Maras Moray & Salt Mines
01 day tour
Maras, Moray and salt mines are located in
Maras, a district of the Urubamba province, possible to be reached
through a paved road from kilometre 50 on the road Qosqo - Chinchero
- Urubamba. It is located towards the west of Qosqo. Over a plain
that in prehistoric times was a huge plateau, from which it is
possible to observe the range of mountains of Urubamba including the
snow capped mountains of Waqay Willka (today "La Veronica", 5682 m.a.s.l,
18641 ft.) & " Chicon" (5530 mts, 18143 ft.).
Trip Program:
Transfer from hotel and Drive to Maras Town where you can
see nice gateways narrow streets, then drive About 7 kms.
(4.3 miles) to the southwest and reach Moray, a unique
archaeological site in the region. Consisting in enormous
depressions or hollows in the ground surface that Inkas
Made, used as agriculture experimentation centre, What is
surprising is that the difference of average annual
temperature between the top and the bottom.
After visiting moray we continue
towards the northwest of the village and get the famous
"Salt Mines". The "salt mines" are constituted by
about 3000 small pools with an average area of 5 m² (53.8
ft²), constructed in a slope of the "Qaqawiñay" mountain. People fill up or "irrigate" the pools
with salty water emanating from a natural spring located on the top
of the complex.
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Bilingual Tour Guide.
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Private Transport.
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