Across the Andes: Mendoza to Valparaiso
The Inca Empire and its impressive infrastructure Have you ever travelled between Argentina and Chile, across the Andes? Then you will likely have travelled on the present-day version of the Qhapaq Ñan, an extraordinary 30,000-km ancient Inca road network. In its heyday, the Inca Empire (1438–1533 CE) spanned a vast stretch along the western coast …