Maras
Considered very important during the Viceroyalty, declared Villa de San Francisco de Asis (it was the main salt supplier of the southern highlands), as evidenced by the church and the mansions that still retain the coats of arms of indigenous nobility on their facades.
Salt mines of Maras
It belongs to the town of Maras, which was of great importance during the Viceroyalty, it was the main supplier of salt in the highlands. The salt mines of Maras surprise the visitor for the more than three thousand wells that are still being worked by more than 360 families, ||||| who have inherited this custom and artisanal extractive work; the marketing of salt is in charge of the Maras Sal association, responsible for ensuring the interests of the community since the late 80s.
Moray
The circular terraces of Moray, which are an example of how the Andean man challenged nature and took advantage of their geographical environment to use it for their benefit, these circular terraces served as an agricultural laboratory that allowed them to obtain a great variety of potato species, corn, among other products.
We will pick you up from your hotel at 8:30 am approximately, to transfer you to the guided tour to the traditional circuit Maras, Moray, unique archaeological group of its kind.
We will make our first stop in Moray; where the guide will explain us about the depressions or gigantic natural holes in the surface of the land that were used to build terraces or agricultural terraces with their respective irrigation canals. What is striking is the difference in average annual temperature between the top and the bottom of the depressions, which reaches up to 15°C in the main depression of about 30 meters deep.
Then we will go to the salt mines located 7 km from Moray, we will pass through a typical Spanish village called Maras. To the northwest of the town of Maras are the famous salt mines known by some as “salt mines”, are made up of about 3000 small wells, built on the side of the slope of the mountain of “Qaqawiñay”, the salt is then bagged in plastic bags and sent to markets in the region, today that salt is being iodized so its consumption is not harmful. After all this cultural adventure ends our tour of Maras Moray, returning to the city of Cusco.
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