Maras Moray Guided Tour Details

Half Day Maras Moray Guided Tour, is an interesting trip to the two prime sites, Maras and Moray. Both these sites have a distinct importance since Incan civilization. 

It is ideal to signup for the half day Maras Moray guided tour while you are acclimatising in Cusco. 

Maras Salt Terraces:

The salt terraces of Maras are geometrical salt puddles on a slope of a hill. These salt puddles are manually supplied with natural spring waters. The salt farmers then let the water to evaporate. It leaves behind salt crystals which are scrapped out manually. This is a traditional salt farming method which is followed since Incan civilization. 

Moray Farming Terrace:

The agricultural terrace of Moray has been of an importance to Incas. These circular terraces have different layers. To Incas, this was more of an agricultural laboratory. It is here they have been inventing different farming techniques. Each layer of this agricultural terrace has different temperature. This helped the Incan farmers to determine the quality of growth of crops at different temperature levels.