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Anakena Beach
Anakena Beach looks like a typical Pacific island beach with blue water and coconut palms but it is unique in that the sand is pink and there are several Ahu with Moai standing guard over the site of...
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Known as Rapa Nui by the Polynesian islanders, and Easter Island by Europeans, the official name is Isla de Pascua, a province of Chile. Chile has governed the island since 1888 when it was formally...
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Polynesians settled Easter Island about 1300 years ago when twin hulled sailing canoes first arrived at Anakena Beach. Europeans first discovered the island and its Rapanui inhabitants on Easter Sunday...
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Scuba Diving on Easter Island
Easter Island has beautiful clear water making scuba diving a popular activity. There are a couple of dive schools for those with no previous experience that also run dive trips for experienced divers....
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Hiking on Easter Island
The cleared terrain of Easter Island lends itself to hiking. If you are fit there are walks of various lengths that can be taken to view sites of interest all over the island. In fact the only way to...
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Easter Island Caves
Being a volcanic island there are lots of caves, especially lava tubes, some of which have their entrance underwater or on cliff faces. Caves have been used at various times in the past as living...
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Ahu Tahai and Village Complex
The Tahai complex consists of 3 Ahu – Ahu Tahai, Ahu Vai Uri, and Ahu Ko Te Riku with their associated Moai (statues). Being very close to the town of Hanga Roa, Tahai gets a lot of visitors because it...
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Rano Raraku Moai Quarry
Nearly all of the over 800 Moai (statues) on Easter Island were carved at the quarry on Rano Raraku. Rano Raraku is the cone of an extinct volcano that experienced a massive explosion in the distant...
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Orongo Village
Orongo is an ancient 400 year old village on the rim of Rano Kau, one of the large extinct volcanoes that form the corner headlands of Easter Island. Constant battering of Rano Kau by huge Pacific...
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What to do on Easter Island
Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui and Isla de Pascua) is a very interesting place for tourists but it is only a small relatively undeveloped island compared to tourist oriented islands elsewhere....
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