The Sacred Valley of the Incas, connected with the salt mines of Maras and the agricultural terraces of the Inca of Moray, is an unforgettable tour for people who have little time in the city of Cusco.
You will appreciate the beautiful Inca Valley and snow-capped mountains, fields of culture, and villages full of color and tradition.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Pick up from your hotel between 06:30 am to 07:00 am
✔ Round Trip Transport (touristy class vans).
✔ Buffet Lunch with more than THIRTY varieties of traditional Peruvian food.
✔ Bi-lingual Professional Tour Guide
✖ Tourist ticket (70 soles for the Ibca sites & 20 soles for the Salt mines).
✖ Tips
Pickup Locations
1. Hotelmer
2. Hotel Urpi Inn
3. Casa Familiar Ccaccacvollo
4. Casa Andina Standard Cusco Plaza
5. Hidden Garden
6. Xima Exclusive Cusco
7. Hotel Inkas Inn Cusco
8. Hostal Sol Imperial
9. Ayenda Platinum Palace
10. La Casona de San Jeronimo - Hotel Boutique
11. Hidden Garden
12. Kantu Progreso Inn
13. Romero Urpi Inn Cusco
14. Royal Inn Cusco Hotel
15. InCasita Florida
16. Posada Inti Wasi
17. Hospedaje Qausay
18. Ruwa B&B
19. Hotel de la Villa Hermoza
20. La Torre Hotel Cusco
Additional Info: We will pick you up from hotels within the historic center of Cusco.
Itinerary
1
Chinchero
We start the tour with the pick up from your hotel at 06:30 hours to go to the picturesque town of Chinchero where we will appreciate the remains of the royal hacienda of Tupac Inca Yupanqui, a beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes on the porch (this place was built on the foundations of an Inca construction). We can also admire the Inca walls in the main square of the village, etc.
Duration: 45 minutes
2
Maras
Continuing with our tour we will visit the town of Maras, located 52 km from Cusco at an altitude of 3,380 m; the importance of the place is given by the mines of salt that it possesses; these salt mines are composed of about 3000 small wells of approximately 5 m ² from which the salt is extracted. The production of salt follows the process of extraction and drying of the salt water from an underground spring. The “Salinas de Maras” have been exploited since the time of the Incas in which it was used as a means of economic exchange.
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Moray
We then proceed to the Archaeological Group of Moray, located about 7 km. Of Maras. Moray is a group of terraces or circular platforms of different sizes, which at the time of the Incas were used as an agricultural experimental center; this was where they performed their studies of adapting plants to new ecosystems. In Moray 1 observes how the overlapping of the concentric rings of stone widens as it rises; the total depth is one 150 m.
Our lunch will be a buffet style in a tourist restaurant in the city of Urubamba.
Duration: 2 hours
4
Ollantaytambo
In the afternoon we head to the village of Ollantaytambo; There we will go up first to the Inca archaeological complex that was built to guard and protect against invasions, then there will be time to walk the streets of this small town and thus have a clearer idea of how this military, religious and cultural center was during the period of the Inca Empire.\
Duration: 2 hours
5
Pisac
Then the bus will take us to the town of Pisaq to visit the local market; we will immediately ascend the archaeological complex of Pisaq and appreciate the agricultural terraces, cemeteries and real Inca constructions.
Continuing, we will pass by the viewpoint of the Sacred Valley of the Incas; here we can take excellent views and photos of the Andes Mountains and the Sacred Valley itself.
Finally, we will return in the bus to the city of Cusco and arrive around 19:30 hours.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional info
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
