The destination · things to seeThings to see in the Sacred Valley: the sites on each tour version
Short answerIn one day you see up to five highlights: Chinchero, the Maras Salt Mines, Moray, Ollantaytambo and Pisac, with Sacred Valley + Maras & Moray. The Traditional swaps Maras and Moray for the Taray Viewpoint and more time in Pisac. The versions ending in Ollantaytambo skip the last stop: Chinchero or Pisac.
Chinchero
3,762 m · Boleto Turístico · 1 h visit
A weaving center that is still active: a demonstration of alpaca spinning, dyeing with plants and cochineal and backstrap-loom weaving. Around it, Inca terraces and a colonial church built on Inca foundations. It’s the highest point of the day.
All about Chinchero →Maras Salt Mines
3,385 m · Community fee, separate · 45-min visit
A hillside covered by more than 3,000 pans that fill with water from an underground salt spring. Families from the Maras community work them and charge their own fee.
All about the Maras Salt Mines →Moray
3,500 m · Boleto Turístico · 45-min visit
Amphitheaters of circular terraces on several levels. They are believed to have worked as a farming laboratory where crops were tested at different altitudes.
All about Moray →Ollantaytambo
2,790 m · Boleto Turístico · 1 h visit
A terraced fortress-temple on the hillside, with the Temple of the Sun and its six monoliths, and at its feet the only inhabited Inca town that keeps its original plan. Trains to Machu Picchu leave from here.
All about Ollantaytambo →Pisac
3,300 m · Boleto Turístico · 1 h + 30 min in town
Terraces stepping down the whole hillside and, at the top, a ceremonial complex with the Intihuatana, at 3,300 m. Further down, at 2,972 m, the town with its craft market.
All about Pisac →Taray Viewpoint
No entrance fee · 15-min stop
The first view of the Urubamba River and the valley’s terraces, on a short Traditional stop before heading down to Pisac.
Urubamba
2,871 m · No entrance fee · 50 min
The valley floor and the buffet lunch stop on all four versions: Rustica included, or 14 Inkas, Don Ángel and Tunupa at extra cost.