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Easter Island
4 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: March, and October to December
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Welcome
Easter Island, in a few days
Some 3,700 km off the Chilean coast, Rapa Nui holds nearly 900 moai carved from the tuff of Rano Raraku, fifteen of them standing in a row at Tongariki. The island is 24 km long and can be covered in three days by scooter, but it has rules: a paid national park ticket, a licensed guide at most sites and a 30-day limit on stays.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 2 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 2 things
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Ahu Tongariki · about 45 minFifteen moai on a platform almost 100 metres long, backs to the ocean; the tallest tops 8 metres, and one keeps its topknot.
- Afternoon · Rano Raraku quarry · about 1 h 30The crater where nearly every moai was carved; around 400 remain on its slopes, including a 21-metre giant never freed from the rock.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Taha Tai€140 a night
D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Anakena Beach · about 2 hThe island's one real white coral-sand beach, with Ahu Nau Nau's seven moai kept well preserved by the sand that buried them for centuries.
- Afternoon · Ahu Akivi · about 45 minSeven moai standing inland, 2 km from the coast, unusual in facing out to sea and aligned with the sunset at the equinox.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel O'tai€150 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Puna Pau quarry · about 30 minThe small red-scoria crater where every pukao, the cylinders set on some moai heads, was cut; around twenty lie abandoned, some over 2 metres across.
- Afternoon · Sunset at Tahai free · about 1 hThree seafront platforms ten minutes' walk from Hanga Roa, including Ko Te Riku, the only moai with restored coral and obsidian eyes.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Manutara€130 a night
D4
Day 4
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Rano Kau crater free · about 1 hA crater 1.6 km across holding a reed-covered lake, its southern rim broken open to the ocean, seen from a viewpoint on the edge.
- Afternoon · Orongo ceremonial village · about 1 hFifty-three stone houses on the rim of Rano Kau, centre of the birdman cult, whose contestants swam to Motu Nui for the first tern egg.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Taura'a€210 a night
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Empanadas de pino: beef, egg and a single olive, baked.
- Pastel de choclo: sweetcorn baked over minced beef, served in a clay dish.
- Ceviche and shellfish straight out of the Pacific.
- Completo: the Chilean hot dog, buried under avocado and mayonnaise.
- Central valley wine, and pisco from the north.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Pickpockets work Santiago and Valparaiso: bag in front, phone away.
- The distances are enormous. Fly between the north and the south.
- Book Torres del Paine months ahead in high season. The refuges fill first.
- The north sits high. Climb to Atacama slowly and drink more water than you want.
Getting by
Words that help
English ↔ Spanish
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Hello | Hola |
| Thank you | Gracias |
| Please | Por favor |
| Yes | Sí |
| No | No |
| Excuse me | Perdone |
| Goodbye | Adiós |
| Do you speak English? | ¿Habla inglés? |
| I don't understand | No entiendo |
| How much is it? | ¿Cuánto cuesta? |
| Where are the toilets? | ¿Dónde están los baños? |
| The bill, please | La cuenta, por favor |
| Help! | ¡Socorro! |
| Cheers! | ¡Salud! |
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyChilean peso (CLP)
BudgetAbout €180 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMarch, and October to December
PlugC/L · 220V
Tap waterSafe to drink in the cities
TippingAround 10%
Emergency133 / 131
EntryVisa-free for 90 days for EU, UK, US, Canadian and Australian passports.
HealthNo vaccination required. Keep tetanus and polio up to date; hepatitis A is worth considering if you eat well outside the tourist trail.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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