The Sacred Valley of the Incas was used to fulfill different functions and take advantage of the resources offered by these lands for the development and progress of the Inca civilization.
This half day bike tour will take you to the important places that the Incas developed for the production of products, planting and harvesting a diversity of products.
You will also get more information about the Inca culture and life in addition to enjoying the beautiful landscapes offered by this valley mounted on a modern bicycle with all the security measures.
Together with our local guide and cycling expert, you will discover surprising facts about the history that Cusco keeps in each place of its sacred valley. This tour is ideal to acclimatize before making your trip to Machu Picchu.
If you want to visit more places in the sacred valley that were a key point for the development of the Inca civilization, check out our full day tour package to the Sacred Valley and Maras Moray.
Cusco Hotel Transfer
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We will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco and take you in our private transport to Cruzpata, where the Sacred Valley Bike Tour Maras Moray begins.
Our expert will show you our new mountain bikes and give you a quick lesson on how to ride them. We will then start with a gentle ride to get you familiar with our bikes.
Once you feel comfortable on the bike, we will take you along the edges of the Huaypo lagoon, the attractive Andean farms and the settlements of the Peruvian highlands until we reach our first stop, Moray, to see these incredible agricultural terraces.
The Archaeological Complex of Moray, with its surprising agricultural terraces, is located a few kilometers from Maras.
It was used as an agricultural research center by the Incas, and is made up of 20 different microclimates with a temperature difference of 15°C between the highest and lowest terraces.
As a result of this, they were able to grow a variety of products throughout the Sacred Valley.
You will explore the many circular terraces with our guide, who will explain how the Incas used them and which floor had the maximum temperature.
After touring this amazing place we will go to the town of Maras where you can observe and learn more about the traditional salt extraction process that the inhabitants of this town still carry out in the Salineras de Maras, accompanied by our local expert guide.
The salt mines of Maras are one of the natural sites in the Sacred Valley that provide an impressive insight into Inca technology. Currently, more than 3,000 saltwater wells are used by 800 households in the local towns of Maras.
Since the time of the Incas, the salt flats have been used to extract salt through an evaporation process in which wells filled with naturally salty water are expected to harden and extract the salt.
After visiting these amazing places we will return to the starting point of our tour in Cruzpata. Here you will board our private transportation that will take you back to the city of Cusco.
