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Moray & Maras - Salt Mines ||PRIVATE TOUR||

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Duration

clock5 hours

Overview

    Houses the most important salt mines of the Inca period and we also find the archaeological site of Moray which is an agricultural research center in Inca

What's Included

  • pick up from hotel
  • Private transportation
  • private tour guide
  • Air-conditioned vehicle

What to Expect

    The tour begins with the pick up from the hotel and then make a journey of 1 hour and 20 minutes to our first place of visit, during the journey we will appreciate snow-capped mountains, lagoons, corn and potato fields. The first place Moray (agricultural laboratory) where we can appreciate Andean terraces in circular form and that are carved in the depths of the earth, in the form of a bowl, were used to adapt products to different climates. After the visit to Moray we will go to “Salineras” or “salt of Maras”, this town is formerly known as a salt producing center and is believed to date from pre-Inca times. We can find more than 3500 salt beds strategically carved next to the mountain and that are filled by water channels. Already back to the city of Cusco we will pass through a picturesque village “Chinchero” cradle of the rainbow, this town is characterized by the fact that the Andean textile technique is still preserved.

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