Maras Salt mines & Moray Half Day Tour

Cusco, Peru
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Duration6h
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Group sizeUp to 16 travelers
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Overview

Have a closer look at Incan ingenuity by contemplating the outstanding and enigmatic Moray
Enjoy the beautiful terraces of Maras as you learn from salt elaboration in hands of their inhabitants and join in to participate and test the different types of their products.

What's included

  • Spanish/ English-speaking guide
  • Pick-up from Cusco downtown hotels only
  • Transportation
  • Lunch
  • Entrance fees
  • Gratuities

What to expect

  1. Maras Moray Tours
    45m · Admission ticket not included
    Have a morning pick-up from your hotel and continue on a 40 minutes ride enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Andes until arriving Moray, an admirable Inca experimental farm, where a natural depression has been transformed in enormous terraces superimposed in concentric forms with a shape of a great coliseum, achieving up to 150 meters in different height levels. The purpose of these depressions is still uncertain; altough is considered that perhaps Moray was an Inca agricultural experiment station. As with many other Inca sites, it also has a sophisticated irrigation system.
    Discover more about it during your visit.
  2. Salinas de Maras
    45m · Admission ticket not included
    Next, explore the Maras Salt-mines, also called Salinas de Maras, which have been used since Inca times. People channel the salt water that bubbles to the surface from a spring called Qoripujio towards men-made wells. From the exposure to the sun, water evaporates and the salt remains on the surface to be transported later to the market to be sold.
    The view of this complex of nearly 3000 salt wells is spectacular.
  3. Chinchero
    30m
    Local people happily demonstrate the ancient textile techniques to visitors, even allowing them to participate with them.

    After this visit, it’s time to take the transportation back to Cusco downtown.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

If your hotel is located far from Cusco downtown, please make sure to be near the water fountain, our staff will be looking for you.

End point

Nearby this square or closer to Main Square.

Pickup details

Pick-up from Cusco downtown hotels only. If your hotel is located far from downtown, please head to the meeting point location

Additional information

  • 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

Cancellation policy

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