Our Chinchero Cusco tour goes in the proximity of Urubamba valley to visit stunning sites as Chinchero, Moray, the Salt mines. This great one day tour is the easiest way to arrive in Chinchero, Moray and Salt mine of the Incas. Recommended for all kind of travelers wanting to experience the fascinating tourist attractions in the proximity of the Sacred Valley combining with the impressive views of Vilcanota Mountain chain.
This full day Chinchero Cusco tour is highly recommended for those looking for day trips and at Top Peru Tours, we run this day tour every day, year-round.
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In the morning at the scheduled time we’ll pick you up in the lobby of the Hotel, we then have a 40 minutes of bus drive to arrive to the fertile plain of Chinchero full of farming fields & beautiful landscapes, at Chinchero we will stop to visit the locals weaving centers, where local women will show us the complete process for hand-made textiles. We will continue our drive to the town of Maras, which has nice colonial doorways made of stone, unique around Cusco region, 20 minutes later we will arrive to the famous Inca ruins called Moray, considered as “the Inca laboratory”. The guide will show us this wonderful place and we will walk around.
We then drive to the Salt mines with beautiful views of Urubamba Mountain range and passing by many farming fields we will arrive to the salt pans of Salineras, where we will be able to observe the fascinating salt mine own by the locals, with more than 3000 pools still in production, since many centuries ago. After to walk around we will drive back to Cusco, at our arrival you will be drop off at your hotel.
Hotel in Cusco: none
Meals included: none
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