Rapa Nui/Easter Island

We left our hotel in Santiago at 5:30 a.m. for the 5-hour flight to Easter Island/Rapa Nui only to arrive there and discover the flight was delayed by an hour. 😩 The time passed quickly enough and we were on our way! Easter Island is the most remote inhabited island on the planet. It’s a Polynesian island 3,700 kilometres from the coast of continental Chile and a Chilean territory.

Upon arrival, we were greeted by a band and dancers and presented with leis in the Polynesian tradition. We were dropped off at our hotel to spend the rest of the day at leisure. We took a walk along the coast, had a late lunch at a waterfront restaurant and did some more exploring before returning to our hotel for a quiet night.

Tomorrow, we’ll begin touring the island and learning more about its history and the monumental moai statues that have made it so famous and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Read more