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Year-round activities on Easter Island include scuba diving and tuna fishing. For a more cultural experience, check out the weekly shows like Kari Kari, the national folkloric ballet where audience participation is part of the extravaganza. The existence of a small cinema in Hanga Roa came as a big surprise. However, it was no surprise that they only screen one film, "Rapa Nui." One of the biggest attractions on Easter Island are the Moai sculptures. For Moai sculptures, undoubtedly the biggest

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Year-round activities on Easter Island include scuba diving and tuna fishing. For a more cultural experience, check out the weekly shows like Kari Kari, the national folkloric ballet where audience participation is part of the extravaganza. The existence of a small cinema in Hanga Roa came as a big surprise. However, it was no surprise that they only screen one film, "Rapa Nui."
One of the biggest attractions on Easter Island are the Moai sculptures. For Moai sculptures, undoubtedly the biggest highlight is the area of Ahu Tongariki, which features what is considered to be the most complete and impressive groupings of sculptures on the island - if you don't have much time to explore the island, this is the one place you shouldn't miss.
Another particularly picturesque spot on the island is the village of Orongo, on the slopes of an extinct volcano. It’s a good place to kick back for a few days or to base yourself for visits around the island.
TIP: take a flashlight. One of the top tourist attractions on the island, the Dos Ventanas (Two windows) cave, is not only very hard to find but for the most part in total darkness. If you go hunting for the cave, look carefully as there is no sign and the entrance is merely a small hole in the ground. Most go right by it, without the help of a local person it is very difficult to find. The cave is an old lava tube that you must crawl down to reach two openings in the cliff face some 50 meters or more above the sea. The experience and the view from the cave are well worth the effort.


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Rapa Nui National Park

Once you take a step outside the boundaries of Hanga Roa you are in the national park, since Rapa Nui is a World Heritage site. There are nearly no services in the park, no hotels, no restaurants, not even toilets! The exception is a kiosk at Anakena Beach. Atop Rano Kau at Orongo a Conaf cabin...

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Kari Kari

The folkloric traditional ballet, Kari Kari, is the pride of Easter Island. This spectacular dance is guaranteed to bring out the Polynesian in you, as the dancers twirl and stomp in their grass skirts to the sound of traditional instruments. Tickets are pricey, but worth it. Get there early for a...

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Moais Petroglyphs and Caves

Around 95 percent of the Moai statues found on the island are crafted from the volcanic rock around Rano Raraku. In the crater is a beautiful lake which was formed by volcanic activity on the slopes of the Terevaka volcano. Around the area are some four hundred or so Moai, all in different stages...

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Museum Sebastián Englert

This fascinating museum is partially the work of Father Sebastián Englert. He spent 30 years on the island from 1935 onward collecting artifacts. When he died in 1969 his collection became the property of the state, then many scientific surveys throughout the 1960s greatly added to the museum’s...

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Iglesia Hanga Roa

The island's Catholic Church overlooks Hanga Roa from a small hill on the northern side of town. Inside, intricate wood carvings combine Rapa Nui culture and Christian traditions. There's also a particularly interesting Sunday morning service in the Rapa Nui language. Everyone's invited and it has...

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