Itinerary
Maras and Moray
The tour begins at 8 in the morning, where your guide and driver will pick you up from the lobby of your hotel and then first go to Chinchero, a living Inca town where 40 percent of the current houses still preserve the Inca architecture here. We will not only observe the chinchero ruins but also one of the largest colonial adobe churches built on Inca foundations giving us an architectural combination of the Andean and Catholic religion.
We will visit an artisan workshop where they will demonstrate the ancient techniques of both weaving and dyeing their products, we will also be able to buy some souvenirs.
The famous salt mines “Salineras”; Here we will observe a salt water spring that was trapped in the subsoil which was used since Inca times to obtain salt, currently there are more than 5,800 small pools of one meter wide and two or three meters long which are filled with this salty water and thanks to evaporation, the peasants are able to extract the salt from this water.
Short Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 2 Days/1 Night
During the tour we can get closer to see these small salt pools.
After touring this place we will go to the Inca terraces of Moray.
We will see circular Inca terraces that have a difference of 2 meters in height between each one.
This creates a variety of microclimates that the Incas used for agriculture.
Finally we will visit the archaeological park of Ollantaytambo (living Inca city).
Ollantaytambo was administrative, economic and religious capital in the entire sacred valley.
Included
INCLUDED IN THE TOUR:
- English – speaking guides, private transportation
Not included
NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR:
- Entrance fees to the archeological sites, Museums, meals and tips for guide and driver.
- ($ 31.00 Price for Entrance Tickets Approximately per Person).
