Santiago & the Treasures of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Overview
Highlights
- Enjoy a tour through Santiago, Chile's capital city!
- Fly out to a tiny island off the coast, where giant statues erupt from the earth and a volcanic crater houses ancient villages: Easter Island!
- Explore the ruins in the Rano Ranaku crater and snap photos next to 12-foot-tall stone heads!
- Walk along the shores of Anakena Beach, which boasts white sand beaches, warm waters, and stone statues of its own.
- Learn about the Tangata Manu, or Birdman Competition, that was once an annual ceremony to choose the spiritual and political leader for the island.
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Trip includes
- Roundtrip economy class airfare to Santiago (SCL)
- All airport transfers
- 3 nights in Santiago at the Hotel Torremayor Lyon, or similar
- Santiago Historical Downtown City Tour
- One-way, economy class flight from Santiago (SCL) to Hanga Roa (IPC)
- 3 nights on Easter Island at the Taha Tai Hotel Rapa Nui, or similar
- Full-day excursion through the Moais Route & Anakena Beach, with boxed lunch
- Visit to the Rano Kao Volcano & the Orongo Ceremonial Center, including admission fee to Rapa Nui National Park
- Visit to Ahu Akivi
- One-way, economy class flight from Hanga Roa (IPC) to Santiago (SCL)
- 1 night in Santiago at the Hotel Torremayor Lyon, or similar
- Breakfast daily
Itinerary
Accommodation: Hotel Torremayor Lyon
Welcome to the beautiful capital of Chile, Santiago! Enjoy the view form this valley as coastal mountains capped with snow look over the entire city.
Transfer to hotel
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before embarking on a tour through the historic streets of Santiago. Make your way through with a guide to show you the highlights and help you orientate yourself and pick out a few choice places to revisit.
Santiago Historical Dow...
Make sure you snag some breakfast as you make your way out into the city for a day spent at your leisure. You could visit any of the amazing attractions you saw before for a closer look, or you could investigate new and exciting places, like the Metropolitan Cathedral...
Accommodation: Taha Tai Hotel
Make sure your bags are packed and you've had something to eat before setting out on a day of travel. Take your flight to the tiny island of Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island. Check into your hotel and make sure your camera i...
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before joining a tour along the winding route leading you through a path marked by dozens of giant Moais statues. The heads of Easter Island are iconic, and you'll be strolling right among them. Continue on all the way to Anakena Beach, w...
Today you get to see the Moais statues again, this time on the slopes of the giant Rano Karaku Volcano crater. See the abandoned villages, some excavated to see how these mysterious people lived, as you continue on to the Orongo Ceremonial Center for a taste of the cu...
Accommodation: Hotel Torremayor Lyon
Make sure you've got all your photos and souvenirs before returning to Santiago for one last night.
Transfer to Hanga Roa Airport (IPC)
Fly to Santiago!
Transfer to Hotel
Today you'll head out for the airport once more, this time for your flight home.
Transfer to Santiago Airport (SCL)
Fly Home!
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