Moray & Salt Mines of Maras

MORAY a further breathtaking 20 kms drive with the beautiful snowcapped Chicon and Veronica mountains in the Cordillera Vilcanota as a backdrop we continue through to Moray. In Moray we visit “ the Inca agricultural greenhouse or laboratory”, consisting of four platforms amphitheater style or. Has a depth of 150 meters, the overlapping concentric circular stone rings widen as they rise. It was an experimental place to study the adaptation of plants to new ecosystems.
MARAS/ SALINERAS ( Salt mines ) located 7 miles from Moray at altitude of 3, 380 m is a small village, as a model of a miniature city. Famous for its salt mines, made up of about 3000 small wells with an area average size of about 5 ms ². These were already exploited since Inca times as a means of economic exchange and securities. Very interesting to see how the salt is recovered from these mines and the lives of those who work here.

We will pick up from your hotel at 09:15 hrs. on our bus to start our tour to the following locations:
MARAS:
Located on the West of Cusco to 3300 m.s.n.m thence is appraised the mountain range of Urubamba and the summits of the Veronica (5682 m.s.n.m) and the Chicon (5530 m.s.n.m) Its important occupation began when the cusqueños noble of the Inkario were undressed of their palaces in the Qosqo and had to leave to settle down in other small towns like Maras. It has a church made in you marinate, typical from the provincial religious architecture, to the interior of the church keep linen cloths from the Cusqueña School.

MORAY:
About 7 km to the southwest of Maras; it is unique archaeological group in his sort in the region. One is depressions or gigantic natural holes in the surface of the land that were used to construct in their contours agricultural

MORAY CUSCO
terraces or platforms with their respective channels of irrigation, is because a prototype of conservatory or biological experimental station enough outpost for his time that helped to that the American man of the antiquity inherited to the humanity a 60% of the vegetal products that consumes, the Andean man consume a thousand and average of diverse varieties of Potatoes, hundred and means of maize, and very many other products.
SALINERAS:
Or salt mines, located to the northwest of the town of Maras are constituted by about 3000 small wells with an area average of about 5 ms², during the time of drought they fill or they water every 3 days with salt water that emanates of a located natural manante in the superior part of wells so that when evaporating the water, the salt contained in this one is solidified gradually. later the salt is struck and thus granulated; the salt later will be pocketed in plastic bags and shipment to the markets of the region; today that salt is being iodized reason for which, its consumption is not harmful.

Finally we return to Cusco at approximately 15:30 hrs.

Moray & Salt Mines of Maras Includes :

• Professional  (Bilingual Spanish and English Guide)
• Tourist Bus

Moray & Salt Mines of Maras  Dosent Include :

• Buffet Lunch
• Tickets to enter each sites in Moray and Salinas .
• Tips ( Opcional )

Recommendations for Moray & Salt Mines of Maras

• If you going to stay in Cusco for only few days of more than a week
  we recommend you to get the Boleto Turitico “Tourist Ticket 10 Day” valid it cost 130 soles 4 sites in City Tour, 3 sites in the Sacred Valley plus Maras, Moray and Tipon, additionally they offer entrance to Museums.
  If you only will visit the Sacred valle y tour there is a partial Ticket valued in 70 soles.
• If you will do City tour with the 4 Inca sites you will need another partial Ticket valued in 70 soles too, so best to get the 10 day Tourist Ticket “Boleto Turistico” for 130 soles and is valid for 10 days.
• Note that to see Koricancha the temple of the sun there is another fee of 10 soles separately and 25 soles to visit Cusco Cathedral in a separate ticket.
• Few people know how nice and really interesting is visiting
  La Merced church and Convent near Calle Mantas, we recommend
  to visit it with his barroque patio with hundreds years of history.
• Also Inka Museum is not in this ticket and fee is 10 soles also
  highly recommended to visit it.
•  Famous 12 Angle stones is in the way to San Blas big inca wall with
  nice stone artwork.
• Cusco Inka museum located just behide left main cathedral on first block of Calle del Almirante.

THIS TOUR IS AVAILABLE IN THE SERVICE GROUP AND PRIVATE SERVICE.

DAILY DEPARTURES !!! From 09:00 am to 15:00 pm
GROUP SERVICE:  USD$10 (Adult) & USD$ 8
Boleto Turistico(Tourist Ticket) to the ruins not included). Meeting point at Machupicchu Exploring office.

You could combine this tour with train to Aguas Calientes and accomodation this night to be able to see Machu Picchu for sunrise the following day. This program is called  “ Machupicchu  &  Tour To Moray & Salt Mines of Maras  2 Days” and is a combination of 2 tours, Tour To Moray & Salt Mines of Maras and the Classic train tour to Machu Picchu and for those who only have 2 days for this tour rather than 3, it is a must!