Hiking the Island

4 Hours

Hiking the Island

Duration: 4 hrs.

Let’s hike the highest volcano with 511 meters above the sea level! Along the way you will observe 360º of the earth’s curvature and the whole island. Along the way to the top, we will find ourselves with Roiho volcano and its crater lake covered by totora reeds. You will be delighted by amazing landscapes of wild horses, eucalyptus forests and a stream that flows into a red hibiscus cave. Give it a try!

Poike : duration 5 hrs

Hike to the oldest and most eroded volcano. Visit the “cave of the virgins” and later walk to a giant carved face Known as Vai a Heva, which served as a water receptacle in old times.

Rano Kao volcano: duration 3 hrs.

Starting point will be CONAF visiting the green house with many endemic species that are going to be reforested. We will walk up the volcano through Vai a Tare, the left side of Rano Kao and observe the magnificent views of dramatic cliffs and the crater’s caldera. We will finish our walk observing the “motu” or islets where the competitors swam to get the first egg of the manutara.