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The great Moray day hike to salt mine is perfect for those people who want to explore spectacular sites as Moray, Maras and the impressive Salt mine of the Incas walking on the picturesque ancient trail. You will enjoy the beautiful mountain scenery around the Sacred Valley. This genlte hike is the best way to get acclimate to the altitude before the multi-day treks.
The trails around Maras have been used for many centuries by the locals to connect with Urubamba Valley and nowadays it became as one of the great options to visit Moray itself, Maras the picturesque colonial town and Salineras (Salt mines) hiking on the ancient Inca pathway. To the end of our hike, travelers will be able to continue to Machu Picchu, or drive back to Cusco.
At the scheduled time we’ll pick you up from the Hotel in our private transportation, after 30 minutes of travelling with direction to the Sacred Valley, we will arrive to the fertile plain of Chinchero full of potatoes fields & cereals (optional to stop here to see the locals weaving centers), enjoying the scenic view of the area we will continue our drive to the town of Maras, which has nice colonial doors with its out-standing Spanish door arches unique around Cusco, a little while after we will arrive to the Inca ruins of Moray called “the Inca laboratory”. The guide will explain us all the history of this wonderful place, we will explore around (walking).
We leave Moray and then start our gentle hike towards Maras town, passing by many farming fields the trail lead us to the salt pans of Salineras, where visitors can observe the fascinating salt mine own by the locals, with more than 3000 pools still in production, since pre-Incan times. Finally we will walk down to Urubamba for lunch. In the afternoon our Transfer will take us back to Cusco or you can continue to Aguas Calientes.
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