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    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
    • SAS Travel Peru - So much more than you were looking for!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
    • SAS Travel Peru - Recommended by Lonely Planet
    • SAS Travel Peru - Recommended by Lonely Planet
    • SAS Travel Peru - So much more than you were looking for!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
    • SAS Travel Peru - Recommended by Lonely Planet
    • SAS Travel Peru - So much more than you were looking for!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
    • SAS Travel Peru - Recommended by Lonely Planet
    • SAS Travel Peru - So much more than you were looking for!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
    • SAS Travel Peru - Recommended by Lonely Planet
    • SAS Travel Peru - So much more than you were looking for!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
    • SAS Travel Peru - Recommended by Lonely Planet
    • SAS Travel Peru - So much more than you were looking for!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
    • SAS Travel Peru - Recommended by Lonely Planet
    • SAS Travel Peru - So much more than you were looking for!
    • SAS Travel Peru - Inca Trail to Machupicchu Licensed Specialist Operator
    • SAS Travel Peru - Experience & Expertise since 1990
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You are here: TOURS in CUSCO and AROUND, The SACRED VALLEY, Maras, Moray, Salt Mines, South Valley, Saqsawaman, Coricancha. > Moray, Maras & Salt mines Guided Tour. Daily Leavings. -Group Service.

Moray, Maras & Salt mines Guided Tour. Daily Leavings. -Group Service.

Last Minute Information

  • DAILY DEPARTURES ! GROUP TOUR.-
  • 08:30 – 09:00 Pick up from your hotel OR meet at SAS office.
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  • MORAY a further breathtaking 20 kms drive with the beautiful snowcapped Chicon and Veronica mountains in the Cordillera Vilcanota as a backdrop we continue through to Moray. In Moray we visit “ the Inca agricultural greenhouse or laboratory”, consisting of four platforms amphitheater style or. Has a depth of 150 meters, the overlapping concentric circular stone rings widen as they rise. It was an experimental place to study the adaptation of plants to new ecosystems. Moray was possibly an Inca agricultural research center where crop experiments were carried out at different heights, the arrangement of its platforms produces a gradient of microclimates, with the center of the concentric circular platforms having a higher temperature and gradually reducing towards the outside to lower temperatures, thus being able to simulate up to 20 different types of microclimates.23 It is believed that Moray could have served as a model for calculating agricultural production not only in the Urubamba Valley but also in different parts of Tahuantinsuyo -the world of the 4 lands as was called by Incas.
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  • 10:30 – 11:30 Guided tour at the Salt Mines.
  • 11:40 – 13:30 Guided tour at the Agriculture Incas Laboratory in Moray.
  • 13:40 – 14:30 Visit Maras and return to Cusco.
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  • HOW TO BOOK AND CONFIRM.- Choose in the Calendar the date of when you would like to start this Tour (Starting Date). Fill in your details as it is requested, and fill in the details of the people traveling with you, once you have finished and sent us your reservation, you will get a reservation code and you will be logged in a page to pay for your tour, add 5% fee for payments with cards or pay throu Paypal with 6% fee. Once we received reservation and payment we will confirm your tour and send you further details to your email.

Program Itinerary

Day 1: Pick up at 08:30 from your Hotel or meeting point in our office.

Enjoy this fantastic half day tour to see Moray the Greenhouse farming laboratory, visit a traditional andean town of Maras with their ancient traditions of artisans and lovely people and finally see the natural Salt Mines. The Incas used these circular terraces located west of Cusco, like an agricultural "research station" By a freak of climate and terrain, the average temperature on the lower terraces is much cooler than on the higher ones, thus enabling researchers to test different crop strains for different climates. Storings and channelling water was another key to the Andeans success as farmers.
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CHINCHERO: Located 28 kilometers from Cusco and surrounded by patchwork style fields of exquisite natural colours. Chincheros is a charming town, with colonial style constructions and was a major agricultural center during the Tawantinsuyo. One can appreciate the stone walls with trapezoidal niches that provide the setting for the traditional market, where they still practice bartering. The Chincheros women can always be recognized for their very distinguishing clothing and braided hair. The famous church and archaelogical site here requires the tourist ticket.
(we do not visit Chinchero because most of people have visited touring the Sacred Valley tour).
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MORAY a further breathtaking 20 kms drive with the beautiful snowcapped Chicon and Veronica mountains in the Cordillera Vilcanota as a backdrop we continue through to Moray. In Moray we visit “ the Inca agricultural greenhouse or laboratory”, consisting of four platforms amphitheater style or. Has a depth of 150 meters, the overlapping concentric circular stone rings widen as they rise. It was an experimental place to study the adaptation of plants to new ecosystems.
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MARAS/ SALINERAS ( Salt mines ) located 7 miles from Moray at altitude of 3, 380 m is a small village, as a model of a miniature city. Famous for its salt mines, made up of about 3000 small wells with an area average size of about 5 ms ². These were already exploited since Inca times as a means of economic exchange and securities. Very interesting to see how the salt is recovered from these mines and the lives of those who work here.

What is Included:

  • Private bus / transport
  • Tour guide in English.

What is not Included:

  • Entry to Salt Mines and Moray 80 Soles. (or get a 10 Day Cusco ticket).
  • Maras entrance additional 10 Soles
  • Lunch, water, snacks.
  • Gratuities for driver, guide. -Optional.

We recommend that you bring:

  • Water bottle, camera, suncream, hat
  • Rain jacket or rain poncho.
  • Money for lunch and souveniers.
  • Comfortable sturdy walking shoes or runners.
  • Cusco Tourist Ticket
  • A warm clothes to return to Cusco

Frequently Asked Questions

  • CUSCO`S TOURIST TICKET -BOLETO TURISTICO.-
  • The Cusco Tourist Ticket officially called “Boleto Turistico” is a ticket which allows you to gain entrance to multiple attractions in and around Cusco and the Sacred Valley. The full ticket is the most popular, but there are also several partial tickets on sale too. In 2018, Peru´s Ministry of Culture changed the rules for the tickets, so read carefully the ticket types available, what entrances they include and how much they cost!
  • Cusco Tourist Ticket Points of Sale
  • You can buy the partial or full Cusco Tourist Ticket at any of the attractions listed on the ticket. You can also buy the tickets at the central office or the official tourist information centre called DIRCETUR.
  • BTG Ticket Office
  • Address: Avenida. El Sol 103 Galerías Turísticas
  • Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 08:00 – 18:00 hrs.
  • Official Tourist Information Centre – DIRCETUR
  • Address: Calle Mantas (just off the main plaza)
  • Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 08:00 – 12:00 hrs & 14:00 – 18:00 hrs.
  • Things to Know!
  • Tickets cannot be purchased via the internet.
  • To buy any of the Cusco Tourist Tickets you need to present your passport.
  • You may be requested to show your passport along with the ticket to gain entrance to sites included on the ticket.
  • Children under 9 don´t pay. You may need to show a passport as proof of age.
  • Children aged 10 – 17 years old pay the reduced student rate, BTG Full S/. 70, BTC Partial S/.40 (passport needed as proof).
  • The ticket cannot be bought with anticipation.
  • Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrible.

Booking Information

  • HOW TO BOOK AND CONFIRM.-
  • Choose in the Calendar the date of when you would like to start this Tour (Starting Date). Fill in your details as it is requested, and fill in the details of the people traveling with you, once you have finished and sent us your reservation, you will get a reservation code and you will be logged in a page to pay for your tour, add 5% fee for payments with cardsor pay throu Paypal with 6% fee. Once we received reservation and payment we will confirm your tour and send you further details to your email.

Terms & Conditions

  • Daily Deparutures. Booking essential. To confirm your Tour you must book online and pay in full online once you get your reservation code to your email. A confirmation email with details of your tour will be sent to your email.
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  • CANCELLATIONS BY CLIENTS:
  • 1.- Cancelation of tour once your tour have been confirmed and paid 25% of tour price will be returned.
  • 2.- Changing date of the tour 72 Hrs prior your tour date is possible with 50% of total cost of the tour extra per person.
  • 3.- Cancelation of the tour on the day of departure incurs a loss of 100% of total tour cost paid.
  • 4.- You are totally responsable for your own personal property and belongings during the tour.