Full details of the day, what to bring and answers to common questions: see the full Experience page.
Four stops in one day, not two.
Many days on this road visit only Moray and Maras. Ours begins with the weavers of Chinchero and closes at a farm-to-table table in Cusco. At Casa Urpi, a weaving cooperative in Chinchero, the women show you how wool becomes cloth, spun by hand and dyed with colours from plants, minerals and insects. At Moray, Inca terraces descend in great circles into the earth, and the air changes from one ring to the next. At the Salt Mines of Maras, a warm spring of salt water still feeds thousands of pools stepped down the canyon, harvested by hand by local families since before the Inca. The day closes back in Cusco at a very special farm-to-table restaurant: a late lunch if you leave in the morning, or dinner if you leave later. All with an English-speaking Indigenous Quechua guide, who can tell you what these places mean to the people who still live beside them.
Included
Ground transport from Cusco and back
English-speaking Indigenous Quechua guide
Chinchero, Moray and the Salt Mines of Maras
Entry to Moray and the Salt Mines of Maras
A snack pack for the road
A closing meal at a farm-to-table restaurant in Cusco, a late lunch or dinner depending on your start time
Not included
Hotels
Breakfast
Weavings, salt, snacks or anything you buy along the way
Tips
Travel insurance
There is no charge to visit Casa Urpi and no pressure to buy; if something speaks to you, the money goes straight to the woman who made it. Bring layers, sunscreen, sunglasses for the glare off the salt, comfortable shoes with grip, and some cash in soles for the weavers, the salt makers and a snack in Maras. Moray sits at about 3,500 metres, so a day or two in Cusco first makes the day easier. Groups of up to twelve are welcome, and 48 hours' notice is enough.
If your plans change
48 hours or more before pickup, a full refund. 24 to 48 hours, half refunded. Less than 24 hours or a missed departure, no refund. If we cancel, or the weather does, you choose a full refund or a new date.