Maras & Moray Tour

Maras and Moray were 2 very important places in the time of the Incas due to the use that was given to each one. In an experimental way and at the same time in the form of commerce, these magical places today show us their best version. This experience allows us to know:

• Maras: The town of Maras was founded by the Spanish in the year 1556, its importance during the viceroyalty stood out (it was the main supplier of salt in the Andes), as evidenced by its church dedicated to San Francisco de Asís and the mansions that still preserve the almost intact shields belonging to each family of the indigenous nobility on their facades, even with the passage of time you can read the date inscribed on which they were built on many of them. The Salinas de Maras on the other hand has an older history belonging to the Inca period, they are located on the slope of the hill, these are shaped like pools that are crossed by a small stream that provides salt water to each one. The use of the Salt of Maras is varied since it is now commercialized and can be used in medicinal baths, personal consumption and others. Its collection process is passed from generation to generation, but it is managed in a communal way where all the inhabitants participate.
• Moray: A particular Archaeological complex that today still causes great curiosity when visited due to the shape of the design it has. They are circular terraces that simulate in some way the Amphitheater that we find in the Roman culture, according to the investigations that were made since the 90s, this place fulfilled the function of adapting the seeds of the various products in the different altitudinal floors that the Valley has. Sacred, this allowed for a great variety of products in each place and at the same time gave the possibility of new varieties. With the use of spectral thermometers, it was also determined that each circular terrace has a different temperature, which allows adaptation to be more efficient since the climate in the entire region is always changing.

• Foods: These can be requested.

• Personal expenses and Tips: How to buy handicrafts, clothes, drinks, etc. Tips are not included either, these are voluntary according to the service received.