Tour Maras Moray and Salt Mines
Maras, a picturesque community with beautiful landscapes, Moray; an agricultural research center and the Salt Mines, a place where we find a source of salty water from where salt is extracted by evaporation of the water.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cusco – Maras
1. Maras: The village of Maras i sour first stop. Maras was of great importance during the viceroyalty, declared as Villa declared as the town of San Francisco of Asis (it was the principal source of salt in the southern mountains), it’s showed by the church and the houses that still have the emblem of the noble indigenous on their facades.
2. Maras salt mines: The salt mines of Maras, which is our second stop, belongs to the village of Maras. The salt mines of Maras surprises the visitor by its more than three thousand pools that are being worked by more than 360 families that have inherited the custom of extracting the salt; the marketing of the salt is made by the association Maras Sal that looks out for the interests of the village since the late 80ies.
3. Moray: Our last stop are the circular terraces of Moray who are a sample of how the Andean man challenged nature and took advantage of its geographic status, these terraces were used as an agricultural laboratory that let the villagers have a great variety of potatoes and maize among other produce.
Include / Not Included
Included
- Transportation
- Professional guide (English/Spanish)
- Box lunch
Not included
- Meals
- BTP (parcial tourist ticket)
