DAY 06 - MARAS MORAY SALINAS TOURS
Breakfast at the hotel 8 40 am. Departure to the town of Maras via Chinchero where Maras is counted: Located in the province of Urubamba at 3350 m.a.s.l. from there you can see the Vilcanota mountain range and the snowy peaks: "El Chikón" (5540 m.s.n.m), "Putukisi" "La Verónica" (5689 m.s.n.m). Nowadays, this picturesque town has attractions of the pre-Hispanic, colonial and republican period, highlighting in the town colonial streets and covers with shields of the nobles and chiefs of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Moray: It is about 7 km southwest of Maras and 53 km from Cusco with an altitude of 3,385 m.s.n.m; It is a unique archaeological group of its kind in the region. These are gigantic natural holes that were used by the Incas who built terraces or agricultural platforms with their respective irrigation channels, it is therefore a prototype greenhouse, the main hole has a depth of 150 meters and an average height of platforms is 1.80 meters. , between each of them.Salineras: o (Salt Mines), located northwest of the town of Maras are constituted by some 2500 small wells, which were already exploited since the incanato as a means of economic exchange and still being exploited by The locals. They indicate that the mountain has salt mines inside, a salt water spring that emanates from that mountain, it serves during the dry season to fill the wells in the form of "irrigation" every 3 days with salt water for a month, to to solidify gradually, then you have the process for the consumption of the region.After our visit we will return to the city of Cusco at 13 hours late free to make gift purchases and overnight (does not include dinner)
