The Inca empire, in the 1400s and early 1500s, spanned much of South America's Andean region, over 1,000 miles (1,600km), from modern-day Bolivia and Peru to Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia.

Cuenca, Ecuador is a popular destination for tourists, travelers, and retirees visiting Ecuador. The city has a UNESCO World ...

Ecuador Before Columbus; Where Pizarro and the Inca Armies Fought the Land Yields Relics of Older Civilizations -- Mr. Saville Brings Back Curious and Valuable Finds from His Vacation Trip on the ...

Hiking the Forgotten Royal Inca Trails of Ecuador. OFF THE BEATEN PATH. Photo Courtesy of Sinead Mulhern . Here at 11,500 feet, along the world’s longest mountain range, ...

Thousands of Indigenous dancers from Ecuador gathered in Cotacachi, to celebrate Inti Raymi, the ancient Inca Festival of the ...

Mysteries of the Incas remain, ... Chile, to Quito, Ecuador. Our own journey began at Cuzco, one of the highest cities in the world and the Inca Empire’s former capital.

Steeped in death, conquest, desire, and mystery, the legend of the lost Inca gold is guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains in central Ecuador. Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates ...