Riding Adventure Through Maras and Moray.
This horseback riding tour from Cusco to the sacred valley and then visit to Machu Picchu is designed for horse lovers. We invite you to ride a Peruvian horse through the Andes around Cusco. This tour is offered from April to November including fascinating lagoons, archaeological sites as Saqsayhuaman fortress, Moray as known as agricultural laboratory, Maras as known as Salineras, and always impressive Machu Picchu ruins. Riders will also enjoy lot landscape of the sacred valley of the Incas, where we offer camping under starry and tranquility sky, lot of contact with local people working their farms as known as Chacras. If you are looking do something different then the other travelers this the best way to discover every corner between Cusco and the sacred valley of the Incas. The savage and geographic location of this region make very appropriate to practice horseback riding and camping through richest agriculture terraces dating from the Inca’s time. Our trained staff of Cusco will make unforgettable this equestrian tour, the combination of visit to Machu Picchu makes spectacular alternative for horse riders as you, don’t hesitate to e-mail us if you have any question about this tour or if you like to book online.
Riding Itinerary
At 7AM pick-up from the hotel and transfer the ranch in Urubamba, were we will meet our horses. Saddle the horse and start our ride crossing the Urubamba river for climb 1000m to the high Andes (2 hours), there will see salt platforms of Salinas, a fascinating system used since the Inca times to extract salt from a natural mountain spring. Take it easy because the change of altitude does not only affect the horses. Over 3750M you will be observing Chicon, Veronica and Salkantay snowcapped mountains. Haven a lunch in the typical Andean village of Maras (excluded), we continue our ride to Moray Inca complex. There are no great ruins in Moray to impress visitors. Moray is more for the contemplative traveller with an affinity for such phenomena as the Nasca Lines. After 4 or 5 hours of ride we will return to the stable. NOTE: If you are located in the sacred valley of the Incas (Ollantaytambo - Urubamba) we will pick up from there too. You just need to tell us the name, address and phone number of the hotel and we will be there to start this horse tour around Maras and Moray.
WEIGHT LIMITATION FOR RIDING
According the weight of our Peruvian Criollo horses the maximum weight they can carry is between 25% and 28% of their weight (400/540 kilogram or 882/992 Lbs) - So, the limit of weight will be 95 kilograms (210 Lbs) as maximum weight for each participant - We recommend avoid to bring additional weight as backpacks or other heavy things on this trip.
