CODE: XT- 05
ROAD: Closed
ALTITUDE: 3600m - 2800m
HIGH-SEASON: All year long
DURATION: 01 day
Maras is a small village, 40 kilometers from Cusco on a side-road to Urubamba . Its main interest, other than its colonial church, is the salt-mines, situated near the village, that fascinate the numerous visitors and photographs.
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 that ends up into the River Urubamba, a refuge where to remain immune against the sunbeams.
PROGRAM
We'll pick you up at your hotel to go to the village of Cruz Pata where we'll visit the beautiful lake of Huaypo . Around this place we'll observe a large amount of different plants and flowers typical for 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 will expose to 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 .
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