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Duration: 6 days/5 nights
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Excursions: Shared
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Lodging: Included
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Starting Point: Easter Island Airport
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Language: Spanish/English
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Departures: Daily
Description
Fantasy, myths and unforgettable rituals. This travel package allows you to know the most important attractions of the Island in 6 days, with time to live your own adventure.
- Easter Island National Park entrance fee not included, this fee must be paid directly on the island (USD 80, referential price)
- Suggested itinerary (The actual itinerary will be delivered one week before your arrival in Easter Island).
Itinerary
Our tour starts at 3:00 pm approximately from Hanga Roa to Ahu Akivi, the first restored Ahu by science in the Island in 1960. This Ahu with 7 Moai Statues is one of the few in the center of the Island, with its statues facing the rising sun. Reportedly, they represent the 7 explorers sent before the arrival of Hotu Matua to get to know the Island.
Then, we will visit the Puna Pau quarry, in a small crater of red scoria. Here the Pukao or headdress of the Moai were obtained. There are still some unfinished and abandoned pukaos. And we will finish at the Ahu Huri a Urenga, where we will find the four-arm Moai so-called the astronomer because is aligned with the southern winter solstice (June 21)
Return to Hanga Roa.
Accommodation in Easter Island.
Later, we will go to Ahu Tongariki, with 15 Moai being the largest Ahu of the island. After that, we will meet Ahu Te Pito Kura, which possesses the highest statue of the island raised in an Ahu, the Moai Paro (10 meters of height and 85 tons with a Pukao of 11,5 tons). Near this ceremonial temple is the great spherical stone that is identified as the Center of the World (Te Pito o Te Henua), as the legend tells, it was brought to the island by Hotu Matua'a in his craft.
After that, we will arrive in Ahu Nau Nau, temple of a complex construction due to its different levels where we will find 5 Moai statues with Pukao. There, we will see petroglyphs in the backs of the statues. We will continue our excursion to the Rano Raraku Volcano and quarry, where there was carved most of the Moai of the island, using the volcanic rock of its hillsides. There are an estimated number of 400 Moai in several stages of carved. Finishing our adventure, we will go to the Anakena Beach. It is a beach of white sands chosen for the arrival of the Ariki Hotu Matua'a and his sister Avareipua. Anakena is the name of a small cave in an adjacent gully.
Return to the town of Hanga Roa, total duration 8 hours.
Accommodation in Easter Island.
We start our tour at 09:00 am from Hanga Roa heading to the Ana Kai Tangata natural cave where it is possible to appreciate some rupestrian art representing birds such as the manutara, and where it is possible to watch waves breaking upon the cliff. We will continue our tour by visiting the Rano Kau Volcano where we will be able to see the largest crater on the Island and one of the largest sweet water reservation of the area. Finally, we will visit the Orongo Ceremonial Village, old and magnificent ceremonial city located in the western side of the Rano Kau volcano. It features 53 elliptical houses made of sandstone and a small square window looking to the sea. In this place, the most important ceremony of the second period of Easter Island was carried out: the election of the Tangata Manu (Bird-Man), this ceremony stopped being performed 150 years ago, due to the arrival of the first Christian missioners.
At 01:00 pm approximately, we will return to the village.
Accommodation in Easter Island.
We have several options (not included) for you to carry out in Easter Island:
Te Ana Circuit
Tour time: 09:30 am
Length: 3 - 4 hours
This tour specializes in the exploration of the caves. All an underground world where Rapa Nui is the 10th place worldwide with underground galleries that reaches 7 kilometers in total. Here, we will visit some of the most important caves and cavern of the island and will understand how its inhabitants could survive the depletion of its resources and inclement of the weather. We will also learn about the volcanic origin of the island and its geographical formation.
Adventure Trekking
Tour time: 09:30 am
Length: 3 - 4 hours
Departing from the Hanga Roa village, we will visit part of the northwestern coast of Rapa Nui, Ahu Akapu, Kakenga caverns, Te Pora, Te Pahu and finally Ahu Tepeu. Return to your place of accommodation at 02:00 pm.
Horseback Riding to the Caverns of Easter Island
Tour time: 09:00 am - 02:30 pm
Length: 3,5 hours
Departing from your hotel in Easter Island, we will enjoy a unique horseback riding to the cavern area. These caverns spread through the Island were used as residence, as graveyard and shelter during war time. We will ride, visiting the caverns of Ana Kakenga and the "Two Windows Caverns", located in the northeast coastal area of the Island. To access this cavern, we have to enter in a hole in the ground. After that, we will head to Ana te Pahu, a less visited place in the Island, but featuring a beautiful landscape. Then, we will continue to Ahu Akivi, importante sacred altar and platform, ending in Maunga Roiho.
We have several options (not included) for you to carry out in Easter Island:
Te Ana Circuit
Tour time: 09:30 am
Length: 3 - 4 hours
This tour specializes in the exploration of the caves. All an underground world where Rapa Nui is the 10th place worldwide with underground galleries that reaches 7 kilometers in total. Here, we will visit some of the most important caves and cavern of the island and will understand how its inhabitants could survive the depletion of its resources and inclement of the weather. We will also learn about the volcanic origin of the island and its geographical formation.
Adventure Trekking
Tour time: 09:30 am
Length: 3 - 4 hours
Departing from the Hanga Roa village, we will visit part of the northwestern coast of Rapa Nui, Ahu Akapu, Kakenga caverns, Te Pora, Te Pahu and finally Ahu Tepeu. Return to your place of accommodation at 02:00 pm.
Horseback Riding to the Caverns of Easter Island
Tour time: 09:00 am - 02:30 pm
Length: 3,5 hours
Departing from your hotel in Easter Island, we will enjoy a unique horseback riding to the cavern area. These caverns spread through the Island were used as residence, as graveyard and shelter during war time. We will ride, visiting the caverns of Ana Kakenga and the "Two Windows Caverns", located in the northeaster coastal area of the Island. To access this cavern, we have to enter in a hole in the ground. After that, we will head to Ana te Pahu, a less visited place in the Island, but featuring a beautiful landscape. Then, we will continue to Ahu Akivi, importante sacred altar and platform, ending in Maunga Roiho.
Accommodations
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- Isla de Pascua: Hotel Manutaraor similar category, depending on availability.
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Tourist Superior
- : Matariki Sunset Apart Hotelor similar category, depending on availability.
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Superior
- : Hotel Taha Taior similar category, depending on availability.
Important note: In the event that one of the hotels does not have availability, it will be exchanged for a hotel with similar characteristics.
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Isabel Gago
Helena Van Torenge
Ron Smith
Had we known more about the more remote areas of the island we might have rented a car. Maybe suggest some extra excursions available for walking or by car.
Dulce Ruiz Vega
Sólo sugeriría que se confirmen los traslados en el taxi con un poco mas de anticipación para sus clientes internacionales, ya que los vuelos salen en ocasiones con un día de anticipación y la hora de confirmación del traslado fue un poco estresante porque se hizo el mismo día que salía mi vuelo para llegar a Santiago desde México.
Sam Losiri
No, complaints but took us 30 hours to get there and 30 hours to get back home, LAX-IAH-BOG-SCL-IPC-SCL-BOG-IAH-LAX.
Sebastian Tapia
Elizabeth Cortez
Corroborar servicios y calidad de los hoteles. Tuve inconvenientes con el agua caliente de la ducha en el hotel que me hospedé que no se solucionó porque no era un problema por desperfecto. Todas las habitaciones tenían el mismo problema( poca presión de agua, no salía agua caliente)
Carole Williams
For a trip to Easter Island in Sept it would be good to know that there could be several days with heavy rain. We were not prepared with hooded raincoats. Luckily for us we had enough days to reschedule 2 tours. Others, on shorter trips, would not be able to reschedule.