Cuenca and the Southern Highlands Travel Guide

Cuenca and the Southern Highlands

The less-visited Southern Highlands deserve a more prominent spot on travel itineraries. Cuenca, Ecuador's third largest city, with a collection of colonial architecture that comes close to rivaling Quito's, serves as the gateway to this region. Indigenous ruins in the vicinity are a reminder that Cuenca was the second largest city in the Inca empire, surpassed only by Cusco, in Peru.

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20 Years Ago, I Planted Trees in the Amazon. I Went Back to See If It Had Made a Difference
“Voluntourism” has received a lot of criticism in recent years. In 2000, I worked as a conservation volunteer in the Ecuadorian rainforest and returned 20 years later as a visitor.

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Cuenca and the Southern Highlands

TRAVEL GUIDE

The Struggle With Altitude Sickness in the Ecuadorian Andes Is Real
With the beautiful views come the very real struggles of hiking 13,000 feet above sea level.

This New Galápagos Cruise Takes You in the Footsteps of Charles Darwin
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20 Years Ago, I Planted Trees in the Amazon. I Went Back to See If It Had Made a Difference
“Voluntourism” has received a lot of criticism in recent years. In 2000, I worked as a conservation volunteer in the Ecuadorian rainforest and returned 20 years later as a visitor.