Visit the most interesting and unique Inca archaeological sites in Peru, starting in Chinchero, Moray, Maras, Salineras, Ollantaytambo, and finally arrive at Machu Picchu
Maras Moray Machu Picchu Tour has become a place not to be missed during your visit To Cusco, not only because of its beauty but also because it is unique and special. Starting the day exploring Chinchero, the handicraft Market, arrive at Moray’s Circular terraces, Maras’s picturesque town, Salineras, and finally, Ollantaytambo during the first day, The second, Explore Machu Picchu and its hidden treasures before Taking the Panoramic Vistadome Train back to Cusco. Student Discount: DAY 1: CUSCO –CHINCHERO – MORAY- SALINERAS – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AGUAS CALIENTES. After lunch, we start the second part by visiting Salineras, where locals extract salt since the Inca Times drive later to Ollantaytambo to explore the town and archeological site. Dinner in a local restaurant, take the train to Aguas Calientes and spend the night in a 3-star hotel. DAY 2: MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO On the final and most important day, we start early with breakfast in the hotel and take the first buses up to Machu Picchu. Once we enter, you will start a guided tour through the most important places (Sunagte or Inca Bridge, temples, palaces, plazas). The tour takes around 3 hours; then, you will have time to explore the citadel. Once you are done exploring, you will take teh bus down to Aguas Calientes, have lunch, and take the Visatdoem train back to Cusco. Arrival is around 7.30 pm back to your hotel. NOT INCLUDED PLACES WE VISIT: CHINCHERO (Land of great weavers). Located only 45 minutes’ drive from Cusco, famous because of its local Market, colonial church, and farming terraces. The Inhabitants are mainly indigenous Quechua descendants primarily dedicated to agriculture and weaving. Chinchero produces the best textiles in the region, woven with Andean designs, natural colors, and ancient traditional tools. MORAY (Greenhouses), located at 3,500 m (11,500 ft.), This stunning archeological site is compound by four enormous Roman amphitheater-like circular terraces, each of them has its irrigation system. Although this terraces’ purpose is unknown, it is believed that the terraces were used as “greenhouses” used for agricultural experimentation, an adaptation of different crops due to the considerable difference between each terrace, enabling to get different microclimates and plants. SALT MINES (Salineras). The Salineras have been in this place since pre-Inca times in an impossibly steep mountain slope; the villagers of Maras harvest the salt in more than 3000 thousand ponds using the same technology as their ancestors did. The process takes about a month placing the salty water every day in the pools to be later evaporated until it gets about 10 cm high to be harvested and sent to the local markets. OLLANTAYTAMBO (Last living Inca Citadel). Located at 94 Km of Cusco, Ollantaytambo is the door to Machu Picchu, surrounded by massive mountains, narrow cobblestone streets, and a beautiful Inca site, is the only city that has been continuously inhabited since Inca times (14th Century); that is why the town is called the last living Inca citadel. At the time of the Spanish Conquest, it was used as a stronghold during the Battle of Ollantaytambo. IMPORTANT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BOOK
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HIGHLIGHTS MARAS MORAY MACHU PICCHU TOUR
Price per person: 498.USD
To book the Maras Moray and Machu Picchu Tour, you need to make an initial payment of 140.USD per person, the remaining balance can be paid online, in installments, or Cusco with any credit card at no booking fees at all.
All travelers under 17 will have a $30. If you are 25 years old or under at the time of traveling, you can get the 30$ discount with your student ID. Please advise by email to give you a code for the discount.
ITINERARY OF MARAS MORAY MACHU PICCHU TOUR
We will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco at 8:00 am, drive to Chinchero, explore the archeological site, the beautiful colonial church, and visit the handicraft market. It’s then a 1-hour drive to Moray where we see the circular farming terraces, Maras town. Lunch is in a local restaurant overlooking the Mountains.
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