Highlights Moray Maras Salt Mines Full Day
Moray Maras and salt mines are the two unique places in Cusco. If you have the opportunity to visit it, do it. It is a tour that takes you to the circular terraces of Moray that the Incas used as a laboratory to acclimatize plants that grew in warm places that they can grow in higher and colder areas. Then we take you to visit the salt mines in Maras which still uses it as a small salt factory that locals extract it to sell in the local markets. We meet in Cusco at the main office at 8:30 am to take a car for 1.5 to Moray, where the guide will explain all about the enigmatic circular terraces. You will have free time to explore the area and take pictures. Then we continue to the salt mines of maras where you can walk inside and touch the salt pools the guide will teach you all about it also if you like you can buy some souvenirs made out of salt. Afterward, you go back to Cusco for 1.5 hours car ride, arriving in Cusco around 3:00 pm.
Mapa Moray Maras Salt Mines Full Day
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Moray Maras and salt mines are the two unique places in Cusco. If you have the opportunity to visit it, do it. It is a tour that takes you to the circular terraces of Moray that the Incas used as a laboratory to acclimatize plants that grew in warm places that they can grow in higher and colder areas. Then we take you to visit the salt mines in Maras which still uses it as a small salt factory that locals extract it to sell in the local markets. We meet in Cusco at the main office at 8:30 am to take a car for 1.5 to Moray, where the guide will explain all about the enigmatic circular terraces. You will have free time to explore the area and take pictures. Then we continue to the salt mines of maras where you can walk inside and touch the salt pools the guide will teach you all about it also if you like you can buy some souvenirs made out of salt. Afterward, you go back to Cusco for 1.5 hours car ride, arriving in Cusco around 3:00 pm.
DAY 01: CUSCO – CHINCHERO – MORAY – SALINERAS – OLLANTAYTAMBO – PISAC – CUSCO
The meeting point to start the tour of the sacred valley is at 7:00 am at the main office located one block from the main square of Cusco. Portal nuevo 270 Plaza Regocijo. Once everyone are in the car we ride for about 45 minutes to Chinchero town. To visit an Inca temple and a colonial temple you will also have time to visit a local family to learn about Andean textile handmade. After visiting chinchero you will go to Moray which are the circular terraces, where the guide will explain and you will have free time to explore the place and taking pictures, then you go to the village of Maras to visit the salt mines to appreciate the salt that the locals use to sell in the local markets. Then you will go to Urubamba town where you will have a delicious buffet lunch in the restaurant that you eat as much as you can. After lunch you will head towards Ollantaytambo which is the largest archeological site of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, after visiting Ollantaytambo you will go to the last place to visit which is Pisa, then return to Cusco, around 6:30 pm.
- The time that you will spend in each archaeological site is from 1 to 1.5 hours
- The car will take you from one place to the other place, you will walk only once you are inside the archaeological site
- If you like we can drop you off in Ollantaytambo around 3:00 pm
- To visit the sacred valley, you need to acquire the TOURIST TICKET more information in the pricing section
Included
- Round trip transportation
- Bilingue professional tour guide english/spanish
- Buffet lunch in Urubamba in the restaurante
Not Included
- Entrance tickets = 70 soles for (Chinchero, Moray, Ollantaytambo, Pisac) 10 soles for Salineras de Maras (salt mines)
- Tips
- Extra expenses
We recommend dressing as follow for the Raimbow mountain tour
- T-shirt
- A jacket
- Long pants
- Sunglasses
- Small Backpack to carry water, some snacks, camera, etc.
What to bring for the tour
- 1 liters of water (there are options to buy along the way)
- Snacks such as, apple, cereal bar, sweets and chocolates
- Sun cream
- Rain jacket or poncho
- Cash in soles for extras and entrance fee to sacred valley
SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS FULL DAY TOUR – GROUP SERVICE – SEASON 2021 (from March 2021 to January 2022)
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REGULAR PRICE: USD 29 dollars per person
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OFFER PRICE: USD 24 dollars per person
Our OFFER PRICE apply for people who already booked with us one of our tours to Machu Picchu such Salkantay trek, Inca jungle, Machu Picchu tours, etc.
Our prices for the Sacred Valley of the Incas are reasonable and are in line with the prices that are handled in the city of Cusco. If you book this tour online or directly at our office in Cusco, the price does not vary, we always keep the same price and the quality of the service we provide will always be the best. In the prices is not included the TOURIST TICKET to visit the sacred valley also the entrance for SALINERAS DE MARAS (salt mines) is not included which is 10 soles charged by the community.
IMPORTANT: About the TOURIST TICKET to visit the sacred valley
To visit the archaeological sites of the sacred valley you have to acquire the tourist ticket you can buy once you are on the tour at the first place you visit but also you can buy in Cusco at the municipality but also we can buy for you.
GENERAL TOURIST TICKET (BTG) = 130 SOLES, This ticket works to visit 16 tourist places in the Cusco region and is valid for 10 days, the places that can be visit with this ticket are the following.
PLACES IN THE SACRED VALLEY
- Chicnchero
- Moray
- Ollantaytambo
- Pisac
PLACES IN CUSCO
- Sacsayhuaman
- Qenqo
- Pucapucara
- Tambomachay
- 06 museums in the Cusco city
PLACES IN THE SOUTH OF CUSCO
- Tipon
- Pikillacta
PARTIAL TOURIST TICKET (BTP) = 70 SOLES, This ticket works to visit 04 tourist places and is valid for 2 days, the places that can be visit with this ticket dependent on the area that you choose to visit, for example if you like to visit only the sacred valley the parcial ticket works to visit the following places.
- CHICNHERO
- MORAY
- OLLANTAYTAMBO
- PISAC
BOOKING
Booking online: If you like to book the Sacred Valley tour online, we request a deposit of 20 dollars per person and the remaining balance you can pay once you arrive in Cusco at our office if you are not able to come to our office you can pay to the tour guide once you are on the tour also is possible to pay the full amount online.
Booking at the office: If you like you can come to our office in Cusco to book the Sacred Valley tour one of our salesperson will give all the details of the tour and taking your reservations, this tour you can book even a day before.
- Our guides are English speaking who will help you to reach the Laguna Humantay and will always be aware of those who suffer a bit to arrive as well as they carry an oxygen bottle and first aid kit for any emergencies.
- Lunch is buffet style, on the table you will have different options, including dishes prepared with vegetables, potatoes, salads, meat, pasta, stews which you can eat and combine as as you wish, there is also vegetarian options
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