1.- SOUTH CIRCUIT
TIPON
It is a National Archaeological Park located toward the east of Cusco City; covering a territory of about 2200 hectares (5436 acres) in the Oropesa district, province of Quispicanchis. In order to get the main archaeological monument there is a 5 Km. (3 mile) dusty road from kilometer 18 (mile 11.2) of the road Cusco-Puno, towards the north and crossing the "Watanay" rivulet. A half kilometer away from the paved road is the small village of Tipón where an extraordinary colonial abode stands out.
PIKILLAQTA
Located 32 kms. (20 miles) southeast of Cusco, Is Piquillaqta one important construction from the Wari culture, this culture was pre Inka, this is a urban place where we can see many building with different kind of constriction.
It constitutes a National Archaeological Park, including many other surrounding archaeological sites. It covers an area of 3421 hectares (8453 acres), and is located in the Quispicanchis province, It contains a territory in the districts of Oropeza, Lucre and Andahuaylillas, near the Wakarpay lagoon that is at an altitude of about 3200 mts. (10500 Ft.)
ANDAHUAYLILLAS
The tour continues to the village of Andahuaylillas to visit a seventeenth century church with an impressive organ decorated with angels and cherubs.
Daily tour.
2.- SACRED VALLEY CIRCUIT
MORAY
Moray, a very unique archaeological site in the region. Huge circular agricultural terraces at Moray, built by the Inkas in natural sinkholes on a limestone plateau overlooking the Urubamba valley, Those are enormous natural depressions or hollows in the ground surface that Inkas used for constructing irrigated farming terraces around them. What is surprising is that the difference of average annual temperature between the top and the bottom reaches even about 15°C (59°F) in the main depression that is about 30 mts (100 feet) deep. It has been suggested that they have a cosmological meaning, but their function, other than agricultural, remains a mystery.
MARAS
It is a district of the Urubamba province, possible to be reached through a paved road from kilometer 50 on the road Cusco - Chinchero - Urubamba. It is located towards the west of Qosqo at an altitude of 3300 mts. (10824 feet); 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 Weqey Willka (today "La Veronica", 5682 mts., 18641 ft.) and " Chikon" (5530 mts., 18143 ft.). Towards the northwest of the Maras village are the famous "Salt Works". which are possible to reach walking by the trail or by car through a dusty road that is almost useless in the rainy season. The Maras "salt works" to which some people call "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 during the dry season every 3 days, with salty water emanating from a natural spring located on the top of the complex, so that when water evaporates the salt contained in it will slowly solidify.
Daily tour.
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TRADITIONAL TOURS >> City Tour / Sacred Valley / Machu Picchu / Maras, Moray y Salineras / Tipon, Andahuaylillas y Pikillacta
TREKKING >> Inka Trail 2 days - 1 night / Inka Trail 4 days - 3 nights / Choquequirao / Salkantay / Ausangate / Lares
JUNGLE TRIPS >> Manu National Park / Puerto Maldonado
ADVENTURES >> River Rafting, Horse Back Riding / Mountain Biking, Motorcycling, Rappelling in Rock / FULL ADRENALINE PROGRAMS / ALTERNATIVES
TAILORED TRAVEL >> to... Hot air Ballooning Expeditions
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