Tour Maras and Moray

The tour starts at 08:00 am Approximately with the pick up of your hotels, it is a panoramic, cultural and archaeological excursion where we will visit the following places.

MORAY: It is located about 7 km southwest of Maras; it is a unique archaeological center in its kind in the region, it is about gigantic natural depressions or 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 greenhouse prototype or rather advanced biological experimental station.

MARAS: Located to the west of Cusco 3,300 m.s.n.m. From there you can see the Urubamba mountain range and the snow-covered mountains of "La Verónica" (5682 meters above sea level) and the "Chicón" (5530 meters above sea level). Its important occupation began when the Cusco Inca nobles were stripped of their palaces in the Qosqo and had to Going out to settle in other small towns such as Maras, which has a church made of adobe bricks, typical of the religious architecture of the town. Inside the church are the canvases of the Cusqueña School of renowned painters.

MARAS SALT MINES: Located to the northwest of the town of Maras are about 3000 small wells with an average area of ​​about 5 m², during the dry season are filled or "irrigated" every 3 days with salt water that emanates from a natural manante located in the superior part of the wells so that when the water evaporates, the salt contained in it gradually solidifies and later elaborated.

Finally we will return to the city of Cusco, End of services.