Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile can be overwhelming. I speak from experience, having spent many hours planning to make the most of a week on this ...

The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui live on the island, which belongs to Chile.

Chile, a country stretching along the western ... stands as one of the world's most remote inhabited islands. Famous for its 887 moai statues, the island exudes mystery and allure.

It takes six hours to get to this remote destination that has almost no phone service, rolling green hills and volcanoes.

Het hoge culturele niveau is zichtbaar in monumentale stenen figuren (moai) en ceremoniële heiligdommen (ahu ... is 3,700 kilometres from the coast of continental Chile and has an area of 16,628 ...

These moai represent the original ancestor from the ... Sitting in his office at the University of Chile in Santiago, he is not sanguine. “As a scientist, I’ve spent half my life there.

In 1960, an earthquake in Chile triggered a tidal wave, which hit the coast of Easter Island at Tongariki. The tidal wave sent the 15 Tongariki moai—some of which weigh 30 tons—several hundred ...

There is a Rapa-nui wedding ceremony, complete with loincloth, awaiting you on Chile’s Easter Island ... for years with its ancient Polynesian Moai statues and archaeological sites.