Quick answer: Ingapirca is Ecuador’s largest Inca site, built over an older Cañari settlement at 3,160 m in Cañar province. It is about 2 to 2.5 hours by bus from Cuenca ($3.50–4 each way). Entry
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Quick answer: Vilcabamba is a small valley town at about 1,600 m, 45 km south of Loja. It became famous in the 1970s for residents said to live past 120, but a 1979 study found
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Quick answer: No lost city has been confirmed near the Tayos caves. The famous Cueva de los Tayos in Morona Santiago was surveyed in 1976 by Stan Hall’s expedition, which included Neil Armstrong, and found
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Quick answer: Pucará de Rumicucho is a hilltop Inca site of five stone terraces in San Antonio de Pichincha, a few kilometers north of the Mitad del Mundo monument. Built around 1480–1500, it worked as
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