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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A year ago, a friend hiked the Quilotoa Loop, a three-day high-elevation trek in the Ecuadorian Andes. It's a challenging trek culminating at 13,000 feet on the rim of a crater lake located three ...