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7 Hours
Daily Tour
2 people
English, Spanish
The tour of the salt mines of Maras and the Inca agricultural terraces of Moray is an ideal complement to your excursions to Machu Picchu. You will be able to appreciate snow-capped mountains, farmland and towns full of color and tradition. Daily departures for individuals and groups of all ages and by tourist bus.
Our transfer will visit you at your hotel between 08:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. approx. We will start by visiting Moray which is located 38 km from the city of Cusco, Moray is considered an Inca agricultural laboratory. Which is made up of 4 muyus or circles, which are circular platforms in a concentric shape, the deepest is 80 meters of depression having the lowest platform 36 meters. diameter. Temperature variations ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 ° C per platform are also found within the platforms, which can reproduce up to 20 different types of microclimates. Then we will visit the Salineras de Maras, as its name indicates, they are salt mines formed by around 5000 small pools, each pool producing approximately between 50 to 80 kilos of salt per season. These are irrigated by an underground salt water spring, this process is completely natural and lasts almost two months for a growing season, the Salt of Maras is highly requested and the highest quality variety is the Pink mineral salt. We return to Cusco where our tour ends approx. at 2:00 p.m., culminating in this way our tour to the salt mines of Maras
Pasaremos por el pueblo de Maras, donde la casa aún conserva sus fachadas coloniales y tiene una hermosa iglesia. Luego iremos al Complejo Arqueológico de Moray, que cuenta con un sistema de plataformas agrícolas o terrazas de forma circular, que sirvió como laboratorio agrícola inca, para experimentar sus nuevos cultivos.
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