Sacred Valley Moray Ruins & Maras Salt Mines Tour From Cusco (Half Day Tour)

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About this activity

Es la mejor forma de conocer los atractivos turisticos dentro de nuestra region asi como la mejor opcion antes de visitar Machu Picchu.

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At a glance

Duration: 7 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–7
Guide: English, Italian, French, Spanish
Operated by: Come See Perú Tours

Ages: Infants (2–5 years) · Children (7–10 years) · Youth (13–17 years) · Adults (30–49 years) · Seniors (50–65 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation
Included: Tour Guide

Not included

Not included: lunch is optional
Not included: tips

Itinerary

Complejo Arqueologico Chinchero

2 hours Admission not included

The town of Chinchero lies in the Sacred Valley of Perú between Urubamba and Cusco. The ruins of Chinchero consist of agricultural terraces and temples built by pre-inca civilizations far before the incas, the site could have been used as a country resort but it was mostly used for farming and religious purposes. Then we will meet a local family who will give us a demonstration of the Andean textiles
Salinas de Maras

1 min Admission not included

The salt mines of Maras are located to the northwest of the District of Maras in the slope of a hill, then this place has approximately 5000 small wells of salt that are filled with salty water in the epoch of drought that flows of a natural spring that is in the superior part of the wells to then crystallize so that the use of these wells are inherited from many years back of family in family and their existence and exploitation is believed that it is from the beginning of Tahuantinsuyo, Therefore in this tour to Maras Moray and Salineras you will be able to take a souvenir of salt and take magnificent photographs of the unique landscape of this place.
Maras Moray Tours

2 min Admission not included

Moray is located about 7 kilometers from the town of maras, and is a unique archaeological site in the region of Cusco. This place is composed of circular terraces with irrigation channels that conformed a great agricultural laboratory a prototype of a giant greenhouse, in this place the ancient Peruvians experimented and obtained improvements of plants of different latitudinal floors of Peru.

On the other hand the Andean man consumed a thousand and a half of diverse varieties of potatoes, a hundred and a half of corn, and many other products of these terraces, and also it has great Andean religious importance and inspires a great mysticism to the people specialized in the subject, for this reason currently preserved as a center of Ritual of offerings to the Pachamama.