This miniature piece of land washed by the vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean has several names - Easter Island, Pup of the Earth, Hititairagi, Chiti-ai-rangi, Tekaouhangoaru, Mata-Kiteraga, "Eyes Looking to Heaven", Te-Pito- te-henua, "Great Rapa," it hides many mysteries and mysteries that attract a large number of researchers and simply curious tourists. It refers territorially to Chile
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How to get there
The plane can be reached by regular air service which the airline "LAN Airlines". Departure from Santiago. In December-March flights are carried out several times a week, in the remaining months - once or twice a week. The flight will take about 5 hours. You can also fly from Tahiti, the flight duration is 5 hours. On Easter Island, the only airport is Mataveri. There is also a pier for small ships on Rapa Nui, but there is no regular shipping message.
You can drive around the island by taxi, rented cars, bicycles, horses or on foot.
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Hotels
You can stop in one of several hotels, however, the prices here are quite high. For example, the highest level of service at the Hotel EXPLORA EN RAPA NUI, which has 30 rooms, a restaurant with an open terrace, bar, souvenir boutique, outdoor swimming pool, massage parlor, whirlpool for Access the sky. By the way, Explora is a holistic concept woven on the basis of the mystery of Rapa Nui, thanks to which the guest is offered tours, picnics, walks every day.
Sightseeing
The main attraction of the island are giant stone statues whose origin and destination are very controversial . The weight of each of the idols reaches almost twenty tons . Moai, stone statues, composed of compressed volcanic ash, and according to the beliefs of the locals , they contain the supernatural power of the ancestors of the first king of the Easter Island - Hotu-Matu'a . The island, shaped like a right-angled triangle, is covered with extinct volcanoes: Rano-Kao near the settlement of Mataveri, Poitiki and Tere aka, which is the highest point of the island . The highest crater of the Terevaka volcano is now filled with the waters of the Rano-Aroi lake (rap . Rano Aroi) . Another crater also turned into a lake Rano-Raraku with a large fresh water supply . On the Rano-Kao volcano, an observation deck was built, and Orongo ceremonial platform is nearby. .
Arrivals can luxuriate in the rays of the Chilean sun on the beach Anakena with crystal white coral sand. Near the bay of Anaken there are Ahu Ature-Huki and Ahu Naunau. According to the ancient Ancient Pagan legend, Khotu-Matu'a, the first King of Rapa Nui, landed with the first settlers of the island many thousands of years ago in these places.
You must necessarily visit Te-Pito-te-henua (the navel of the Earth) ceremonial platform on the island, laid out of round stones. True, there is an opinion that it was installed in the 1960s to attract tourists to the island.
- To visit at the end of January - early February at the annual Tapati festival ( Tapati Rapa Nui), where you will dine in ritual dance, hear unique Indian chants and become a participant of the traditional rapanui competition.
- Arrange a romantic picnic in the palm groves of Anaken bay.
- If you visit the village of Orongo, then you can see numerous Ietroglyphs with images of "bird-bird" Oveks "and the god Makemake. By the way, on this island was invented its own written language - rongo-rongo, which has not yet been deciphered.