Moray Archaeological site is located about 7km away from Maras town (3300m / 10826ft) and 35 km from Cusco. These are enormous natural hollows in the ground surface that Inkas used for constructing, irrigation, farming, and terraces around them. Archeology dominated this place like “Agricultural Laboratory”. What is surprising is that the difference in the average annual temperature between the top and the bottom reaches even about 15°C (59°F) in the main dip that is about 30 meters (100 feet) deep. In these natural formations, nature has created an environment, the conditions or micro climates Moray, because of its climate conditions and many other characteristics, was an important center of domestication, acclimatization and hybridization of wild vegetable species that were modified or adapted for human consumption. Therefore, it is a prototype of a greenhouse or experimental biological station, very advanced for its age that helped the ancient American Man leave mankind about 60% of the vegetable goods that are consumed; so that the Andean Man could consume three thousand different potato varieties, and fifty different types of corn. Maras Salt Mine is located near of Maras town surrounded by huge snow peaks named “La Veronica” (5682m / 18641ft) and “Chicon” (5530m / 17486ft). Maras-Salt mine is great tourist attraction as there are thousands of evaporated salt flats in the form of an enormous salt mine, the process of production comes from Inca time. ANDEAN TERITORY E.I.R.L invite you for a full day downhill and cross country bike ride through agricultural laboratory and salt mines in the sacred valley of the Incas.

• Activities: Archaeological sight-seeing, experience the culture, learn about the ecological aspects of Peru and Biking.
  
• Distance: 35 km. (21.74 miles)
  
• Average biking time: 5 - 6 hours Full day.
  
• Duration: Full day.
  
• Maximum height: 3750 meters (12.303 ft.) above sea level.
  
• Departures: contact us
  
• Number: Minimum 2 passengers
  
• 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

In the morning at approx. 07:00hrs you will be collected from the hotel to begin a full day of biking and tour and travel with own private van to Chincheros village, which takes 40 minutes. Here we begin our biking tour through the marvelous Andean landscape. We visit Lake Huaypo, Moray agricultural laboratory, Maras colonial town surrounded by farming area. Salt mining of Maras located on the way down to Urubamba River, and is a place named Salineras, is extensive terracing salt areas, controlled, and was used before Inca days. Finally we enjoy a downhill bike ride to Urubamba-Sacred Valley. This trip is for beginners, experienced bikers can choose to ride on an even road, a dirt road and single tracks. This will be a fun experience mixing sport and knowledge of the Inca culture. After 5 hours of biking around 30km and stopping at different viewpoints, we will have lunch in Urubamba town and afterwards we will head back to Cusco in the late afternoon.

ITINERARY

• Daily backpack
• Rain jacket or poncho (December - April)
• Tennis shoes or cycling shoes
• One complete change of clothing
• Bottle of water (2 liters per person)
• Hat or cap to protect you from the sun
• Sun block (sun protection cream)
• Camera, plenty of film and spare batteries
• Sunglasses
• Extra money.

What You Need To Bring / Carry

• Prívate transportación (whole trip).
• Experienced English speaking MT bike guide
• Giant - TREK - BIANCHI MT bikes in good maintenance (full disc brake). See our bike components.
• Windproof and full-finger glove which can also be worn during the cold season or high altitudes.
• 1 lunch in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
• Plenty of snack and drinking water keep in cooler (only private VIP service).
• Helmet; light ventilated and comfortable for your head.
• Plenty of snack and drinking water keep in cooler.
• Repair kits and new parts.
• Bottle of oxygen and first aid kit for all participants and our cam staff.
• Biking tour price include government sales tax (19% as know IGV).

Our service Included

• Alcoholic drinks.
• Breakfast.
• Tips for guide and camp staff.

... Does not include

Normal physical conditions and summer clothes, bikers require good acclimatization over 4000m. One day before all the bikers will have meeting with the mountain bike guide at our office or your hotels, who will give a BRIEFING about this bike trip and also you can check the quality of bikes and gear will be used on this trip. This is available trip for beginners and people of all age; the road for downhill is in good conditions and not technical level, just nice downhill and cross country on the last part of the trip. Tour guide advice you to book trip with private supporting vehicle because some time people feel tired on the last part of the trip. Another facility taking PRIVATE VIP SERVICE the vehicle can be used to stop and visit places along the sacred valley of Incas between Cusco and Abra Malaga. Also when you will be biking is better to leave your personal items in the supporting vehicle making more comfortable your biking trip without backpack in your back.  In case you book this trip with public bus (backpacker service) you don’t chance to visit part of the sacred valley and if you feel  out continue biking you will need to push you own bike till Santa Maria, this is not usual but is not nice if some needs to do it. Is recommendable have yellow fiber vaccination (malaria) because you will be 3 days in the high jungle. We never hear news about problems with malaria in this zone but are better to be prepared.

Advice for Bikers

Along the way you will met many people, specially kids walking long distance to arrive at school and study 5 hours and they back home after maybe 30 minutes or 2 – 4 hours depending how far they live from the school. Normally they are son or daughter of poor farmers living on the mountains. We strongly recommend help us to give some present to them like pencils, notebook, dictionaries, toys, clothes (socks, gloves, hat, t-shirt, etc) and something to eat. We don’t recommend giving them things like candies, chew gun, soda, camping knife or money. If you really like to make picture of them, especially of adults we strongly advise you to ask first. If you don’t speak any word of Spanish language (español) coordinate with your guide to see if is possible to have picture of them. Local people don’t permit take picture of them, because they believe you taking their spirit on your camera.

Kid and adults

• We request all your personal information to proceed with your booking.
• For each tour or service that you’d booked, our on line staff will send you an email confirmation of your booking tour in the next 24 hours, which you must print and present before to start the tour.
• Confirmation of your booking will be issued once the payment has been made and our on line staff will send you a Trip Boucher.
• Our staff on line will send you complete tour information, 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 widespread experience in the tourism service and providing a high quality service, doing that our customer will enjoy the trip or tour, without worry about the details of the organization.
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