Private Tour to Maras Salineras and Chinchero from Ollantaytambo

The first stop is in Chinchero, a charming Andean village known as the “cradle of the rainbow”. Located at over 3,700 meters altitude, Chinchero offers an unparalleled panoramic view over the snowy mountains.

Here is a 17th century colonial church built on ancient Inca walls, reflecting the cultural fusion between the pre-Hispanic world and Spanish colonization. The village is also famous for its textile tradition: in family workshops the ancestral technique of wool spinning and dyeing is preserved intact, using natural products such as cochineal (which produces intense red tones), purple corn or local plants that generate a wide color palette.

This experience is a unique opportunity to get to know firsthand one of the most authentic cultural practices in the Sacred Valley.

The tour continues to Moray, one of the most fascinating archaeological complexes of Inca engineering.

Its enigmatic circular terraces, arranged in the shape of an amphitheater, were not simple agricultural constructions, but a real laboratory of climatic experimentation. Each level has a temperature variation of up to 15 °C from the upper level, which allowed the Incas to recreate different ecosystems and test crops from different regions of the empire, from the coast to the Amazon rainforest.

This innovation demonstrates the Incas’ deep knowledge of nature and their ability to adapt it to their needs.

Later on, the tour arrives at the spectacular Salineras de Maras, a set of more than 3,000 salt pools descending on glowing terraces along the mountainside.

These salt panes, used since pre-Inca times, are supplied from an underground spring with mineral-rich water, which when evaporated leaves crystals of pure salt. To this day, every family in the town owns and works its pools, maintaining an ancestral tradition that lives on and that gives the salt of Maras a unique character, recognized even internationally.

The contrast of the intense white of the salt with the ochre and reddish tones of the mountain creates one of the most impressive postcards of the Sacred Valley, perfect for photography and contemplation.

To close the tour, you can enjoy lunch in Urubamba, surrounded by green landscapes and Andean mountains that invite calm.

This moment allows you to taste the local cuisine and rest before returning to Ollantaytambo, with the satisfaction of having lived a day full of history, exceptional landscapes and traditions that keep alive the cultural heritage of the Incas.