Mountain Biking, Mountain Bike Tours, Urubamba, Cusco, Peru, Sacred Valley, Moray
Incan Agricultural Laboratory Exploration
This tour requires a medium level of fitness for someone who is not acclimatised to high altitude conditions. There are 2 moderately difficult climbs of short duration. EXTRA CAUTION must be taken on some of the Single Track.

Departure - 8:40AM from Los Jardines.
You will be driven to the intersection where the road to Maras meets the road between Cusco and Urubamba. Riding will commence around 9:00AM towards the town of Maras which will be reached in less than 30 minutes.

From Maras we continue onto Moray (Entry Fee: 5.50 Soles) which is approximately 7 kilometres further on.
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After observing and inspecting the terraces of this unique agricultural laboratory of the Incas we will move onto Las Salineras (Entry Fee: 5.00 Soles), the Salt Mines of Maras, that have been used for hundreds of years by the local people and the Incas and are still in use today.

From Maras we will descend along some incredible Single Track to Las Salineras and Pinchogoto (small community where the inhabitants still use caves as part of their dwellings) on the floor of the Sacred Valley and return to Urubamba in time for you to take a shower and change clothes and/or have your lunch.
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