Tour Salineras de Maras and Moray in Private with Peru Vip
Description
· We work with the best schedules to visit Las Salineras de Maras and Moray quietly. Making your experience unique · We work in private services to have more time of visit and comfort. · Our guides are accredited professionals, specialists in Nature and Culture for this route. · Our transports with all the certification, are private, modern and comfortable to make your trip pleasant.
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Itinerary
Moray was possibly an Inca agricultural research center where crop experiments were carried out at different heights, the layout of its platforms produces a gradient of microclimates with the center of concentric circular platforms having a higher temperature and gradually decreasing towards the outside. lower temperatures, thus being able to simulate up to 20 different types of microclimates. It is believed that Moray could have served as a model for the calculation of agricultural production not only of the Urubamba Valley but also of different parts of the Tahuantinsuyo or territory of the Incas.
Salt ponds embedded in salt in Maras resemble a layer of snow that covers the slope of Qoripujio mountain in the distance. It is a spectacular sight. Each of the more than 3000 pools have different shades of white or brown. The salt of Maras has been collected since pre-Inca times and travelers are invited to see this centennial tradition in operation. During the 12th century and the middle of the 14th century, the Inca Empire took over the operation of Maras. The Incas seasoned and preserved their food with salt. They may also have used the ore for mummification and other religious ceremonies. Ownership and management of the individual salt mines were given to families living in the nearby community of Maras. The same salt extraction process used by these families during Inca times has been transmitted from generation to generation and is still practiced today.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up all travelers from their hotels located within the historic center of the city of Cusco at a scheduled time. Which will be left a day earlier in the reception of your hotel.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(13)
According to our guide Moray I represent an Inca research lavatory, a real construction to admire being from that time and Salineras de Maras an ancient salt factory of the Incas, you can even take a little for your consumption. All this surrounded by a landscape full of peace and mountains or Apus. It is worth visiting and learning more about Inca history. I really liked these tours, very grateful!
The service of the company is excellent, very well organized which is what I wanted most. I searched them on the nets, they have very good references and the truth was, the attention was very warm and the guide that everything was very well informed of these places, I could know a little more of the great culture of the Inkas. I really enjoyed the excursion, the very patient guide absolved all my doubts. I am very satisfied with my reservation, thank you very much Peru Vip Viajes.
I found it a nice small town experience and your Salineras are beautiful and Moray an impressive laboratory thanks
Very nice places along the way. The staff who attended us super friendly and attentive. Arriving in Maras and Moray were like being in dream landscapes. They can't miss it.
Interesting archaeological sites to visit. According to the knowledge of our Guide the Moray terraces served as an agricultural laboratory to experience crops at different heights. In the salt pans, on the other hand, natural salt was obtained from a mysterious water coming down from a mountain near the place.
A very interesting tour both Moray and the Salineras are from the Inca era. The whole landscape was very showy and the Inca constructions spectacular. An expert is essential as Guide to complete the tour. Thank you for such an amazing experience.
Thank you for such a beautiful experience, our guide Marie Antoinette was admirable, we understood a lot of these magical constructions, really surprising the knowledge of the Incas. Greetings and Thank you for everything!
All the wonderful staff, were very attentive in everything. Our visit to Maras and Moray were wonderful, they were very special moments and all thanks to all their staff, we were happy and safe throughout the tour....
The tours were very good, the agency recommended, we really liked the guide wilbert who attended us efficiently. I think it's an experience we won't forget, we want to go back to cusco
A light and very good tour before returning to our country. We did it privately. Nice culture, nice scenery. Enterprise and very wise and punctual guides. Don't hesitate to contact them. Greetings from Chile
