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 ...

Island has been a source of fascination for historians, researchers, and tourists for centuries. Reaching it is not straightforward. Flights from Europe (with at least two layovers) take approximately ...

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

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.

Famous for its monolithic Moai head stones that were mysteriously ... nearest inhabited neighbor), and 2,000 miles west of Chile, Easter Island marks the south-eastern point of the Polynesian ...

Marc Shields hails from West Auckland but is a long-term resident of Rapa Nui - he tells Paddy what life is like on the ...

There is a Rapa-nui wedding ceremony, complete with loincloth, awaiting you on Chile’s Easter ... Moai statues and archaeological sites. Tourism, the main industry on the island, is also a ...

He is also Assistant Professor of Prehistory at the University of Chile, Research Fellow ... restoration of Ahu Akivi, one of Easter Island's most visited moai sites. In 1977 he was a founder ...

Jon Canfield Easter Island Moai. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam ... About 2,000 miles off the coast of South America sits the Chile-governed Easter Island. Just 14 miles long and 7 miles wide ...

Paul Trachtman Local artists are reviving the island's traditions. Tattooist Andreas "Panda" Pakarati displays a wooden moai he's just ... an enigma.” Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer ...