It is located at 3.380 meters above sea level. In the town of Maras, you can see the chain of snowy mountains at the Sacred Valley and the Vilcabamba. Today this district retains the attractive pre-Hispanic, pre-colonial culture, and the town highlights the colonial doorways with coats of the nobles and chieftains from the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.

Maras was a necessary step for the carriers and their mule trains who were bringing tropical products and especially coca leaves from the high jungle of Cusco to meet the needs of the city of Cusco and the country. It has a church made of bricks typical of small-town religious architecture, in which atrium is a cross carved in granite. Within the church there is the famous Cusco School painting representing the apostles, whose author is the Quechua artist Don Antonio Inka Roqa Sinchi who was a native of Maras and painted with the picture for the church.

MARAS

The Impressive salt farm, located in a place called Qoripujio, is situated approximately 4 km from the town of Maras. It has salt mines which were already being used during Inca times as a means of economic exchanges and security. From Maras you can go to visit the salt mines by a bridle path, where it is common to find mules that carry the bags of natural salt extracted from mines.

Mara's salt mines

Moray is Located about 53 km away from Cusco, at an altitude of 3.385 meters above sea level. There are gigantic natural holes that were used to build agricultural terraces with their irrigation canals on its contours.  What is striking is the average annual temperature difference between the top and bottom of the holes, this difference reaches up to 15 ° C. The largest hole has a depth of 150 meters and the average platform height is 1.80 meters between them. The structures here are typical of the Inca’s times; however, some suggest, that it is from earlier times, at least in the lower terraces.

It is also estimated that the base is on a natural rock formation, and porous filter aid into the earth at the bottom of the holes don’t produce flooding in the rainy season.

Moray

• Activities: Archaeological sight-seeing, and experience the culture.
• Duration: half day.
• Maximum height: 3.380 meters (11.089 feet) above sea level.
• Departures: book now.
• Number: Minimum 01 passenger.
• Months of Operation: All year.
• Service Type:
  Private: This service is exclusively for groups of friends, couples, families, coworkers, etc. And the itinerary is planned according to your requirements, and on the dates that choose
  Shared: Usually this is a large group where the tourists are all different nationalities and the itinerary is fixed
• Degree of difficulty: Medium.

OVERALL INFORMATION

At 8:30 am we will pick you up at your hotel. In this half-day excursion we will head in the direction of Moray, which is located in the Urubamba valley, north of the town of Maras. Moray is a unique construction of several circular platforms that served as gardens for different products. Continuing the tour, we will arrive at the salt mines of Maras. These platforms are salt formed impressively by thousands of wells that appear white as snow. These have been used for many millennia, long before the Inca Empire. 13:00 - Return to Cusco and get dropped off at your place of rest. End of the Tour.

ITINERARY

• Your original passport, student card ISIC (if applicable)
• A liter bottle of water.
•  Daypack
• A Raincoat (poncho for rain).
•  High protection sunscreen (25+)
• You should bring appropriate clothing for both hot and cold days of the tour.
• Also, depending on your interest, you could bring a camera or camcorder, binoculars, compass; all such equipment should be lightweight.
• Basic medical supplies.
• Extra money in soles and dollars.

WE SUGGEST YOU TO BRING

• An orientation to clarify all the details of the tour, 1 or 2 days before departure.
• Transportation to all sites including transfers to and from your hotel.
• Entrance fee to all tourist places.
• Professional Guide: Bi-lingual, speaks both English and Spanish
• 24 hour assistance.

OUR SERVICE INCLUDES

• Meals.
• Personal expenses.
• Tips

WE DO NOT INCLUDE

• confirmation for your booking tour within 24 hours of you making the booking, which you must print and present before the beginning of the tour.
• Confirmation of your booking will be issued once the payment has been made. Upon our receipt of you payment, our on line staff will send you a Trip Boucher.
• Our staff on line will send you all the tour information you will require, such as office address, telephone number and name of the person who will provide you the services, by e-mail.
• ANDEAN TERRITORY EIRL is a tourism company with extensive experience in the tourism service and provides a high quality service, ensuring that our customers enjoy their respective trips or tours without having to worry about organizing and planning everything – We do that for you.

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