Tour ATV Maras Moray half day

MARAS MORAY ATV TOUR

Our ATV tour is part of the Sacred Valley of the Incas (3300 m a.s.l.) a tour of a lot of adrenaline on a dirt road, perfect and ideal for people who like adventure where you can see magnificent landscapes and views of snow-capped mountains Chicon and Veronica contrasting with its green forests and vegetation that this has the Vilcanota mountain range, Through this tour you will be able to see the great experimental center of agricultural production with the circular terraces of Moray and the famous pink salt pits “Salt mines” of Maras with more than 5000 wells that were made with irregular stone walls with mud mortar that delimit each well and that are fed by a spring and this feeds different wells, until today are used and exploited by the population and that are very admired by thousands of tourists. This tour is a unique and unforgettable experience.

Ready to Travel Peru recommends this tour on ATV Maras, Moray and Salineras for being a tour of perfect harmony with the natural and cultural landscape in our ATV.

DURATION: 6 HOURS APPROX. (half day)

SCHEDULE: 07:00 – 11:00 HRS.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy – Moderate

ITINERARY

• To start the Maras Moray ATV tour, we will pick you up from your hotel starting at 06:30 hrs. (Valid for hotels located within the historic center of Cusco).
• The start of the fun of this ATV tour starts from the sector of Cruz Pata, where our adrenaline adventure begins with the ATVs, before the start of the tour the guide will give you all the instructions and guidelines about the correct handling and its route in everything that represents this tour on ATVs.
• We will go aboard the ATVs to the town of Maras, an important point of passage to reach the “Salineras de Maras” characterized by the presence of more than 5 thousand wells of pink salt and its warm water springs whose flow is conducted by thousands of small ponds with little depth, In Inca times this archaeological site was used for purification rituals which were consumed with special unction and used in festivities associated with the summer solstice on December 21st. Nowadays, the consumption of this salt is the economic activity to which the population of Maras is dedicated.
• After the visit of the salt mines of Maras we will leave towards the archaeological site of Moray that extends between the more than 3200 meters of altitude, the same that is irrigated by some springs, Moray is very characteristic for its terraces in circular form where the natural depression was taken advantage of which is believed that it was a center of agricultural experimentation of crops used by the Incas obtaining diverse microclimates, It also has ceremonial fountains and concentric terraces in whose agricultural surfaces have been found average temperature variations of up to 5 ° C and which allowed the cultivation of products from different regions of Peru.
• Finally we will have a short pass where we can have panoramic views and where we can take pictures of the Piuray lagoon.
• We finish the Maras Moray ATV tour with the return to the city of Cusco after a unique and unforgettable experience of the beautiful and unique landscapes.