Engineering Inca's Wonders: Maras & Moray

Highlights / General details

Morays agriculture platforms and Maras Salt Mines.

Inclusion

Guided Tour, Transportation, and Entrance Tickets.

Exclusion

Gratuities.

Hours of operation

Available: Daily. Tour Departs: 8:30am – 9:00am approximately.

Duration

Approximately 4 hours

Location Please be ready 15 minutes earlier at hotel’s lobby. We ask our guests to be ready with time, because your pick up will depend on the location of your hotel, so take the departure time as referential for 15 minutes more or less.

Itinerary Transfer from your hotel to Moray, enjoying the view of beautiful landscapes and the daily life of the Cusco communards. Brief stop in Qorimarca (Golden field), to observe the Oriental side of the Andes. Continuing our route we’ll see the Piuray Lake, while the guide explains the geology of this area and the cultural aspects related to Agriculture, handicrafts, oral traditions, and more.

You’ll have the oppportunity to appreciate the beautiful Sacrad Valley from te Machu Qolqa Mirador. Then, we’ll arrive to Moray and its circular agricultural terraces. Here, you’ll witness the amazing Inca’s engineering that created different micro climates in order to get different agriculture products. Later we’ll head to Maras. Mara’s colonial town offers details in the house’s doors, where you’ll get to see the family’s crests and more. Finally we’ll get to Maras Salt Mines, the more than 2000 crystallization wells view will amazed you while eating your box lunch. The guide will explain the work system, history of the place, and the proper explanation of the salt mines. Transfer back to Cusco city.

Participant restrictions

The tour considers children up to 6 years old.

Location

Please be ready 15 minutes earlier at hotel’s lobby. We ask our guests to be ready with time, because your pick up will depend on the location of your hotel, so take the departure time as referential for 15 minutes more or less.

Itinerary Transfer from your hotel to Moray, enjoying the view of beautiful landscapes and the daily life of the Cusco communards. Brief stop in Qorimarca (Golden field), to observe the Oriental side of the Andes. Continuing our route we’ll see the Piuray Lake, while the guide explains the geology of this area and the cultural aspects related to Agriculture, handicrafts, oral traditions, and more.

You’ll have the oppportunity to appreciate the beautiful Sacrad Valley from te Machu Qolqa Mirador. Then, we’ll arrive to Moray and its circular agricultural terraces. Here, you’ll witness the amazing Inca’s engineering that created different micro climates in order to get different agriculture products. Later we’ll head to Maras. Mara’s colonial town offers details in the house’s doors, where you’ll get to see the family’s crests and more. Finally we’ll get to Maras Salt Mines, the more than 2000 crystallization wells view will amazed you while eating your box lunch. The guide will explain the work system, history of the place, and the proper explanation of the salt mines. Transfer back to Cusco city.

Participant restrictions The tour considers children up to 6 years old.

Policies Guest is required to call our headquarters at least 48 hours ahead of the tour date to confirm their hotel information for pick up. Without this information the services will be call a No-show. This tour can be adapted into an accessible tour, depending on the disability, upon request. Tours may be cancelled if the weather makes the tour dangerous. If we are unable to reschedule the tour, we will issue a full credit or refund. Complete information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, will be included on your Confirmation Voucher.

All information requested must be supplied or booking is subject to automatic cancellation