Sacred Valley of the Incas

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NOTE ON PRICES

Prices are quoted in US Dollars and all payments must be made in US Dollars. Prices are per person based on PRIVATE service; we depart with 2 ppl as a minimum, 10 ppl as maximum, and an average of 4 ppl in a group.

TRIP PAYMENT SCHEDULE

• At time of reservation: 30% of the total balance.
• 60 days prior to departure: Balance should be paid fully, or once upon your arrival in Cusco the other 70% of final balance must be paid fully.

CANCELLATION AND TRANSFER FEE SCHEDULE

• Minimum fee (Tour permit fee): $45 per person
• 61-90 days prior to departure: 30% of trip cost
• 46-60 days prior to departure: 50% of trip cost
• 45 days or less: 100% of trip cost

ON THIS TOUR YOU WILL EXPLORE THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL SITES:

THE QUAINT TOWN OF CHINCHERO 

Visit unchanging large farming terraces that are extended outside of the demolished ancient buildings; they remain from a glorious period of the Incas surrounded by scenic views. Also visit a lovely church dating from the 16th century, this small and a little dark church is a jewel of colonial art, the walls and the ceiling are entirely painted; the big wooden door is finely sculpted with an important quantity of biblical scenes. The altar is extremely covered with gold and religious representations. In Chinchero town, the locals still dress in their traditional clothes, even more on market days but more authentic. There is a liveliness that crosses the entire village and its calm lifestyle.

MARAS SALT PONDS

Maras salt ponds is an astonishing place located in a harsh valley, since the Inca period, thousands of wells have been dug, new ones every year, to extract a precious element–salt. The salt comes from a spring, loaded with minerals, which flows from a little higher up. To collect it, a technique developed relies on terraces: they retain the water which, as it evaporates, deposits its salt load, ready to be collected. The landscape is breathtaking: the colors contrast; the white of the salt, the green/brown of the grass, the different terraces ranging from ochre to brown, and the high Andean mountains. Nowadays, the locals still farm the salt by hand as the Incas did centuries ago, and most likely this is what you will see during your visit.

ROUNDED SHAPE TERRACES OF MORAY

The archaeological site of Moray is unprecedented in the region. Here, you will see Incas terraces but in circumscribed circles that are getting in the ground, reaching until 1.20 m/4 ft high for each circle into two different basins. All perspective is incredible by watching from the top or below. It might have been a kind of agricultural testing center “laboratory” where experiments were made in function of the micro-climates corresponding to each terrace level. It is very impressive and impossible to miss. Today, because of this place Peru has over 3000 varieties of potatoes, over 20 varieties of quinoa, over 100 types of corn, and many more types of farming products.