Tour Salt Mines of Maras and Moray (Half Day)

Itinerary

We will pick you up from your hotel at 09:15 hrs. In 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 a unique archaeological group of 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 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 the 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 m², during the time of drought they fill or they water every 3 days with saltwater that emanates from 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 saltwater will be pocketed in plastic bags and shipment to the markets of the region; today that salt is an iodized reason for which, its consumption is not harmful.

• Duration: 6-7 hours.

Useful Information:

• Daily Departures (Recommended to book in Advance)
• Departure time at hotel from 8:30 am 03:00 pm approx.