Maras Moray

Our tour begins with the gathering of hotel in the city of Cusco in our private car to go to the town of Maras , through very typical and beautiful scenery populations that we enjoy in our journey , arrival and visit to the following locations:

Located in the province of Urubamba to 3300 m.s.n.m. from there you can appreciate the Cordillera Vilcanota and the snowy peaks : " The chikon " ( 5530 m.s.n.m ) , " Putukisi " " Veronica " ( 5682 m.s.n.m ) . Today this quaint village stores attractive pre -Hispanic, colonial and republican period , emphasizing in the town colonial streets and doorways with coats of nobles and chiefs of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

It is about 7 km southwest of Maras and 53 km from Cusco altitude of 3,385 m.s.n.m . ; It is a unique archaeological group of its kind in the region. It is gigantic natural holes that were used by the Incas who built farming terraces with their respective irrigation canals , is therefore a prototype greenhouse , the largest hole has depth of 150 meters and average of platform height is 1.80 meters. between each . The structures here are inkas found , is also estimated that fund is on a natural rock formation that facilitates filtering out into the earth , so no floods occur in the rainy season . What is striking is the difference in average temperature between the top and bottom, it is a difference that reaches up to 15 ° C . Here it is where amazing progress was made in agriculture.

They located northwest of the town of Maras are constituted by about 3000 small wells with an average area of about 5 m², during the dry season are filled or "water " every 3 days with salt water that comes from a natural spring located in the part top of the wells to the water evaporates , the salt contained in it gradually solidifies, then the salt is struck and thus granulated ; salt is then bagged in plastic sacks and sent to markets in the region; today that salt is being iodized reason why its consumption is not harmful . Finally we will return to Cusco at 3:30 pm approximately . Duration : approximately 6-7 hours.

• Professional bilingual guide ( English / Spanish ).
• Private transport
• Income.