Half-Day Tour to Maras, Moray and Chinchero textiles

Duration6h

Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before

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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesEnglish, Spanish

Group sizeUp to 30 travelers

Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

If you are in Cusco, take a group or private tour to Maras salt mines, Moray, and Chinchero textiles, they are beautiful and colorful Inca villages, where you can see the customs and traditions. You will also have the opportunity to see the pre-Columbian textile process in Chinchero, the industrialization of Maras salt and the Moray's enigmatic agricultural terraces.

Admire also the incredible scenic beauty, the fields full of crops, the mountains covered with snow and the sacred valley.

This excursion lasts 6 hours. The private tour can start in Cusco or in the Sacred Valley. The shared tour starts only in Cusco. This is the perfect complement to your visit to the Inca city of Machu Picchu and other tours.

Options

Private Tour

Private family tour: This option is especially for families.
Pickup included

Group Tour

Shared Tour: With this option, you can join our existing groups.
Pickup included

What's included

Top-level local guide in English or Spanish.
Group or Private tour.
Tourist transportation and experienced driver.

Partial tourist ticket to visit Chinchero and Moray.
Ticket to visit Maras Sal mines.

What to expect

Chinchero
40m

Maras salt mines, Moray and Chincheero Textiles half-day tour.

At the agreed-upon time, our professional guide and tour vehicle will pick you up at your hotel in Cusco or the Sacred Valley (private tours only). You’ll then travel for 40 minutes to the beautiful ancient Inca town of Chinchero, where you’ll participate in the Inca textile process (washing, spinning, dyeing, and weaving camelid wool). If you’d like to take home a handmade garment as a souvenir, you can purchase it directly from the artisan (optional). Here you’ll also see locals in their traditional attire, and on Sundays, there’s a local market where bartering is still practiced, just as it was in Inca times.
The visit to the vast agricultural terraces of Chinchero and the colonial church is only included in the private tour.
Maras
1h

After Chinchero, continue your tour to the Maras salt mines and observe the industrial salt extraction process.
Here, salt extraction has been practiced since pre-Inca times, and today members of the local community continue to harness the saltwater spring, channeling it through small canals to more than 4,000 pits, where the process of evaporation and solidification takes place. The salt is harvested for various purposes: consumption, agriculture, livestock, and medicine. You can take some salt home in small bags sold at the local shops (optional).
Maras Moray Tours
1h · Admission ticket not included

Moray archaeological site Guided tour.

Continue your tour to the Inca experimental agricultural center of Moray and admire the masterpiece of the ancient inhabitants. The Incas took advantage of natural depressions to build ring-shaped terraces and created 20 microclimates to adapt the plants to the new ecosystem.

Finally, return to the city of Cusco - Hotel.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

For the shared tour, hotel pickup is only included for hotels located in the Cusco city center. If your hotel is located outside the city center, please go to the Plaza Regocijo fountain, where we will meet at the agreed-upon time.

End point

For the shared tour, hotel pickup is only included for hotels located in the Cusco city center. If your hotel is located outside the city center, please go to the Plaza Regocijo fountain, where we will meet at the agreed-upon time.

Pickup details

For the private tour, pick-up service is included from all hotels in Cusco and the Sacred Valley.
For the shared tour, we only pick up travelers from hotels located close the main square. If your hotel is far from the city center, the meeting point will be the fountain at Plaza Regocijo at 7:30 a.m. This shared tour departs only from Cusco and may end in Ollantaytambo if you plan to continue your journey by train to Machu Picchu in the afternoon.

Additional information

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.