Sacred Valley Cultural: Chinchero weaving center, Moray, Maras Salt Mines, Ollantaytambo

After breakfast at your Cusco hotel, our local expert guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby by 7:00am, board our comfortable transport to begin an amazing journey to the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

Our first visit will be Chinchero, known as the royal house of Tupac Inca Yupanqui where their original Inca walls are still well preserved, then we will visit a local weaving center and watch a demonstration about their traditional weaving techniques and purchase some authentic handmade textiles like the famous Peruvian Ponchos.

Then we will continue our journey to the village of Maras where is located the famous archaeological site of Moray (unique terraces in a circle shape) which contains an important agricultural system.

Then we will stop and visit the famous Maras Salt mines (Salineras de Maras). The salt is still extracted in their artisanal form, the Salt Mines are made up of about 3000 small wells that have been exploited since the Inca times and it was an economic exchange way.

After these amazing sights, we will drive you to Urubamba town and enjoy a delicious buffet lunch.

After lunch, we will continue our journey to Ollantaytambo and visit its amazing Inca city known for its impressive architecture and see Inca temples, amazing terraces.

Finally, we will make our way back to Cusco arriving around 17:30pm.

Important note if you will take a train to Aguas Calientes (Machupicchu pueblo): You can continue your journey to Machupicchu, we guaranteed to end the tour at Ollantaytambo train station so you can take any train from 15:37pm onwards.