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From Cusco: Excursion to Chinchero, Moray and Salt Mines

By Todo Turismo
Free cancellation available
Price is €15 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Enjoy panoramic views of the snow-capped mountains Chicón and Pitusiray.
  • Surprise yourself with the traditional weaving process of textile garments.
  • Explore the Inca terraces of Moray
  • Contemplate the spectacular views of the pre-Inca natural salt mines.

Activity location

    • Cusco
    • Cusco, Cuzco, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • F2M9+5X2, Cusco 08002, Perú
    • Cusco, Cuzco, Peru

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From Cusco: Excursion to Chinchero, Moray and Salt Mines
  • Activity duration is 6 hours and 30 minutes6h 30m
    6h 30m
  • English
Starting time: 08:30
Price details
€15.26 x 2 Adults€30.52
Total
Price is €30.52

What's included, what's not

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    Bilingual guide
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    Transport
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    Hotel pick up (private option only)
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    Return service to the hotel
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    Meals and drinks
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    Entrance ticket to Moray (70 soles, can be purchased on site)
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    Entrance ticket to the salt mines (20 soles, can be purchased in Maras)
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Know before you book

  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

The tour will start with the pick-up service. You will travel for one hour to Chinchero, making a brief stop in this locality to visit one of the last traditional families. You will also learn about the ancient process of weaving and textile garments.

Then, after a half-hour tour, you will visit Moray, the ancient Inca agricultural laboratory located in a rare topographic depression that the Incas transformed into peculiar circular terraces. They will explain how the entire area was irrigated with an advanced engineering irrigation system.

After enjoying Moray, you will continue to the salt mines of Maras, the last stop of the tour. The salt mine consists of a vast collection of terraces through which a saltwater stream flows out of the mountain.

Over the centuries, this salty spring has been channelled into a thousand small pools. You only have to wait for sunny days to evaporate the water and the salt remains, a technique used since pre-Inca times. Finally, you will travel about an hour and a half back to Cusco, where you will be dropped off near the Plaza de Armas.

Location

Activity location

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    • Cusco
    • Cusco, Cuzco, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • F2M9+5X2, Cusco 08002, Perú
    • Cusco, Cuzco, Peru