Easter Island is an evocative name that triggers imagination. This island is one of the world’s most isolated spots and represents the mystery of a culture and a history that few people really know.
Lost in the middle of the Pacific, this volcanic island hides the most amazing treasures which you will visit during your stay. The « moai » statues, caves, craters and beaches give this unique land a very special atmosphere. A magical encounter with the past awaits you here. It is all silence, vastness, mystery and legend.
We invite you to discover this island from a different perspective, exploring the natural surrounding which has shaped the history of the place.
Trip features
Type of trip: Overland
Duration: 5 days
Suggested period: all year
Fitness level: none
Technical level: none
Highlights of the trip
- Archeological site of the Moai
- Volcano crater
- Anakena beach
Itinerary
DAY 1: EASTER ISLAND (IN)
Reception at the airport and transfer IN (IN GROUP, WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE) to the hotel GOMERO or similar.
Night at hotel Gomero (or similar according to availability)
DAY 2: EASTER ISLAND
REGULAR HALF DAY excursion (approx. 3-4 hours) (IN GROUP, WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE)
During this excursion you go up to the extinct volcano RANO KAU, where a round view over the whole island with its coast, volcanoes and the village of HANGA ROA awaits you.
The second viewpoint you visit lets you appreciate the crater of RANO KAU with its lagoon. Afterwards you arrive at the ceremonial village of ORONGO, where the ceremony and the competition of the bird man – TANGATA MANU – took place.
Then you visit the Ahu VINAPU with its architecture that reminds one of the constructions of pre-inca people. At the end of this excursion we visit the cave ANA KAI TANGATA where we can appreciate cave paintings.
Breakfast included.
Night at hotel Gomero (or similar according availability), Breakfast included.
DAY 3: 24.03.2014 EASTER ISLAND
REGULAR FULL DAY excursion (approx. 7-8 hours) (IN GROUP, WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE)
The first stop takes you to a not restored Ahu called VAIHU situated in the HANGA TE’E bay at the islands southern coast given witness to a destruction phase some centuries back.
You continue to the region of AHU AKAHANGA, where according to legend the tomb of the famous King HOTU MATUA rests.
Afterwards you arrive at one of the most important cultural sites of Rapa Nui, the quarry of RANO RARAKU, where about 900 statues were manufactured, 397 still sit or stand in the different stages of tailoring and transportation.
You continue to AHU TONGARIKI, restored in 1995, with its 15 statues standing.
The penultimate site you visit is the “umbilicus of the world” together with the Ahu TE PITO KURA.
Eventually you arrive at the ANAKENA beach where you can find 2 platforms, el Ahu NAU NAU and the Ahu ATURE HUKI both restored. Here you can as well appreciate the warm waters of the pacific, rest at the beach with its red send and palm trees
Afterwards you come back to the hotel. Breakfast and box lunch included.
Night at hotel Gomero (or similar according availability),
DAY 4: ESTER ISLAND
Day at leisure. Breakfast included.
Night at hotel Gomero (or similar according availability),
DAY 5: EASTER ISLAND
Farewell and transfer OUT to the airport. (IN GROUP, WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE).