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Maras Moray Chincheros Tour
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Maras Moray Chincheros Tour

Our Maras Moray - Chinchero Tour will take you to the Sacred Valley, located between Cusco and Machu Picchu, this valley is known for its lush landscape, its picturesque colonial cities and its magnificent Inca fortress. Discover with us this beautiful and charming historical place where we will visit the enigmatic Moray archeological site, where the Incas experienced and acclimatized new crops using different heights in a terrace system. Then we will visit the salt deposits of Maras, where the water flows from these high altitude mountains and falls down the side of the mountain in individual evaporation pools forming layers of salt that are then extracted and then distributed to the high-Andean communities.

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Stop At: Chinchero, Chinchero, Cusco Region

The town of Chinchero is located 30 km from Cusco on the paved road that leads to the province of Urubamba. Chinchero's biggest attraction is its Sunday fair, originally dedicated to the bartering of agricultural products from the jungle and the mountains.

The Chinchero fair is a true spectacle of history and tradition that causes a great attraction to tourists. Here you will also find the offer of handicrafts and colorful garments made from Alpaca fiber.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Vía a Moray, Maras 08656, Peru

The archaeological site of Moray is located 61 km. northeast of the imperial city of Cusco and at 3,500 m.a.s.l. The large Inca agricultural laboratory consists of four giant holes of natural formation on the surface of the earth, where the Incas built circular terraces of different sizes with their respective irrigation channels.
The climatic condition and other characteristics make this place an important center of domestication and acclimatization of crops for human consumption.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Maras 08656, Peru

The colonial population of Maras is located 7 km from the Archaeological Park of Maras Moray where we will pass in the northwest direction where we will find the famous salt mines or salt mines. Within this small valley we can find a little more than 3,000 wells that measure an average of 5 square meters each.

The salt water comes from a natural spring very close to the place, which have been exploited since pre-Columbian times. Since 1980, the families of Maras have extracted salt, building more poses which have become a very important attraction.

Duration: 3 hours



Duration:8 hours
Commences in:Cusco, Peru
Country:Peru
City:Cuzco

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