ALTITUDE: 3600m - 2800m
HIGH-SEASON: All year round
DURATION: 01 day

Maras is a small village, located at 40 kilometers from Cusco on a side-road to Urubamba. Its main attractive, besides its colonial church, are the salt-mines, located near the village, that fascinate the numerous visitors and photographers.
The light that strikes through the mountains on these mines is a unique show that draws a lot of tourists and nature-lovers. It seems that, against all nature's laws, snow has found in this ravine, which ends up into the Urubamba River, a refuge where it can remain immune to the sunbeams.

We pick you up at your hotel to go to the village of Cruz Pata where we'll visit the beautiful Huaypo Lake. Around this place we'll observe a large amount of different plants and flowers very typical to this region. After this we'll visit the terraces of Moray where the Incas did a lot of agricultural experiments. This is a very nice place for sightseeing because of the numerous snow-peak mountains, especially during the winter (from April to August). After this visit we'll return to the village of Maras that displays for us its most beautiful colonial doors in different styles. We'll end this tour in the salt-mines of Maras before going back to Cusco.

INCLUDED:  
·  Guide
·  Bus
·  Entrance-fees