Easter Island, Chile
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What is Easter Island
Discovered on Easter Sunday, 1722 by Dutch explorer Jakob Roggeveen. Easter island's collection of 25 meter-high stone sculptures still puzzles historians and archaeologists as to its origins. It is believed that a society of Polynesian origin settled here in the 4th century and established a unique tradition of monumental sculpture. Between the 10th and 16th centuries, they erected the enormous stone figures, known as the Moai, which have long fascinated the entire world and endowed this island with a mythical atmosphere.
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About Easter Island elsewhere
wikitravel.org
"The current Polynesian name of the island, Rapa Nui or "Big Rapa", was coined by labor immigrants from Rapa in the Bass Islands ,who likened it to their home island in the aftermath of the Peruvian slave deportations in the 1870s."
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"Moai are statues carved from compressed volcanic ash on Rapa Nui, Easter Island , Chile."
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"Easter Island ,or Rapa Nui as its native population knows it, has been the subject of many centuries of “fantastic” archaeology, cult archaeology, or pseudoarchaeology."
en.wikipedia.org
"Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa")) is an island in the south Pacific Ocean belonging to Chile."
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"With its barren landscape, the Chilean-controlled island, also known as Isla de Pascua and Rapa Nui, has come to symbolize an isolated civilization that once flourished but suffered ecological catastrophe."
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About Easter Island
karolina from Finland wrote about Easter Island one month ago
Perhaps surprisingly, you can really eat well on Easter Island. They make very delicate gourmet dishes from fresh fish.
There are a lot of cows, horses and bulls (BIG ones) on the loose as someone mentioned, so be careful when wandering about the island without the locals. There are a lot of cats and dogs too, and at least the ones in the "city" are tame and friendly.
Easter Island is breathtakingly beautiful, would be worth visiting even without the statues. In most things you read about the islands, it is mostly about the statues, and after going there I felt the incredible beauty of the land and the surrounding sea really deserve more attention.
piauo from Belgium wrote about Easter Island one year, 10 months ago
Watch out : there is not car insurance on the island. In case of an accident, you are responsible for all the damages ! And it is pretty common to see cows and horses jumping right in front of your vehicle. Respecting the speed limit (60) and keeping his eyes wide open is a good way to prevent accidents that can be deadly !
mdnomad from USA wrote about Easter Island one year, 6 months ago
Anywhere on this island is great. Seeing the Moai statues all over the place. Amazing. Swimming is good but where we went there wasnt much to see snorkling wise.
mcdeli from Finland wrote about Easter Island 10 months ago
Hire a moped - brilliant. And go to Orongo after it closes but in time for sunset. Surely one of the most cosmic places on earth. And ace when it is quiet and it is just you and a few others.
About places near Easter Island
piauo from Belgium wrote about Kona Tau Hostel one year, 10 months ago
If you do the booking via internet, they will pick you up at the airport.
On the contrary, if you don't like to book in advance, you can find them in the arrival hall of the airport.
piauo from Belgium wrote about Kona Tau Hostel one year, 10 months ago
The hostel also gives you the opportunity to rent cars and scooters at good prices.
Watch out : there is not car insurance on the island. In case of an accident, you are responsible for all the damages ! And it is pretty common to see cows and horses jumping right in front of your vehicle. Respecting the speed limit (60) and keeping his eyes wide open is a good way to prevent accidents that can be deadly !
karolina replied one month ago:
How can you even drive more than 60, never seen such gigantic holes in the road :)
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