Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island (Travel Guide)
by Lonely Planet, Carolyn McCarthy and Kevin Raub · 19 Oct 2015
views of the southern ice field. JOHN ELK III / LONELY PLANET IMAGES © Moai 3 The strikingly enigmatic moai (statues) are the most pervasive image of Easter Island (Rapa Nui; Click here). Dotted all around the island, these massive carved figures stand on stone platforms, like colossal puppets on a supernatural stage. They
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CAROLYN MCCARTHY / LONELY PLANET IMAGES © Anakena Beach 17 Got a fantasy of an idyllic white-sand beach? You’ve just pictured Anakena beach (Click here). Easter Island’s biggest and most popular beach is a wide curve of white sand and sparkling turquoise sea backed by a lovely coconut grove on the
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city on its oldest cable-car elevator (Click here) Orongo Ceremonial Village Serene and surreal, this ancient village places you in the geographical heart of Easter Island’s strange bird cult culture (Click here) Lago Llanquihue Once German colonies, the historic villages around Lago Llanquihue confound anyone’s Latin sensibilities with unique
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merriment and flour bombs, ending with the burning of the momo – a figure symbolizing the frivolity of Carnaval. TAPATI RAPA NUI The premier festival on Easter Island is an incredibly colorful event that keeps the party going for two weeks, with a series of dance, music and cultural contests. FESTIVAL COSTUMBRISTA Castro
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Paine. Take up to a week on the trails of this world-famous hiking destination. Then barrel back to Santiago and hop a plane to Easter Island (Rapa Nui) to puzzle over its archaeological treasures for five days. Two Weeks La Capital and Wine Country Start your wine-soaked sojourn through
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Lobos is considered a perfect left break. A Powder day at Portillo Steep and deep terrain is the delight of boarders and skiers. Diving off Easter Island The water around stunning sea stack Motu Kao Kao boasts 60m visibility. Cycling the Carretera Austral Every summer, more cyclists take up the challenge
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has a number of intriguing hikes, as does Parque Nacional Lauca. Fly to the Pacific for great hiking in Parque Nacional Juan Fernández and on Easter Island. Opportunities are not limited to the national parks: check out the Sendero de Chile and opportunities for rural community tourism in the south. Private reserves
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imagined possible. Try it in San Pedro de Atacama or Iquique. »Diving Exciting dive sites can be found on the Juan Fernández archipelago and around Easter Island. On the Chilean mainland, check out the coast of Norte Chico. »Swimming Chile’s almost endless coastline has sandy beaches, but the Humboldt Current
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, the scenery of the land of fire is breathtaking. Take it in on a trek, coastal stroll or long boat ride. Click here Easter Island History Landscapes Outdoors HISTORY Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is an open-air museum, with archaeological remains dating from pre-European times. Think moai (large anthropomorphic statues), large ahu (
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Navarino Cabo De Hornos & Surrounding Islands ARGENTINE TIERRA DEL FUEGO Ushuaia Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego Río Grande EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI) HANGA ROA PARQUE NACIONAL RAPA NUI Northern Circuit Southwest Circuit Northeast Circuit UNDERSTAND EASTER ISLAND Easter Island Today History The Culture Arts Environment SURVIVAL GUIDE Directory A–Z TRANSPORTATION Getting There & Away Getting Around
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dark stone walls and floors makes an atmospheric backdrop for a small but quality collection of Diaguita, San Pedro and Molle ceramics, Mapuche jewelry and Easter Island carvings. Parque Forestal PARK On weekend afternoons, the temperature rises in Parque Forestal, a narrow green space wedged between Río Mapocho and Merced. The
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cl; San Antonio 65; s/d incl breakfast CH$78,000/88,000; ; Santa Lucía) This hotel is certainly proud to be Chilean: mock moai (Easter Island statues) guard the entrance, the restaurant specializes in regional cuisine, and the simple but well-appointed rooms are accented with traditional weavings and hardwood furniture
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) is a hit every time. Highlights of Coco’s self-proclaimed ‘simple and honest cooking’ also include scallops with coconut sauce and seared tuna from Easter Island. Liguria MEDITERRANEAN $$ Offline map Google map (www.liguria.cl; mains CH$5200-8500; noon-1am Mon-Sat) Av Pedro de Valdivia Norte (Av Pedro
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ambitious attempt to corral Chile’s pre-Columbian past. Its highlights include an Atacameña mummy, a hefty 2.5m-high moai (large anthropomorphic statue) from Easter Island and interesting Diaguita artifacts that include a dinghy made from sea-lion hide. The Museo Histórico Casa Gabriel González Videla and Museo Arqueológico share admission
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»Cabañas Christophe (Click here) »Cabañas Mana Ora (Click here) Connections Short of sailing your own boat, the only way to and from Easter Island is by air. Flights between Easter Island and Santiago are frequent and last about five hours. There are also less frequent flights to/from Lima (Peru) and to/from Pape
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coastal road to Rano Kau, at the western end of the runway, near the landing lights. Find out the exact arrival times of the Santiago−Easter Island plane on the Facebook page of Aeropuerto Mataveri. Caleta Hanga Piko & Ahu Riata HARBOR Easily overlooked by visitors, the little Caleta Hanga Piko is
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of Caleta Hanga Roa, fits the bill. There’s another postage stamp–sized beach near Pea restaurant. Activities Diving & Snorkeling There’s excellent diving on Easter Island, with gin-clear visibility in excess of 40m and a dramatic seascape. However, don’t expect swarms of fish. It’s diveable year-round. Water
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Orca Diving Center DIVING, SNORKELING Offline map Google map ( 255-0877; www.seemorca.cl; Caleta Hanga Roa s/n; Mon-Sat) Has good credentials. Surfing Easter Island is hit with powerful swells from all points of the compass throughout the year, offering irresistible lefts and rights – mostly lava-reef breaks, with waves
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the archaeological sites are not signed; you’ll definitely need a guide. Contact the tourist office or your lodging to secure one. Boat Excursions Seeing Easter Island from the sea is an exhilarating experience. A couple of operators organize customized tours along the coast. Prices depend on duration and distance. Bookings can
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speak some English. LEARN HOW TO TELL YOUR AHU FROM YOUR MOAI You don’t need a university degree to appreciate the archaeological remains on Easter Island. The following explanations should suffice. Ahu Ahu were village burial sites and ceremonial centres and are thought to derive from altars in French Polynesia.
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on the upper surface with more or less flat stones, and they have a vertical wall on the seaward side and at each end. Moai Easter Island’s most pervasive image, the enigmatic moai are massive carved figures that probably represent clan ancestors. From 2m to 10m tall, these stony-faced
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At the top the 360-degree view is truly awesome. Within the crater are a small, glistening lake and about 20 standing moai. UNDERSTAND EASTER ISLAND Easter Island Today In 2008 Easter Island was granted a special status. It is now a territoria especial (special territory) within Chile, which means greater autonomy for the islanders. But
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4th and 8th centuries. The Rapa Nui developed a unique civilisation, characterized by the construction of the ceremonial stone platforms called ahu and the famous Easter Island statues called moai (Click here). The population probably peaked at around 15,000 in the 17th century. Conflict over land and resources erupted in intertribal
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away to work the guano (manure) deposits of Peru’s Chincha islands. After intense pressure from the Catholic Church, some survivors were returned to Easter Island, but disease and hard labor had already killed about 90% of them. A brief period of French-led missionary activity saw most of the surviving
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under way on Península Poike. SURVIVAL GUIDE Directory A–Z PRACTICALITIES » Mercurio, the national daily newspaper, can be purchased at various shops in Hanga Roa. Easter Island also has its own newspaper, El Correo del Moai. »Chilean shows of the government-owned Television Nacional (TVN) are beamed to the island via satellite
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If you come here from mainland Chile, be prepared for a shock. Despite a high number of establishments – about 90 when we visited – accommodations on Easter Island are fairly pricey for what you get. All accommodations options are located in Hanga Roa except the Explora en Rapa Nui. Residenciales (homestays) form the
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$ less than CH$40,000 $$ CH$40,000–CH$80,000 $$$ more than CH$80,000 Business Hours The following are normal opening hours for Easter Island. Reviews in this chapter do not list business hours unless they differ from these standards. Offices 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday Restaurants 9am to
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banks and an exchange office in Hanga Roa. US dollars are the best foreign currency to carry, followed by euros. Note that exchange rates on Easter Island are lower than those offered in mainland Chile. Taxes All prices given in this chapter are inclusive of tax. Tipping & Bargaining Tipping and bargaining
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are not traditionally part of Polynesian culture. Telephone Easter Island’s international telephone code is the same as Chile’s ( 56), and the area code ( 32) covers the whole island. International calls (dial 00)
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/from Lima (Peru). A standard economy round-trip fare from Santiago can range from US$600 to US$900. Sea Few passenger services go to Easter Island. A few yachts stop here, mostly in January, February and March. Anchorages are not well sheltered. Getting Around Outside Hanga Roa, nearly the entire
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and the War of the Pacific. Forced to abandon much of Patagonia to Argentina, Chile sought a broader Pacific presence, and annexed the tiny remote Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui) in 1888. MINING FOR PROSPERITY Chile’s wealth and prosperity is owed in part to its wrangling of the
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and promised an end to the hacienda system. Allende was undermined by leftist factionalism and Frei won comfortably. CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PERIOD Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl explored Easter Island while crossing the Pacific in the 1950s; it became the centerpiece of his theories about the South American origins of Polynesian civilization. For more details
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turn the Atacama into a bonanza, as nitrates bring some prosperity, create an urban middle class and fund the government. 1888–1960s Chile annexes Easter Island and confines Rapa Nui people to Hanga Roa. The rest of the island becomes a sheep ranch, not reopening to its own citizens until the
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recorded takes place in southern Chile. It flattens coastal towns between Concepción and Chiloé and creates a tsunami that hits Hawaii and Japan. 1964 On Easter Island, the Rapa Nui (native islanders) are granted full Chilean citizenship and the right to vote. Three years later commercial flights will open it up
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, mainly from La Araucanía. Their name stems from the words mapu (land) and che (people). About 3800 Rapa Nui, of Polynesian ancestry, live on Easter Island. About 75% of Chile’s population occupies just 20% of its total area, in the main agricultural region of Middle Chile. This region includes Gran
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battle with the fire. Though some of the trails were scorched and much of the forest will take centuries to regenerate, the park remains operative. Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is under mounting pressure from increasing numbers of visitors. Limited natural resources mean that the island must depend on the distant mainland for
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over the counter in Chile. If you’re taking medication on a regular basis, have its generic (scientific) name handy for refills. Medical care on Easter Island is extremely limited. There is a hospital but the quality of care is unreliable and supplies are often inadequate. Serious medical problems require evacuation to
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the summer sunrise in the desert tropics of Arica, where the durations of day and night are roughly equal throughout the year, occurs after 8am. Easter Island is two hours behind the mainland. Chileans commonly use the 24-hour clock. Toilets Pipes and sewer systems in older buildings are quite fragile: used
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don’t tie you into airline affiliates. Similar ‘Circle Pacific’ fares allow you to take excursions between Australasia and Chile, often with a stop at Easter Island. Check the fine print carefully for any restrictions that may apply. The following websites advertise RTW tickets: Airfare (www.airfare.com.au) Ebookers (www.
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com) has offices in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Germany. French Polynesia Lan flies once a week to and from Papeete, Tahiti, stopping in Easter Island. South America Many airlines fly daily between Santiago and Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a stan-dard fare of about US$250 round-trip. However, European
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(Av El Bosque Norte 0194); Providencia (Providencia 2006) The dominant carrier of South America, with the most extensive system of connecting cities, including flights to Easter Island. Sky Airline ( 600-600-2828; www.skyairline.cl; Huerfanos 815) Can be cheaper. Regional airlines and air taxis connect isolated regions in the south and
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reserve with hot springs. More southerly cruises include Puerto Natales. Explora ( 02-206-6060; www.explora.com) Exclusive resorts in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Easter Island and San Pedro de Atacama, with all-inclusive packages with swish accommodations and excursions. Geoturismo Patagonia ( 067-233-439; www.geoturismopatagonia.cl) Reputable specialists in
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, especially Maryanne and Errol, for their trust and to the editorial and cartography teams. Coordinating author Carolyn deserves a grand merci for her support. In Easter Island, special thanks to Antoine, Ema, Sergio Rapu, Tita, Lionel and the people at Sernatur. On the home-front, well-deserved bisous to my daughter
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and Los Cuernos in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia, Dede Vargas/Getty Images. THIS BOOK This 9th edition of Lonely Planet’s Chile & Easter Island guidebook was researched and written by Carolyn McCarthy, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Bridget Gleeson, Anja Mutić and Kevin Raub. The previous two editions were also written
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to National Geographic, Outside and Lonely Planet Magazine, among other publications. You can follow her Americas blog at www.carolynswildblueyonder.blogspot.com. JEAN-BERNARD CARILLET Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Journalist and photographer Jean-Bernard is a die-hard island lover and diving instructor. He’s made many trips to the South Pacific
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, including four to Easter Island. On this gig, he searched for the most enjoyable hikes, the most stupendous vistas, the best-value accommodations and the most potent pisco sour.
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Natales and around Parque Nacional Torres del Paine Parque Nacional Los Glaciares Tierra del Fuego Porvenir and around Isla Navarino Ushuaia and around Easter Island and the Juan Fernández Archipelago Easter Island The Juan Fernández Archipelago Contexts History Landscape and the environment Chilean music: nueva canción Books Chilean Spanish Small print Introduction to Chile
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Williams, is the gateway to one of the continent’s toughest treks, the Dientes de Navarino. Finally, there are the country’s two Pacific possessions: Easter Island – one of the most remote places on earth, famed for its mysterious statues – and the little-visited Isla Robinson Crusoe, part of the Juan Fernández
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Santiago and the surrounding area, northern Chile and the Atacama Desert are year-round destinations, though temperatures tend to be hottest between January and March. Easter Island’s climate is mild and warm all year, but February is the time to go to if you want to catch the island’s biggest
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the haunting nitrate towns of Humberstone and Santa Laura (see page 172) – once thriving centres of industry, but long since abandoned to the desert. Moai, Easter Island Shutterstock Drive that sled Step into the snow-shoes of a musher and bond with your own husky team during a multi-day expedition in
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resort here is home to steaming hot springs, and is one of the great getaways along the Carretera Austral. Tim Draper/Rough Guides 16 Tapati, Easter Island See page 354 Partake in the remote island’s liveliest festival, complete with traditional dancing, woodcarving and surfing competitions, all amid the mysterious moai stone
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capital boasts a vibrant culinary and nightlife scene, a clutch of fascinating museums, numerous cultural pursuits, and excellent ski resorts nearby. See page 78 4 Easter Island Gazing down into the giant crater of the extinct Rano Kau volcano and visiting the magical moai at Ahu Tongariki and Rano Raraku truly are
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November – and you’ll normally get the best prices during the low seasons: April, May, September and October. Note that if you plan to visit Easter Island, your flight there from Santiago is likely to be cheaper if bought in conjunction with a LATAM international flight (see below). Flights from the US
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programmes including hiking, biking, overland jaunts and cultural trips. Explore UK http://explore.co.uk. Small-group tours, treks, expeditions and safaris throughout Chile, including Easter Island. Intrepid Travel UK http://intrepidtravel.com. Small-group tours with the emphasis on cross-cultural contact and low-impact tourism. Journey Latin America UK http
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://latam.com), which besides offering the widest choice of domestic flights, is Chile’s principal long-haul carrier and the only one with flights to Easter Island. Sky Airline (http://skyairline.com) has more limited routings but usually lower prices. Air taxis and regional airlines such as DAP (http://dapairline.com) operate
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cater exclusively to tourists, many, especially in the mining towns of the north, fill mainly with workmen. 5 great places to stay Explora Rapa Nui Easter Island. See page 353. Hotel Alaia Near Pichilemu. See page 197. Hotel Ilaia Punta Arenas. See page 311. Tierra Atacama San Pedro de Atacama. See page
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historic handover. “This is what we’ve always intended.” In a separate move, later in 2017, the government also created a new marine reserve around Easter Island: the Rapa Nui Rahui Marine Protected Area (see page 350) spans some 740,000 square km and protects dozens of endemic species. Definitions and terms
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widely accepted by businesses in cities and major tourist destinations, this is not the case in more remote areas such as Tierra del Fuego and Easter Island, where it is advisable to bring plenty of cash. Cities and tourist destinations usually have at least one casa de cambio (exchange bureau) for
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hours behind in the winter (June–Sept); the Magallanes region (which covers the extreme south of the country) was three hours behind GMT year round. Easter Island was five hours behind in the summer, and six hours behind in the winter. Tourist information The government-run tourist board, Sernatur (http://sernatur.cl
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which showcases items from pre-Columbian Indigenous groups native to the sliver of land and islands that are now Chile. Highlights include Aymara silverware, wooden Easter Island statues and Inca tunics and bags with geometric designs that would not look out of a place in an Andes village market today, although these
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, this is Latin America’s oldest natural history museum and still one of the most important. It has a colossal blue whale skeleton, and an Easter Island collection that features a moai, an upturned topknot or hat, and the famous Santiago Staff, inscribed with the mysterious, undeciphered rongo rongo script. Museo
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for booking inexpensive domestic and international flights, and also offers holidays and guided trips throughout Chile and neighbouring countries aimed at younger travellers. Four-night Easter Island trip around US$700. Go Running Tours http://gorunningtours.com. These guided running tours (from CH$40,000; up to 10km) are an excellent way
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6pm, Tues–Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 10am–2pm • Donation requested • http://museofonck.cl The excellent Museo Francisco Fonck has one of Chile’s most important Easter Island collections, plus fascinating pre-Hispanic exhibits. One of the museum’s best pieces stands by the entrance in the garden: a giant stone moai, one
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of just six that exist outside Easter Island. Inside, the three rooms dedicated to Easter Island include wooden and stone carvings of those long, stylized faces, as well as jewellery, weapons and ceremonial objects. Castillo Wulff Av Marina
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in 1952. Until the mid-1990s, it stood in a park on Avenida Colo Colo, covered in graffiti. Then, as part of an exhibition of Easter Island art in 1996, it travelled to Barcelona, where it was accidentally decapitated. Tragedy turned to good fortune, however, when the insurance money paid for plastic
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visitor centre, the Alakush (same opening hours; http://centroalakush.com.ar), with a restaurant, on Ruta 3, near the western end of the Senda Costera. Easter Island and the Juan Fernández Archipelago Highlights Highlights are marked on the maps on pages 349 and 358 1 Tapati Rapa Nui festival Discover the mysterious
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roots of Easter Island’s ancient culture at its carnival, which features everything from traditional dancing to hurtling down volcanic slopes on banana trunks. See page 354 2 Ahu
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Nui festival. A warning: many places don’t accept credit cards, so bring plenty of cash with you. US dollars are widely accepted. Brief history Easter Island was “discovered” and named by Dutch naval commander Jacob Roggeveen on Easter Sunday, 1722. In the absence of any written records left by the islanders
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spent only a day on land, long enough to observe the “particularly high erected stone images”. After their departure, it was another 48 years before Easter Island was revisited, this time by Spanish commander Felipe González, who mapped the island and claimed it for King Carlos III of Spain during a six
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by 1825 all of the moai on Hanga Roa bay had been destroyed. Where did the Rapa Nui come from? The islanders’ oral history claims Easter Island’s original colonizer was Hotu Matu’a, a great ariki henua (chief) who lived possibly in Polynesia or the Marquesas. It had been revealed to
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kin-groups, and as time passed, these groups became more sophisticated and stratified. Thor Heyerdahl and the South American theory Central to any discussion of Easter Island’s settlement are the controversial theories of Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian explorer-archeologist whose widely publicized expeditions and books generated enormous interest in the island
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move in a westward direction; the presence in Polynesia of the sweet potato, indisputably of South American origin; the resemblance between the stonework of some Easter Island platforms and certain types of Inca masonry; and the ancient Peruvian custom of artificially extending the ear lobes, just like the islanders at the time
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fact that no trace of any Indigenous South American language had been found there. What the experts say The view of most experts is that Easter Island was colonized by Polynesians from the west – an opinion backed by linguistic evidence, physical anthropology and the proliferation of Polynesian plants. Which part of Polynesia
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but a hundred islanders to Tahiti to work on his partner’s plantation, before finally being murdered in 1877 by the oppressed islanders. Rongo rongo: Easter island’s mysterious script In 1864, French missionary Eugène Eyraud wrote of “tablets or staff of wood covered with hieroglyphics” that he’d found in the
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the island, leaving only the village of Hanga Roa in the possession of the islanders. Then, on September 9, 1888, the Chilean Navy controversially annexed Easter Island, declaring it Chilean territory. Chile subsequently leased it to British wool-trading company Williamson Balfour, which virtually governed the island according to its own needs
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– the 740,000-square-km Rapa Nui Rahui Marine Protected Area – was created offshore, protecting 142 endemic species, including 27 at risk of extinction. Information Easter Island http://imaginaisladepascua.com is a handy Spanish/English website. Parque Nacional Rapa Nui There is a US$80 fee to enter Parque Nacional Rapa Nui
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://pikerauri.com. Horseback tours of the west and north coasts, including the ascent of Maunga Terevaka, the island’s highest point, plus overnight camping trips. Easter Island Spirit http://easterislandspirit.com. Excellent private tours that take in both the main sights and little-explored places; they are particularly good for keen photographers
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only drawback. The adjoining guesthouse has simple rooms and a five-bed dorm. CH$ Hostel Petero Atamu Petero Atamu s/n; http://facebook.com/hostalepeteroatamu. Easter Island is a challenge for backpackers, but this hostel is a reasonable choice: the dorms and private rooms are tight, and the lime green colour scheme
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tourist office (see page 353) and in the square at the corner of Av Atamu Tekena and Av Te Pito Ote Henua. Connections are slow. Easter Island festivals Tapati Rapa Nui is a ten-day cultural celebration in late January/early February. Celebrating Rapa Nui culture, tradition and history, the festival features
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sightseeing route that takes in some of the island’s most impressive sights – including Ahu Vinapu, Ahu Tongariki, Rano Raraku and Anakena. The moai of Easter Island Easter Island’s enduring symbol is the moai. A Neolithic statue cult on this scale would impress in any location, but the fact it developed in total
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the large, heavy “topknots” were placed on the raised statues’ heads – a monumental feat, achieved only with a crane in modern times. The statue-carvers Easter Island society was based around independent kin-groups, each with its own high-ranking members. The statue-carvers were highly revered members of a privileged class
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of wood available for new canoes, and even land cultivation was affected, as the deforestation caused soil erosion. In this climate of encroaching deprivation, the Easter Island civilization descended into anarchy, dragging its majestic monuments with it. Ahu Vinapu From Hanga Roa, follow Avenida Hotu Matu’a down to the southern coast
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masters of the complicated Inca technique”. Modern archeologists, however, believe that this impressive masonry is simply a perfected example of a style developed locally on Easter Island, and more recent radiocarbon tests have given Vinapu I a new date of 1516 AD, and Vinapu II a date of 857 AD – the reverse
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statues 90m inland – a remarkable distance, given that the statues weigh up to 30 tonnes each. In November 1988, Sergio Rapu, a former Governor of Easter Island, stated during an interview for a Japanese TV show that if they had a crane, they could save the moai; a Japanese man watching the
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moai were raised in 1960 by William Mulloy and Gonzalo Figueroa, two archeologists recruited by Heyerdahl in 1955, both of whom devoted their careers to Easter Island. Ana Te Pahu From Ahu Akivi, the road turns towards the coast, where it meets Ahu Te Peu. On the way, a second path
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. 1883–1909 Gold is discovered in Tierra del Fuego, prompting mass immigration by fortune seekers and horrific abuse of the Indigenous population. 1888 Chile claims Easter Island; the island is turned into a sheep farm and islanders are confined to Hanga Roa. 1890–91 Civil war erupts when Congress revolts over President
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Greenwich Island. 1960 The tsunami caused by the Great Chilean Earthquake, the most powerful ever recorded (9.5 on the Richter Scale) devastates Valdivia. 1964 Easter Islanders are finally granted Chilean citizenship and given the right to vote. Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei is elected president; he initiates far-reaching social and economic
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p). Based on a series of lectures broadcast to the Chilean Navy serving in Antarctica, this is a clear and accessible (though dated) introduction to Easter Island, written by a genial German priest who lived there for 35 years from 1935. Thor Heyerdahl Aku Aku (o/p). This account of Heyerdahl’s
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famous expedition to Easter Island in 1955 is a cracking read, with an acute sense of adventure and mystery. Dubious as the author’s archeological theories are, it’s hard
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paperback is densely packed with colour illustrations and surprisingly detailed background on the island’s explorers, statues, myths and traditions. Katherine Routledge The Mystery of Easter Island. Recently back in print, this compelling book chronicles one of the earliest archeological expeditions to the island, led by the author in 1914. Routledge interviewed
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