Half Day Tour to Maras and Moray from Cusco
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Half Day Tour to Maras and Moray from Cusco

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Stop At: Moray, Maras 08655 Peru

Your day will start with a hotel pick up and we'll get ready for our first visit of the day to Moray. The site contains unusual old buildings, mostly consisting of several enormous terraced circular depressions, the largest of which is about 30 meters (98 ft.) deep. The purpose of these depressions is uncertain, but their depth and orientation with respect to wind and sun creates a temperature difference of as much as 15 °C (27 °F) between the top and bottom. This large temperature difference was possibly used by the Inca to study the effects of different climatic conditions on crops. Moray was perhaps an Inca agricultural experiment station. As many other Inca sites, it also has a sophisticated irrigation system.

Continue our day visiting Maras Salt Mines. During the pre-Incas time, salt was obtained in Maras by evaporating of salty water (provided by a nearby subterranean spring) in the sun, leaving the salt behind.

The highly salty water has been flowing from this nearby stream for hundreds of years. A main channel flows across the mountain and trickles down to all the pools below. As the salt water becomes supersaturated, salt crystals begin precipitating out of the water. The farmers then scrape the salt to the side and collect it once a sizable amount has been gathered. Some salt is sold at a nearby gift store.

The salt mines are available to any person wishing to harvest salt. There are many unused salt pools that are available to be farmed. Any prospective farmer needs to find only an unoccupied pool to start working. There are more than 3,000 salt-pools; when light is reflected upon the pools, the effect is quite stunning.


Duration: 2 hours

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Included
  • Local guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Entrances fee
Not included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Entry/Admission - Moray
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • This tour is not recommended for people with back injuries, heart issues or other serious conditions, neither to pregnant women or people on wheelchairs and with limited mobillity, due to the irregular ground of the area.
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cultural
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