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RAPA NUI - EASTER ISLAND
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EASTER ISLAND
Season: All year round.
Flight hours: Santiago - Easte Island: 5:35 hours
Note: There is only one ATM. Credit card only accepted in hotels and in some shops, therefore Cash is recommended. In the first rwo weeks of February the "Tapati Festival" takes place and ancient traditions are demonstrated to the visitior.
Recommendation: Light clothes; trekking shoes; sun-block; wind suit & rain jacket
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Midway between Tahiti and Chile, Easter Island has long been subject to much speculation and inquisitive research. How and why did
its people carve out, move and erect hundreds of giant stone Moai
statues on the shoreline of the island? Easter Island is the most isolated
island on earth but 1,200 years ago a double-hulled canoe filled
with seafarers from a remote culture landed upon its coast. Over the
centuries that followed, an extraordinary culture developed on the
remote island.
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Easter Island today remains one of the most unique
places on the planet; it is an open air museum, showcasing a fascinating
culture. The Rapanui are some of the friendliest people one will
ever meet and the landscape is truly incredible - volcanic craters, lava
formations, beaches, brilliant blue water, and archaeological sites all
add to the uniqueness of Easter Island. The sub-tropical Polynesian
island has been part of Chile since 1888.
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