Tour Maras Salt mines and Moray circles
Price per person: US$ 20.00
Visit to the impressive Maras Salt mines and the agricultural wonder of the Incas, Moray.
The Maras Salineras are made up of more than three thousand salt wells. Each of these wells has a size of 5 square meters.
The wells are fed by a hypersaline spring that originated 110 million years ago during the formation of the Andes Mountains.
Nowadays, the Salt mines have become a tourist attraction due to the beautiful landscape of the place and the harvesting of Salt, just as it was done hundreds of years ago during the time of the Incas.
After Maras we visit Moray. Recognized for its great impact on Inca agriculture, it can be said that Moray was for the Incas like a center of agricultural experimentation made up of platforms built in the shape of concentric circles.
ITINERARY
- The tour to Maras Moray begins with pickup from the Hotel in Cusco at 8:30 am.
- 9:00am the trip begins towards the town of Maras and its salt mine, where you can observe the process of extraction, selection and conservation of salt in its more than 3000 small wells.
- Then the trip continues to the circles of Moray and visit this wonder of agricultural production used during the Inca period. The circles are formed by terraces superimposed one after the other. Each of the platforms has a different microclimate from the other to house the different varieties of plants.
- At the end of the visit, you will board the return transportation to Cusco and make a stop in the town of Chinchero where you can appreciate the Inca textile process such as washing, spinning, dyeing and weaving camelid wool.
Return arrival to Cusco is at approximately 2:00 p.m.
SERVICE INCLUDES
- Pick up from your Hotel in Cusco
- Tourist transport
- Official tourist guide (English or Spanish)
NOT INCLUDED
- Personal expenses.
- Entrance ticket to the Salt mines S/ 20.00 soles
- Partial Tourist Ticket BTG S/. 70.00 (valid for a single tourist circuit).
- General Tourist Ticket BTG S/. 130.00 (valid for two or more tourist circuits).
Recommendations:
- Wear light and warm clothing
- Sunscreen and/or hat
- Hiking shoes
- Bottled water
- Medications for altitude sickness
- Cash (Soles)
Can I get to Maras Salt mines on my own?
Yes, it is possible. Now we tell you how to do it, although most travelers choose to get to the Maras salt mines through an organized tour.
- The Maras salt mines are 10 kilometers away from the town of Maras.
- From the city of Cusco to Maras there is approximately 48 kilometers distance.
- To get to Maras from Cusco you must travel on a collective bus that runs the route from Cusco to Urubamba and get off at the detour to the town of Maras, then take a collective taxi.
- To return to Cusco it is the same procedure as the outward trip.
What is the height of Maras?
The Maras Salt mines are located at an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level (at 10,498 feet).
This tour is recommended to everyone.
