After our friend hiked the Quilotoa Loop, my husband and I wanted to try doing it ourselves. It's a 22-mile three-day trek, and we were curious how we'd do at our ages. While it was difficult, it was ...

From here, many choose to drive about two hours to hike in Llanganates National Park. This area is famous for the legend of Incan Emperor Atahualap’s lost treasure, an alleged bounty of precious ...

Jefferson Herrera stands with his Alpaca beside Quilotoa crater lake, an area regarded by many Ecuadorian communities as a sacred space. Photograph by Ben Pipe The town of Zumbahua acts as the gateway ...

If you want to hike in the Andes, it's pretty hard to go wrong. The longest continental mountain range in the world spans over 4,000 miles, includes ample 20,000-foot peaks, the world's highest active ...