Must-see attractions Login Orongo Ceremonial Village Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Nearly covered in a bog of floating totora reeds, the crater lake of Rano Kau resembles a giant witch's cauldron and is a wild greenhouse of endemic… Login Rano Raraku Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Known as 'the nurs...
This particular rock is not native to Easter Island, meaning someone must have brought it a long way. And if someone brought it by boat specifically to be placed at Easter Island, it must been special. This is also where you can find the tallest moai ever constructed at over 10m tall an...
Spectacular experience - must do on Easter Island Amazing experience. Arrived well before dawn and the stars were spectacular. then as the dawn approached the moai slowly came into view. the sunrise silhouetting the moai is not to be missed. Read more Review of: Private Tour: Tongariki Sun...
They are some of the only moai on the islands that face outwards, and according to tradition, they represent explorers sent on a voyage by King Hotu Matu’a to see if the island was a good place to live. The explorers must have liked what they saw because the Rapa Nui people have ...
A must-see. Read more Visited November 2024 Traveled with friends Written November 30, 2024 Sheryl Phoenix, Arizona1,119 contributions Travel records The largest stone statue platform on Easter Island, with 15 well arranged Moai statues, is one of the most spectacular attractions on the island ...
The effort to build these monuments and move them around the island must have been impressive, but no one knows exactly why someone would engage in such a task. Most historians assume that the Easter Island Heads were created to honor ancestors, leaders and other important characters. However,...
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If you must.Easter Island Head The Easter Island Head is almost 40 years old now. Joe Stanke's signature, dated 1980, is on the back. [t-bird, 01/13/2019] Easter Island Head This is actually my grandfather's house and creation. He (Joe Stanke) and my uncle built it in the ...
Today, Easter Island is best known for the hundreds of gigantic stone statues that are lined up all around the coast. These surviving statues – called moai – are some of the only remains of the island’s native inhabitants. Most were thought to have died off more than 150 years ago ...