Sacred Valley to Chinchero Moray Salt Mines and Ollantaytambo

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Complejo Arqueologico Chinchero

  Our Machupicchu Latin America expert guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby and drive you in our private transport from Cusco passing through or explore Chinchero (if you haven`t visited before) and visit the Tupac Inca Yupanqui Royal House where their original Inca walls are still well preserved and have a chance to meet the Chinchero women in their traditional dressing in a weaving or textile center

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 2
  Moray

  And then continue our journey to the village of Maras where you will visit their typical streets and taste the famous Chicha, a drink made from corn which during the Incan times including nowadays is used for special ceremonies. Then we will continue driving until we arrive at the archaeological site of Moray which contains an important agricultural system. Moray, during the Incan times, was possibly one of the most important agricultural research centers, where experiments were conducted at different heights crop, the arrangement of its platforms produces a variety of micro-climates taking the center of the concentric circular terraces higher temperature and decreasing gradually outward lower temperatures.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Salinas de Maras

  After this important visit, we will drive to our next stop and visit the famous Salineras or Salt mines. The salt is extracted in artisanal form, the Salt Mines are made up of about 3000 small wells that have been exploited since the Inca times and it was an economic exchange way.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Archaeological Park Ollantaytambo

  Then we will drive you for about 30 more minutes to Urubamba town and enjoy a delicious buffet lunch (not included). After lunch, we continue our journey to Ollantaytambo where we will visit this amazing Inca site, which is an important area with Inca constructions, built during the Incan times. This is an extraordinary Inca citadel where we will find an amazing rock formation representing the Inca god Wiracocha. Finally, we will return back to Cusco. Note: If you are taking a train to Aguas Calientes you can board the train by 3 or 4pm.

  50 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Note: If you require an infant seat, we can assign one for an extra cost.
• This tour does not have specific restrictions unless you are in a very bad serious health conditions

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