With a powerful message towards Women, Vai Tiare Flores Riroroco was crowned Queen of the Tapati Rapa Nui 2023, a cultural festival that values the legacy of our ancestors and keeps us as a living culture.After almost 3 years of confinement, product of the pandemic, Rapa Nui opened up to the world to share the celebration of this party with all visitors. What began as "the spring festival", a celebration for the Rapanui as a tribute to our ancestors, is now an instance to share the culture among ourselve...

Product of the fire registered in the Rano Raraku volcano, on October 4, a team of volunteer scientists from the University of Chile, U. Andrés Bello and U. O'higgins, came to Rapa Nui to collaborate with Ma'u Henua and Conaf, in the recovery of the wetland. On Monday, February 20, these volunteers were working inside the crater of this site, when they unexpectedly found a possible moai, so they notified it.The Heritage and Conservation Unit of the Ma'u Henua Indigenous Community went to inspect the grou...

We want you to get to know our cultural legacy and values gifted by our ancestors. For that, it is mandatory to visit the Rapa Nui Park sites along with a local accredited guide or a Rapa Nui adult (over 18 years old).

They will help you understand in detail the importance of each site, along with guiding you carefully throughout the trails and stations designed to allow you to have the best experience in our island.

In this website you can find the database with all the accredited guides and tour ...

The morning of October 4th, the volcano Rano Raraku was reached by a devastating fire that affected the crater, the wetland and the surroundings of it. This fire was controlled after two days in October 6th. 

This fire generated a huge and irreversible damage for our cultural and environmental heritage, considering the archeological and scenic damage.

It is estimated that at least 30 Moai were calcinated, along with other valuable archeological remains located on the inside and outside of the ...

The Park’s normative requires the visitors to buy the entrance ticket and to enter the sites with a local accredited guide or with a Rapa Nui adult (over 18 years old).

Do not touch. Avoid the accumulative impact. Respect our archeological vestiges by keeping distance and staying inside the trails. Respect the marked perimeters. Do not enter. Avoid fines and jail. (law Nº 17.288).The use of drones is not allowed in the park. Photographs and fi...

Ŋa Rahu, located in Orongo, is a group of huge rocks carved with petroglyphs related to the Tangata Manu ceremony, is one of the sites in the Rapa Nui Park that is endangered, because of the evident risk of falling from the cliff and losing them forever.

Due to the concern for the erosion of the cliff and the state in which Mata Nga Rahu is right now, member of the World Monument Fun arrived to Rapa Nui, who along with Ma’u Henua are developing a project that considers two key elements: a techni...