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Excursion to Moray & Salt Mines with visit centre textil |Private

Location Cusco, Peru
$160.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.

Overview

The Excursion to Moray & Salt Mines offers a fascinating journey through significant historical sites near Cusco. This private tour combines breathtaking landscapes with the rich cultural heritage of the Inca civilization.

  • 🏞️ Visit the important salt mines that were vital during the Inca era, showcasing ancient salt production techniques.
  • 🌱 Explore Moray, known for its unique circular agricultural terraces, designed for experimental farming to adapt crops to various climates.
  • 🚐 Enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup and a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle throughout the tour.
  • 📜 Benefit from insights provided by an English-speaking tour guide, enhancing your understanding of the historical significance of both sites.
  • 🕒 Experience a 5-hour excursion, including a scenic 1-hour and 20-minute journey filled with stunning views of snow-capped mountains, lagoons, and fields of corn and potatoes.
  • 💧 Discover over 3,500 salt ponds at Salinas de Maras, strategically carved into the mountainside and historically significant as a pre-Inca salt production center.
  • 🏘️ Pass through the picturesque town of Chinchero, known as the birthplace of the rainbow, where traditional Andean textile techniques are still preserved.
  • 🍽️ Enjoy included meals during the tour, ensuring a complete and satisfying experience.
  • 🚗 Private transportation ensures a personalized adventure, allowing you to explore at your own pace.

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Excursion to Moray & Salt Mines with visit centre textil |Private
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 5 hours

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • tour guide
  • Private transportation
  • meals
  • entrances

  • Maras Moray Tours
    The tour begins with the hotel pick-up and then take a 1-hour and 20-minute tour to our first place of visit, during the trip we will appreciate snowfalls, lagoons, corn and potato fields. The first place Moray (agricultural laboratory) where we can see Andean terraces in circular form and that are carved in the depths of the earth, in the form of a bowl, were used to adapt products to different climates.
  • Salinas de Maras
    After the visit to Moray we will go to “Salineras” or “salt of Maras”, this town is formerly known as a salt producing center and is believed to date from pre-Inca times. We can find more 3500 Salt ponds strategically carved on the side of the mountain and filled by water channels.
  • Cusco
    Already back to the city of Cusco we will pass through a picturesque town “Chinchero” birthplace of the rainbow, this town is characterized by the fact that the Andean textile technique is still preserved. Approximate time of arrival 2:00 pm

  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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    Excursion to Moray & Salt Mines with visit centre textil |Private

    Location Cusco, Peru
    $160.00
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!

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