Pascua Island

Are you prepared to make the most of your stay? Here is what you need to know for your Easter Island adventure - even if it's only for three nights! There is a good possibility that you have seen Moai on Easter Island, the huge minds that stick out of the floor and seem to welcome you at almost every corner.

The Easter Island has almost 900 moai, and many appear on Ahu, the platform that serves as a shrine. Moais come in a variety of shapes and forms; some have an eye while others prefer empty terms, some are wearing pukkao or top knots that look like vulcanic cliff caps on their head, and some of them are high and slender, while others have wider collars.

Highest moai is Paro, which is 10 m high. Nearly every Moai stands in the interior, and the islanders believe that their position was intended to mirror how they always watched. Though some moai face the ocean, the seven moai at Ahu Akivi are regarded either as moai guiding travellers to the island or as representatives of those who wait for their kin.

Moai are gigantic, heavier characters - and they are not all mind.

The majority of humans believe that they would have been taken to their place of rest by the use of tree trunks or other round items. When you ask the locals, you might get another answer: you believe that the Moai were authorized to go around the island or dancing on their own.

While it may seem far-fetched, Easter Island has no proof of the presence of trees powerful enough to bear the Moai hundreds of years ago, so it is difficult to discounted the spotlight. Easter Island's biggest Easter Island hut, Tongariki hut, is what you've seen when you google the moai: 15 of them on a large plate.

It is the quintessence and one of the most spectacular monuments of the island. Rano Raraku, also known as the Moai Stone Mine, is the precipitous volcano craters in which moai were cut before being moved around the island. You will see Moai in different states of the creative process and in many different genres and dimensions, and you will see how they both stand high and lie down.

The area offers a captivating insight into the formation of the Moai and you will see some of the most popular pictures of Easter Island. Get ready for a hike - some of the most remarkable moai are about 10-15 minutes up the hill from your departure point. It is the solemn centre in the south-western part of Easter Island and is home to some breathtaking scenery and the Birdman's rite.

Nearest to the city and the best place to experience a Easter Island sundown. Descend at least 30 mins. before dusk to see other visitors and see how the cloudy and sunny conditions provide an unbelievable mai. With some unbelievable images of Moai embedded between palms, it is a great place to see it.

Moai are among the best conserved on Easter Island, as they are sandy beaches that protect them from degradation. The Moai on Easter Island are all in the interior of the country where, with one single exemption, they guard over the population. The Ahu Akivi shows seven moai pointing out to the sea.

Ahu Akivi is a great place for photographing, as the day is shining on this moai. The sunset is especially beautiful when the lights illuminate their faces, but it is simple to take a good picture no matter when one visits them. Situated near the international airfield, Ahu Vinapu offers a kind of stonewall architectural style that can only be found in Inca towns, suggesting that there are links between Easter Island and the towns that have constructed towns like Ollantaytambo in Peru.

Considered a severely worsened moai, this sculpture is particularly unusual, as few moai have been classified as woman. There are two main reason why Ahu Te Pito Kura is definitely a worthwhile visit: It is home to the biggest moai on Easter Island and a huge magnet rock that can have magic power.

Moai, called Paro, weighed about 80 tonnes and dropped two hundred years ago, so that today it lies face down in the floor. A short distance from Paro lies Tita'a hangga, a flat elliptical rock containing mana, a miraculous force that Rapa Nui thinks is present on the island. Akahanga Ahu is a great example of Moai who were overthrown and never recovered during the battles on Easter Island.

Remarkable is a small moai lying on its back, which is probably one of the first sculptures on the island. Well-known as the place where the Rapa Nui carries scarlet scaria or volcano fly for pukkao, the scarlet headgear or some moai caps, this area of Easter Island is particularly scenic.

It is a great place, with luxuriant verdant mounds speckled with crimson slag, if your trip also takes you to the stone pit - this gives you the opportunity to see where all the moai elements come from. This is a basic foodstuff on Easter Island and in large parts of South America. Only five minutes by car from the international airports, it was the right decision for our launch ramp to Easter Island.

The owner Edith picks you up (with a local rental to welcome you to island life!), gives you a fast drive through Hanga Roa to orientate you, and provides you with convenient accommodation and tasty cuisine. There was a king size bedroom, lots of room for clothing and a contemporary bath room (complete with a full size showers that had both warm waters and amazing pressures!), but don't wait for amenities like TV or radio - and, quite honestly, if it's you, Easter Island couldn't be your kind of holiday.

Wireless/Wireless was free (though spotty- totally intelligible for an island that takes five hour flight from somewhere else! While many Easter Island lodgings offer breakfasts as part of the room price, don't miss Edith's - she may be the best chef on the island.

Looking for other hotels on Easter Island? Below are some offers in Hanga Roa - the capital of Easter Island. When you plan a journey to Easter Island, you will find on this card the places and places we mentioned in this article. Hopefully this will help you to create your own Easter Island holiday!

There' s only one Easter Island trip a week and if you're not there, you might miss your opportunity. Think about staying the whole of Santiago before you connect to Easter Island. This was not done and the fare we were paying was a totally desperate two-hour stay we waited for and checked our bags again (and several airlines employees told us that neither we nor our bags would travel because there was not enough free travel between the receipt of our bags and our next flight), and finally an apprehensive five-hour trip asking if there would be a clothes-changing in ours.

Had I planned this journey again, we would have stayed one last overnight in Santiago and at least three hour at the airfield to escape the anxiety, the sprint and the anxiety that had tarnished the beginning of this venture. An Easter Island pass cancel is available at the Rapa Nui postal service!

The locals on Easter Island are not only the most experienced when it comes to facts and stories, they can also bridging the gulf between perceptions and traditions. When we asked our leader how in the whole wide oceans her forebears were moving these huge rock sculptures around Easter Island, she twitched her arms and objectively said to us: "It was mana.

" Mana, the word used to describe the godly force that some have owned and used to order the Moai to move, is probably not the statement given by leaders who have only been studying the island's story, but after listening to a true descendent who has handed down the stories over generation, one cannot help but believe in the Papanui's powerful.

Local people get parcels from the shore by ship every six-week, so everything you buy - meals, lavatory supplies and clothing - reflects the high cost of taking it to Easter Island. Everybody is selling Moai statuettes, and you will see unbelievable assortments for the same sizes and finish.

Investigate in great touring and one or two memorabilia for yourself - you want something to remember this magic place when you're back home, but the first hand experiences you'll make while exploring Easter Island are the most important investments you'll make during this trip. As you know you will be spending your Easter Island trip, make sure you have a reasonable price before you leave.

The Easter Island has two Easter Island banking institutions - Santander and Banco Espana - and it is customary for cash machines to run out of cash (especially on weekends). The Easter Island is an unbelievably secluded part of the globe. It can be hard to return to continental Chile in an emergencies with only one plane to and from the island on most nights.

For our journey we took out tour insurances and were very satisfied with our chosen World Nomads policies. It is a good suggestion to consider travelling health insurances when you plan your journey to Easter Island. VISITING EASTER ISLAND! An Easter Island holiday is a real journey of life, and there is nothing to spoil the memory of smiling with new buddies about coffee and beers, the disappearance of the last beautiful rays of sun on the skyline and the amazement at the Moai, some of the most unbelievable and enigmatic woodcarvings in human history.

There are only 50,000 visitors to Easter Island every year - and it's good that you're one of them. Looking for more unique holiday opportunities?