From Cusco: Horseback Riding Maras Moray – Huaynas Expeditions

We will pick you up from your hotels in the city of Cusco or the Sacred Valley, we will drive to the town of Maras, where we will find our horses as well as the (Horseman) chalan, after the safety talk we will begin our ride to Moray, passing by small villages and crops of potatoes, our visit to Moray will be very interesting since this place was use to genetically altere all the products from Andes, in order to have new species of Andean vegetables.

Then to the salt platforms of Salineras (Inca times), still being used by the locals to extract salt from the mountain spring water. Where the salty water is channeled through an impressive irrigation system and left to evaporate in the sun.Continue 2 hours climbing riding the horses (1000m) to reach the high Andean. Over at 3750m the stunning scenery and the snow-capped mountains of Chicon, Veronica and Salkantay is impressive. Cooling of the products was achieved by using a genius system of underground air-circulation. Ride to Lake Huaypo, there will have box lunch with spectacular scenery of snow-capped mountains, wildflowers and beautiful mountain lakes.

Ride to Moray terraces, this area was served as an experimental agricultural station for the development of different crop strains, using the climates of different ecological zones. There are no great ruins in Moray to impress visitors. Moray is more for the contemplative traveler with an affinity for such phenomena as the Nasca Lines. From Moray we come back down to the Valley floor, after riding we come back to the ranch. At 4 pm transfer back to Cusco.