FULL DAY SACRED VALLEY & MORAY AND MARAS SALINERAS

Description of the excursion:
06:30 AM Pick up from your hotel and start our excursion to the Sacred Valley and Maras Moray. We will go to the Moray archaeological complex, where you will appreciate the most impressive Inca agricultural laboratory, in this amazing place the Incas experienced different geographical altitudes for agricultural use in one place, the history is impressive and the view is magical. We will continue towards Maras, a small town and in the same district of Maras, we will visit the Salt Mines of Maras that have more than 3000 pools, of different sizes and dimensions, which are fed by salt water that springs from the basement of the Qaqawiñay mountain. The intense sun causes the water to evaporate, leaving salt crystals that are then “harvested” with a piece of wood with which the salt is scraped, which is placed in small baskets, to eliminate the excess water. After a few days, the water passage is reopened and the process is repeated. We will continue with the transfer to the restaurant to enjoy our included buffet lunch. At the end of lunch we will continue with the excursion and we will know the Ollantaytambo Fortress that dazzles us with its fantastic Inca constructions, a magical place, with around 200 steps to climb and an amazing mountain that reflects the face of an Inca, Ollantaytambo has platforms of resistance that served to prevent landslide. We will continue with the archaeological complex of Pisac, considered one of the most important and busiest in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, we love it for its architectural beauty, it is one of the most important agricultural and spiritual centers of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, it will leave you pleasantly impressed. At the end, we will start the return trip to the Plaza de Armas of Cusco, arriving at approximately 7:00 PM.

Starting point

We will pick you up at the Lobby of the hotel in Cusco located in the Center, for places outside those limits it is important to indicate it in the reservation in order to help you with the pick up or meeting point.