TOUR MORAY, MARAS AND SALT MINE
08:30 am Our panoramic, cultural, live nature excursion begins with the passenger pick-up from the hotel near the main square, to start our visit to the following places. MORAY: It is about 7 km southwest of Maras; It is the only archaeological group of its kind in the region. These are depressions or gigantic natural holes in the surface of the land that were used to build terraces or agricultural platforms with their respective irrigation canals, it is therefore a prototype of a greenhouse or experimental biological station quite advanced. MARAS: Located west of Cusco 3,300 m.a.s.l. from there you can see the Urubamba mountain range and the “La Verónica” (5682 meters above sea level) and the “Chicón” (5530 meters above sea level). Its important occupation began when the noble inhabitants of the Incario were stripped of their palaces in the Qosqo and had to going out to settle in other small towns like Maras that has a church made of adobes, typical of the religious architecture of the village, inside the church there are canvases of the Cusqueña School of very renowned painters. SALAS DE MARAS MINES located northwest of the town of Maras are made up of about 3000 small wells with an average area of about 5 m², during the dry season they are filled or “irrigated” every 3 days with salt water emanating from a spring natural located in the upper part of the wells so that when the water evaporates, the salt contained in it will gradually solidify. And later elaborated. The service culminates in the Plaza Regocijo of Cusco (2 blocks from the Plaza de Armas), only if the hotel is on the way back, mobility can leave passengers in their hotel. We will be back in the City of Cusco at approximately 2:30 p.m.
IT INCLUDES:
- Tourist transport
- Professional guide
DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- Personal expenses. Lunch and other extras.
- Integral or Partial Tourist Ticket: Foreigners S / 70.00 soles per person, Peruvians S / 40.00 soles per person
- Entrance to the mines 10 soles (payment in the same place)
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Bring water
- Extra money in soles
- Sunscreen
- Acquire Integral Tourist Ticket: foreigners S / 130 soles per person, Peruvians S / 70.00 (allows visit to Archeological centers in City Tour and Sacred Valley options)