MarasMoray Mountain BikeDay tourCusco

MarasMoray Mountain BikeDay tourCusco

Explore the beautiful landscapes of the sacred valley of the Incas on a Mountain bike on this full day tour. Stop at Salinas de Maras a unique and picturesque place, where the Quechuas get the salt using the ancient techniques of the Incas, visit the Incan laboratory of Moray. Learn about the history and traditions of these places from your expert guide. Then test the delicious novo Andean food. Your mountain Bike Maras salt mine and Moray tour includes the round trip transport service from Cusco.

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Stop At: Salinas de Maras, Carreta a Maras Urubamba, Maras 00051 Peru

The salt mines of Maras is a very old place, where Quechua families continue extracting salt through ancestral techniques inherited from their ancestors the Incas. It is composed of more than 4500 wells each larger than the other, but not deeper than 20 cm. It is located in a small valley on the outskirts of the village of Maras, from here you will see the high mountains of the sacred valley of the Incas and the light color of the soil that surrounds it makes this place unique and of incomparable beauty.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Moray, Maras 08655 Peru

Agricultural terraces built by the Inca civilization in the 15th century. Many historians suggest that Inca engineers tried to simulate different ecosystems in order to acclimatize and domesticate plants. They were built in natural depressions 80 and 60 meters deep, the high mountains of the Andes covered by glaciers and the colorful landscape that surrounds it, makes it one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world today.

Duration: 1 hour