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| Title: MARAS SALT MINES AND MORAY |
| Interest: Ecotourism |
| Trip Length: 4 hours |
Overview: The colonial town of Maras is located over a plain from which it is possible to admire the snow capped mountains of La Veronica at 5,682 meters and Chikon at 5,530 meters. Towards the northwest of the town, at a walking distance, are located the famous Maras salt works to which some people call salt mines. These are constituted by 3,000 small ponds roughly 5 square meters in size, constructed in a slope of the Qaqawiñay mountain. At 7 kilometers southwest from Maras the unique archeological site of Moray is located. It is famous for its sunken amphitheater, which appear to disappear into the earth like an artificial crater. The site was apparently an Inca agricultural research station designed for experimenting with crops at various altitudes and temperatures, creating the conditions or micro climates that in modern times people create in greenhouses.
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| Title: CHINCHERO |
| Interest: Ecotourism |
| Trip Length: 4 hours |
Overview: The town of Chinchero, strategically located 30 kilometers northwest of Cusco, had been entirely constructed on an extremely wide Incan setting. It was founded in the middle of the most beautiful cultivated lands in order to be used as a resting place by Inca Túpac Yupanqui. On its wide plateau, decorated by Piuray and Huaypo lagoons, you can find imposing snow-capped mountains. Chinchero has a rich monumental and cultural heritage and is one of the few places in Cusco that visibly maintains the Incan urban design. The remains of the Incan palace, the colonial church erected on stone foundations, its impeccable cultivation terraces and a colorful fair constitute their main attractions.
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| Title: CIUDAD SAGRADA DE CARAL |
| Interest: Ecotourism |
| Trip Length: 10 hours |
Overview: Caral is located in the valley of Supe and it is the oldest city in the Americas. It was one of the first cities constructed in the Central Andes and in the Americas. The construction of the Sacred City of Caral by the society of Supe started five thousand years ago, during the Late Archaic Period of the Central Andes (3000 - 1500 B.C.), and makes its contemporary to Mesopotamia and the old cultures developed in Egypt, India and China. The city was occupied for approximately one thousand years. The antiquity of Caral was detected through 18 dated radio carbonic tests made in the USA. As of its extension of around 65 hectares and its complexity The Sacred City of Caral is considered an archeological jewel and the most notable archaeological discovery of the later times. It is also evidence of the birth of civilization and of the formation of state-level social organization in the New World, achieved in isolation, without any contact with civilized societies in other parts of the world.
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