Sacred Valley Moray, Maras & ollantaytambo

1-Day Tour

FROM CUSCO: Chinchero, Moray & Salt Mines drop-off in Ollantaytambo

Experience the Sacred Valley on a guided tour from Cusco. Visit Chinchero, the circular terraces and salt mines of Moray, and enjoy a buffet lunch in Urubamba. End your tour with a drop-off at Ollantaytambo train station or the main square.

The tour begins with a pickup from your hotel to Chinchero, where you’ll explore traditional Incan textile weaving. Next, you’ll visit the Moray agricultural terraces, fascinating examples of Incan engineering designed for optimal crop growth on mountainous terrain. Nearby, at Maras, you’ll see over 5,000 salt ponds used historically for food preservation. After this educational segment, the journey continues to Urubamba for a buffet lunch in the Sacred Valley. Post-lunch, you’ll head to Ollantaytambo to ascend over 200 steps to an ancient Incan fortress, offering both historical significance and breathtaking views. The tour concludes with a drop-off at either the train station or the main square in Ollantaytambo.

Note: the visit to each inca site is not more than 40 minutes if you prefer to have more time in each place you can check our private option.

Price

From $30

Group size

2 - 15 people

Transportation

Van

Difficulty

Easy

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FROM CUSCO: Chinchero, Moray & Salt Mines drop-off in Ollantaytambo

$ 30
/per person
  • Daily departures
  • Group service
Group service

Details about the trip

Chinchero, Moray terraces, salt mines, lunch in Urubamba, end at Ollantaytambo.

Starting from your hotel, visit Chinchero for traditional Incan textiles. Next, see Moray’s agricultural terraces and Maras’ salt ponds, showcasing ancient farming and preservation techniques. After lunch in Urubamba, explore Ollantaytambo’s fortress by climbing over 200 steps. End your tour with a drop-off at the train station or main square in Ollantaytambo.

Overview of the Trip

  • Trip type

    Sightseeing, cultural & historic.

  • Transportation

    Private van.

  • Tour duration

    Approximately 9 hours.

  • Difficulty

    The trip qualifies as easy, the guided tours are in short tours on a trip in a van.

  • When to go

    The best time to trip is all year.

  • Tour guides

    1 English-speak tour guide.

  • Extra considerations

    We accept reservations up to 10 hours before departure time.

Experience Highlights

Day 1: Cusco - Chinchero, Moray & Salt Mines drop-off in Ollantaytambo - Group service

We will pick you up from your hotel around 6:30 am and travel to Chinchero, a small rustic town with a long tradition of textile weaving. See various textiles woven with traditional Incan techniques, and explore ruins for approximately 40 minutes and 30 minutes with the local  Chinchero weavers.

Next, you will visit the Moray agricultural terraces along the hillsides. The Incas built these terraces to grow an abundance of crops on less-than-ideal mountain terrain, and we will spend 30 minutes there.

Right next to this area, at Maras, there are over 4000 salt ponds which were used for a long time by our ancestors. This helped preserve their food for long periods. After learning about Incan agricultural techniques, make your way to Urubamba, the capital of the Sacred Valley of Urubamba where you are treated to a buffet lunch ( 45 minutes approximately). After lunch, make your way to the historical town of Ollantaytambo. At Ollantaytambo, climb over 200 steps to reach the top of the ancient terraced fortress that overlooks the town. This was an important defensive location during Incan times. After visiting Ollantaytambo for 45 minutes, the tour guide drops you off at the train station, the main square in Ollantaytambo.

Please note the details that include and do not include in your tour, each tour is different and we provide you with the details below

What is included

  • Hotel Pickup in Cusco and drop-off at main square or the train station in Ollantaytambo.

  • Lunch.

  • Professional English-speaking Local Guide.

  • Private transportation.

What is not Included

  • -Entrance to the Archiological sites : purchase the boleto turistico (tourist ticket ) of 70 soles you can buy it at the first side you enter .or you can also purchase the 10 day cusco ticket for other tours 130 soles ( students with universite card pay 50%)

  • Entrance to Salt Mines 20 soles ( per person.)

  • Gratitude or tips.

We recommend that you bring

  • Money for tourist ticket and souviniers.

  • Confortable sturdy walking shoes or runners.

  • Camera suncream and hat.

The Departure point for the trip

We will pick you up from your Accommodation in Cusco around 6:30 am. 

Passport and student card

We recommend that you bring your original passport and (Univ student card if applicable).

Temperature

  • Day temperatures vary from 12 -22 degrees Celsius
  • you must always use layering to manage the temperatures well. Night temperatures, (in the coldest season May to Sept) average -2 to -5 degrees Celsius. 

Full Tourist Ticket

The Tourist Ticket (Boleto Turistico del Cusco – BTC) This visitors ticket costs $45 and half price for students, and is valid for 10 days. The full Cusco Tourist Ticket ticket allows you entry to 15 tourist places. These sites which are part of the Cusco City tour are Sacsayhuaman, Qenko, Pukapukara and Tambomachay, in addition to visiting the following sites Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Moray, Koricancha Site Museum, Contemporary Art Museum, Folk Art Museum, Regional History Museum, Inca Pachacutec Monument and the places in the South Valley: Tipon and Piquillacta.

Partial Tourist Ticket

Alternatively you can purchase a partial ticket for $20  which allows a one day only visit of just the 4 Archeological sites if you are not planning to visit any of the Sacred Valley sites such as Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chincheros or a one day only partial ticket to visit the Sacred Valley sites such as Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero or Moray.

Where to buy your Cusco Touristic Ticket?

The Full and Partial tourist ticket cannot be bought or reserved on the internet. You can buy it the same day of your visit. You can purchase it at any of the following addresses in Cusco:

  • Main office, Av. El Sol 103 – Central of Tourist Galleries
  • In all places included in the Tourist Ticket (except for the Museum of Contemporary Art and Monument of Pachacutec).

Travel Insurance

We strongly recommend that full Travel Insurance is taken, which includes cover, under certain circumstances, against the loss of deposit or cancellation charges. Please note that no reimbursements are given when cancellations occur or for any unused services.

Price

FROM CUSCO:Chinchero,Moray & Salt Mines drop-off in Ollantaytambo

$ 30
/per person
  • Group service
Guaranteed price

Pay a booking deposit online with credit/debit card $30 per person. (US$30+ 5% card fee).

Pay a booking deposit online with Paypal $30 per person. (US$30+ 6% paypal fee).

Please, after your deposit, send us the transfer number to reservas@apuausangateperu.com and we will confirm your reservation

For private or group tour you must to book and pay in advance.

Aditionals items

  • The Partial Toutist Ticket ($20 dollars per person.)

  • Entrance to Maras Salt Mines (S/ 20 soles per person.)

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