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BIKING MORAY AND MARAS'S SALT MINES
INTRODUCTION
This package is organized technically into the high area of the Sacred Valley of The Incas which allows to you visit the handicraft and traditional market in Chinchero town, the agricultural experimental Inca’s terraces of Moray and the salt mines in Maras town. It combines magnificent scenery views, biking and cultural knowledge in just one day. The biking route is over road ascent and single trails technical descending.
Duration of the trek: Full day
Distance of the trek: 19 km
Season: From January to December
The maximum height: 3,700 m.a.s.l (12,135 feet)
CHINCHERO TIPYCAL MARKET
The traditional market in Chinchero is held every day. In fact the huge and interesting market organization is every Sunday where all the people meet in the town. Market is in the main plaza
.MORAY
The site contains unusual ruins, mostly consisting of several enormous terraced circular depressions, the largest of which is about 30 m (98 ft) deep. The purpose of these depressions is uncertain, but their depth and orientation with respect to wind and sun creates a temperature difference of as much as 15 °C (27 °F) between the top and bottom. This large temperature difference was possibly used by the Inca to study the effects of different climatic conditions on crops. In other words, Moray was perhaps an Inca agricultural experiment station. As with many other sites. It also has a sophisticated irrigation system.
MARAS SALT MINES
During pre-Inca times, beginning with the Tahuantinsuyo culture, salt has been obtained in Maras by evaporating salty water (provided by a nearby subterranean spring) in the sun, leaving the salt behind. The highly salty water has been flowing from this nearby stream for hundreds of years. A main channel flows across the mountain and trickles down to all the pools below. As the salt water becomes supersaturated, salt crystals begin precipitating out of the water. The farmers then scrape the salt to the side and collect it once a sizable amount has been gathered. Some salt is sold at a nearby gift store.
The salt mines are available to any person wishing to harvest salt. There are many unused salt pools that are available to be farmed. Any prospective farmer need only find an unoccupied pool to start working. There are more than 3,000 salt-pools; when light is reflected upon the pools, the effect is quite stunning.
THE SERVICE INCLUDES:
- Pick up at hotel
- Transportation to Cruzpata village
- Professional Bilingual tour leader
- Entrance fees to visited places
- Box lunch
- Bikes full suspension and safety equipment (helmet, gloves, elbows and knees protection)
SERVICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- Breakfast
- Tips for the crew (tour leader, drive)
- Water, snacks, drinks
RECOMMENDATIONS THINGS TO BRING:
- Tennis shoes and short pants
- Rain coat or poncho
- Warm clothes
- Insect repellent
- Sun block, sun glasses and hat
- Water bottle
- Snacks (chocolates, candies, cookies, etc)
- Personal Medical Kit
- Extra national currency (soles)
- Original passport
Price for shared service: US$ 90 per person (adult)
US$ 10 discount with INTERNACIONAL STUDENT CARD (ISIC Card)
