Small-Group Full-Day Easter Island Highlights South and East

Highlights

  • Stress-free hotel pickup and drop-off

  • Travel between dispersed attractions with ease 

  • Receive personalized attention in a small group 

Summary

Begin your day with pickup from your hotel. Make sure you are carrying your pre-purchased national park ticket (not included). Meet your guide, then settle into the air-conditioned minivan to head south.  Make your first stop at Ahu Huri A Urenga, a single statue with four hands aligned to the sunrise at winter solstice. Head farther south to the Ahu Vinapu, where skillful engineering suggests contact with the Incas, then to the coastal area of Hanga Poukura, home to rough lava rock formations and several statues mysteriously buried in a line, with only the backs visible. Take a break for lunch (not included), before heading for Rano Raraku. This crater functioned as a kind of factory where most of the island's statues were carved. Since the workers stopped, the hundreds of statues left behind haven't moved. The final stop is Ahu Tongariki, the island's biggest ahu with 15 mighty moais. Your day ends with drop-off back at your hotel. This tour does not pick up at cruise ship terminals.

Tour info

Duration
6 hours 30 minutes
Group Size
Pricing (From)
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Meeting Point
Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

Unravel some of the mysteries of Easter Island and its spectacular ahu (stone platforms) and moai (monolithic human figures) in the company of a guide on a stress-free tour from Hanga Roa. Enjoy free hotel pickup and drop-off and receive personalized attention in a small group of no more than eight. Plus, you'll travel long distances with ease, going from the fallen statues in the south to the towering monuments of the east.

What’s included?

  • Local professional driver/guide

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan

  • Bottled water

  • Exclusive - Home Hosted Lunch with a Rapa Nui Family

  • National park ticket (US$80 or CLP54,000 per person, bought in cash upon arrival to airport)

  • Tour not available for cruise ship passengers

  • Gratuities

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 6h 30m

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operated by:

Easter Island Travel

About operator:

Exploring one step further. Live your Easter Island adventure the way you imagined it. Feel more of the island spirit and atmosphere through our wide array of tours. Tours are offered in fluent English, Spanish and Swedish. The agency is owned by Marcus Edensky (one of the very few non-natives throughout history ever to learn to speak the ancient Easter Island language Rapa Nui fluently) and by local Alicia "Makohe" Ika (musical artist and surf instructor, famous from Hollywood-directed environmental surf movie 180° South).

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