Rapa Nui - Rapa Nui National Park

Ana Te Pahu

The volcanic eruptions that formed Rapa Nui thousands of years ago, created lava channels that cover a huge underground área. Ana te Pahu located at the bottom of Maunga Terevaka is the biggest cavern in the island and is the best example of these volcanic tubes...

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Tahai

The ceremonial complex of Tahai is an archeological site located at the north of Hanga Roa, it has an approximate surface of 250m². This site is part of the Rapa Nui National Park. It has three main Ahu, from north to south: Ahu Ko Te Riku, Ahu Tahai, y Ahu Vai Uri...

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Oroŋo

Conformed by stone houses with elliptic shape that offer a perfect vision towards the three islets (or Motu) located right in front of Rano Kau. This Village was inhabited only during the days when the Taƞata Manu competition was celebrated in spring, in which each clan...

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Vinapu

Vinapū’s ceremonial center includes an extraordinary platform that differences itself from the other Ahu built in the island by its architectonic structures that are composed by big basalt plates that fit perfectly with each other in a similar way to some Inca constructions in Cusco...

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Puna Pau

Located 7 kilometers northeast of Hanga Roa town. In the interior of the crater of Puna Pau there is a red scoria quarry which once was considered a very important source of stone for the rapanui people. The red scoria or Hani Hani is a type of volcanic ash with a great porosity and soft characteristics...

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Ahu Akivi

Ahu Akivi is constituted by seven Moai. According to different studies this Ahu was built between the years 1442 y 1600 and it was later restored in 1960-1961 by the archologists W. Mulloy y G. Figueroa. The middle platform measures 38 meters and in total it has a length of 90 meters. The seven statues were brought from...

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Vaihu

Here you can find an old settlement with a particularly big platform. This huge Ahu, which its posterior contention wall has a semicircular shape, measures 86 meters long and 12 meters wide, it used to have 8 Moai statues that are now in the floor facing the ground...

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Akahaŋa

In Akahanga you can find the remains of an old village close to a small bay (haƞa), located in the middle- southeast coast of the island. Right at the beginning of the site, you’ll find the stone foundations of several Hare Paeƞa or boat houses, which receive this name because of its shape that reminds us of a boat upside down...

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Rano Raraku

Anciently called Mauƞa ʹĒʹo, is located in the north-east part of the island. This volcano with 150 meters high is historically very important and it has an unmeasurable archaeological value. This quarry is home for hundreds of Moai statues, on the inside and outside of its walls, some are erected and ready...

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Tongariki

Ahu Toƞariki is the name of the biggest restored Ahu in Rapa Nui, where you can observe the biggest Moai in the island, 15 asymmetrical stone giants and only one of them with a Pukao. A 100 meters altar and an unique landscape in the world. In the surroundings of this monument, you will be able to see other Moai statues in the floor and very damaged...

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Te Pito Kura

Te Pito Kura is an archeological complex located close to La Pérouse bay, two kilometer southeast of Ovahe beach. In this ceremonial center the Ahu O Paro is located, with its lonely Moai also called Paro, which is still in the same position from when it was knocked down almost two centuries ago...

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Anakena

Is a beautiful beach, 25 minutes away from Hanga Roa town, with white sands and clear turquoise water surrounding the 20º-25ºC temperature throughout the year. Is one of tourists most visited sites and an unforgettable destination for all who visit it. Along with the crystal clear waters and white sands

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