Good to know
- Time to spend
- 45 minutes–1 hour
- Tickets
- Paid entry run by the local community; not on the Boleto Turístico
- Best time
- Dry season (May–November), when the pools are full of white salt
- Getting there
- About 1.5 hours from Cusco by tour or taxi, often combined with Moray
Itineraries with Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras is on day 3
Day 3 of Cusco and Machu Picchu in 5 days
Through the Sacred Valley
How Salineras de Maras fits into a day.- 8:00Chinchero weaving villageChinchero
- 10:30Moray terracesSacred Valley
- 12:00Salineras de MarasSacred Valley
- 15:30Ollantaytambo fortressOllantaytambo
- 18:30Train to Aguas CalientesOllantaytambo
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Salineras de Maras questions
Is Salineras de Maras included in the Cusco Tourist Ticket?
No. You pay a separate entrance fee at the gate, which goes to the local cooperative that works the pans.
Can you walk among the salt pools?
Visitors stay on a set viewing path. Walking on the pool edges is not permitted, to protect the salt harvest.
