24 Saraguro Indian Woman Deep in the rolling hills of the southern Ecuadorian Andes lies the Province of Loja. Here, life moves at a gentle pace as travellers visit age-old Saraguro communities, the rugged beauty of Podocarpus National Park and Vilcabamba, known as the Valley of Longevity, where one can glean insights into life, the universe and everything from its inhabitants who reach very ripe old ages indeed! Loja and the South