

We will pick you up between 8:20 am to 8:50 am, it depends on the location of your accommodation. A day before we will coordinate the exact pick-up time, if you are out side pick up location we can pick you up at plaza de armas (main plaza of Cusco). ... Our staff will ask for you at reception. Read more ▼

Itinerary

Cusco

We will pick you up from your hotel between 8:20 am and 8:40am and head to Chinchero located at 3,762 meters high.

1 hour
Chinchero

We will appreciate the traditional market, where they practice bartering, we will visit the weaving workshop there the local people who still practice the QUECHUA tradition, they will show us how they get the colors from natural plants and you can take nice pictures dressed in Andean clothes (At this point you will only visit part of the town of Chinchero and an Andean textile center.)

1 hour
Moray

We continue to MORAY located at (3,450m/11,318ft) where we find the agricultural terraces with their complex system of irrigation and terraces, different levels of terraces are carved into a huge bowl, part of which was further excavated by the Incas, it is thought they were used by the Incas to discover the optimal growing conditions for their crops, these terraces served as a natural green house to grow an extraordinary variety of crops at an altitude normally not conducive for the crops, the Incas were very advanced in the knowledge of creating specific sub-climates.

1 hour
Salt Maras Peru

Then we are on our way to Salt Mines, on the way we will see Maras Village where its colonial architectural beauty is still preserved, you will see the buildings are of thin stone, then we move to Salineras, the salt mine consists of 3000 small pools, every three days, during the dry season, workers fill the pools with salt water that comes from natural hot spring, this place was work since pre-Inca time until nowadays, the salt is ground up, treated with iodine packaged and sent to various markets in the region.

1 hour
Cusco

Finally, you will head back to Cusco (Around 3:15 pm near to plaza de armas) in time to enjoy some lunch on your own.

1 hour

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

February 05100% refund

February 06No refund

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