Our team pick you up early to head to the town of Maras and begin your day tour. This town has an interesting mix of Inca and colonial influence. We will stop to see the church in the main square.

First we will head to Moray, which is the site of several impressive Inca monuments consisting of terraces built in the shape of concentric circles. The site is believed to have been used for agricultural experiments because of the many different climates achieved at the different levels of the terraces.

From there we will head to Salineras de Maras, an ancient pre-Inca salt mine, where you will see hundreds of salt collection ponds at various stages of production. A natural salt water spring emerges from the adjacent mountain and is intricately channeled to the pools below. The inhabitants of the area have worked and harvested the salt the same way since before the time of the Incas. You can watch them work and even buy a small bag of the fresh salt to take home and use in your kitchen.

We’ll stop for lunch nearby in the Sacred Valley (cost of meal not included in tour). After the visit, our team will transport you back to your hotel in Cusco.