Easter Island Wonders

Easter Island is located at the easternmost tip of the Polynesian triangle, and it is considered the most isolated island in the world. Yet it holds one of the most intriguing and mysterious ancient civilizations in the world. The Easter Island Wonders tour will take you through the history of the Rapa Nui people from the early settlement period and through to the development of the carving and raising of its megalithic statues called the moai. We will visit the quarry of the satues with its almost 400 statues in different stages of the carving process, including the biggest moai on the island. Another highlight visit on this tour is the restored Ahu Tongariki with its 15 moai. We finish the tour at Anakena, another archaeological site with restored moai but with the free time to also enjoy its crystal clear waters.

The tour begins when I pick you up from your hotel and we take the coast line road away from town and head for the sites of Vaihu and Akahanga where we will see Ahu or ceremonial centers with the statues in ruins. We continue to the Ahu Tongariki site, most commonly known like the fifteen statues, a restored platform. We then cross over to Rano Raraku, the quarry of the moai with approximately 400 moai in different stages of the carving process. Restrooms available at this site. The tour continues to the north coast where we visit the Ahu Te Pito Kura and finally we reach the beautiful sandy beach of Anakena, where the first Polynesian settlers would have landed their canoes. Restrooms are available here and you may want to spend some free time on the beach. We return back to the town of Hanga Roa and the hotel.