The time of warfare and hunger that the Rapa Nui people went through can be seen and felt in this tour. You will observe platforms in ruins, with toppled statues facing downwards that have completely lost the “ mana” from their ancestors, abandoning them and transmitting to us a devastating feeling of how this amazing culture survived in complete isolation.

Itinerary:

Ahu Hanga Poukura: Platform in ruins and dreadful conditions. We will walk around the ahu so as to observe it from the front and also see its amazing rockwork on its back. Walk along the lava formations of the coast till we get to a magnificent blow hole that pours out water with an amazing power depending on the tides.

Akahanga: An ancient village is what you will see here with 3 amazing ahu, one of them being the largest in ruins laying down along the rocky coast. You will learn how our ancestors lived, cooked, and sheltered in extreme isolation.

Now that you have learned more about how and where the statues were carved, it is time to continue our journey to Ahu Tongariki, the biggest restored platform on the island and Polynesia. Then, drive across Poike (the oldest volcano) to reach the north coast and see Ahu te Pito Kura, with the biggest moai ever transported and erected on its platform measuring 10 meters and also an amazing round rock, known as the “navel of the world”

You will end the tour in Anakena beach tasting local tuna empanadas, having time to swim in its clear crystal waters and walk along two important Ahu (Nau Nau and Ature Huki)

Back to the hotel (20 minutes)