Moray Maras & Salt Mines Tour – Maras Moray
Tour Details
Get an insight to the history and culture of Incas on our half day Moray Maras & Salt Mines Tour from Cusco. This is one of our signature tours. Accompanied by a local English speaking guide, you will discover many astonishing facts about the Inca civilization.
This half day Moray Maras & Salt Mines Tour offers an introduction to the life and culture of Incas. We highly recommend doing this tour while you are acclimating in the city of Cusco before your trip to Machu Picchu.
Do check out our Sacred Valley and Maras Moray full day tour package if you want to opt for a full day guided tour of Sacred Valley of Incas.
Moray:
Moray is home to the most photographed circular farming terraces. They resemble the Roman amphitheatre. The farming terraces of Moray are a testament to the advancement to the Incas farming techniques.
This was more of an agricultural laboratory to Incas. As the terraces bear different temperatures at each level, it helped Incas to determine the best weather condition required to grow crops. This is the reason why the country now produces over 800 varieties of potatoes.
Salt Mines of Maras:
The Salt mines of Maras have been in use since pre Inca times. It is passed down in the line of succession. The Salt flats are owned by locals, from the community. They maintain their age-old traditions and continue to extract salt using the traditional Solar evaporation method.
Salt of maras is known for its pinkish colour and has a distinct taste.
Why Heidi Travel Peru?
Heidi Travel Peru, is a fully locally owned tour operator in Cusco. We are certified local guides with an excellent knowledge of Incas history and culture. As natives, our guides will be sharing some of the astonishing facts on this Moray Maras & Salt Mines Tour.
We also offer tour to Maras Moray tour on bike and on ATV Quad Bike
Departure & Return Location
Heidi Travel City Office (Google Map)
Departure Time
08:30 AM
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Itinerary
MORAY MARAS AND SALT MINES TOUR
We will be picking you up from your hotel in Cusco. Then in our private transport, we will be driving you through Chinchero to Maras. This route is full of natural beauty and offers enchanting views of Peruvian countryside and snow capped Andean peaks.
There is a 10 Soles entrance fee to Maras Salt Mines. This is not a part of the tourist ticket circuit. Accompanied by our local expert, you will discover the traditional Salt farming method here.
We will then travel to Moray. Entrance to Moray is a part of the Tourist Ticket. So if you don’t have one, you can buy from the entrance. It costs 70 Soles. Our guide will be walking you through different circular terraces here explaining its use to Incas and how it has impacted life today.
After the half day trip of Maras and Moray, we will be driving you back to Cusco city.
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Sreeram
Excellent trip to see the Maras and Moray of the Sacred Valley of Incas off the Cusco city. The tour was conducted very nicely and the guide was well informed with a plenty of knowledge and experience. I can totally recommend this to see and get a good overview of Maras and Moray in the Sacred Valley of Incas
Gayle
Perfect day nice to be picked up and returned to your hotel!
Carlos was a great guide as very knowledgeable and spoke excellent English. The driver was great too and got us everywhere we needed to go that day.
Thanks for a great tour.
Gayle and Mike
Darman
The Moray archeological site and the Maras salt mines are a must see if you have a spare day or half day in Cusco.
This tour company had a very good bilingual guide who made sure that as the only English speakers in a group of ~14 people, that we were looked after.
Comfortable bus ride, plenty of explanations and interesting observations from the guide, and the sites themselves are stunning. Note: Maras is best visited in dry season (when the salt is more visible) but still very impressive in the wet season (just pick a dry day!)
Derek
It was a dream come true visiting the Sacred Valley of Incas. Heidi Travels team organised this very smoothly and efficiently. The guide was just amazing with an incredible knowledge and interest in explaining things. I had a tremendous time. Thanks Heidi Travels.