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Maras
Location
Is located at an altitude of 11,090 feet above sea level Maras is
located at a distance through the Izcuchaka-Chequered road of 48.10km
through the road of Cusco - Chinchero of 48.88 ( this is the most used).
In the town of Maras, one can appreciate the change of the glaciers of
the Sacred Valley and the Vilcabamba valley. Nowadays this district
safes an important attractive from the Pre-Hispanic period, in the town
one can see the arch from the colonial times, from the noble in the
century of XVI and XX.
Maras was the force pass for the mule drivers that transport tropical
products and especially the coca leaves from the jungle, to satisfy the
needs of the city of Cusco and the country. It has a church that was
made out of adobe, typical from architecture religious of the small
towns, in this altar one can find a cross made out of granite, the
interior of the church they have paintings from the school of art of
cusco representing all of the apostles, who’s painter was Don Antonio
Sinchi Roqa Inka, who was born in Maras and painted all of this with
much enthusiasm for his church.
From the town of Maras there is two roads, one leads to the
archaeological rest of Moray and the other one to the salt mines of
Maras, both of this roads have a distance of 2.5 miles.
Salt mines of Maras
Impressive complex of exploitation of salt, located in the landscape
named Qoripujio, at a distance of 4km from the town of Maras.
It has salt mines; these mines were exploited since Inca times like a
way to exchange economic value. From Maras one can visit the salt mines
through a narrow path, here once can find itself with mules that still
carry salt that is extracted from the natural salt mines.
How to get to Maras?
You can reach Maras taking a Private Tour in any travel agency, it takes
one hour to get there from Cusco.
Moray
Location
Located at 33 miles from Cusco, it has an altitude of 11,106 feet above
sea level.
Price
Adult S/. 6.00
Student S/. 3.00
About 4.3 miles to the southeast of Maras you can find Moray, is an
unique group of archaeological remains, the only one in this region.
Moray has very deep holes, that were used to built platforms around the
holes for agriculture purpose with irrigation paths, what is interesting
is how the temperature varies from the top to the bottom of the gigantic
holes, this difference could reach a temperature of 59 ºF.
The biggest hole has a depth of 150 meters and the average of the
platforms is of 1.80mt, from one to the other one.
The structure that one finds in this region is Incas, although some say
that they were made from times before the Incas, at least in the
inferior platforms. It is estimated that the bottom is over a natural
rocky formation very porous that makes it easy the filtration to inside
of the land; in the bottom of the depressions, floods don’t happen in
the rainy time.
How to get to Moray?
You can get there taking a Private Tour in any travel agency, it takes
one hour and a half to get there form Cusco by bus. |
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