Pickup at 06:20, Chinchero at 07:40, the Maras salt mines at 09:30, Moray at 10:30, lunch at 12:00, Ollantaytambo at 14:15, Pisac at 16:50 and Cusco at 19:00. Eight stops, 12 hours.
The day, stop by stop
07:40highest point · 3,762 mChinchero
At 3,762 m, the highest point of the day. A weaving family shows how alpaca fleece is spun, dyed with plants and cochineal and woven on a backstrap loom; then the terraces and the colonial church built on Inca walls.
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09:30Maras salt mines
A half-hour drive down to 3,385 m. Thousands of white ponds fed by a salty spring, each worked by a family. The path runs downhill along the ponds and climbs back at the end. Community ticket at the gate.
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10:30Moray
Fifteen minutes away at 3,500 m. Concentric terraces dropping like an amphitheatre; the guide explains the agricultural-laboratory theory and the temperature differences between rings.
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14:15Ollantaytambo
The lowest point, 2,790 m. The terraces up to the Temple of the Sun and its six monoliths, then the Inca street grid of the only town still living on its original plan.
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16:50Pisac
An hour and fifty minutes along the valley. Terraces and the religious sector with the Intihuatana, then down to the town for the market and a silver workshop.
More about Pisac →Tickets on this route
The Tourist Ticket is valid at Chinchero, Moray, Ollantaytambo and Pisac; the Maras salt mines sell their own community ticket. How the tickets work.
Updated 2 October 2026.
