Travelogues Easter Island

Everyone knows about Easter Island. There are so many photos one has seen. However, it is different than expected. The Moai (the large stone figures) truly are impressive and...

Hola Chile, du heisst irgendwie fast so, wie du aussiehst :). Obschon ich mittlerweile schon ein paar Wochen auf (wandernd, fahrend), über (fliegend/ fallend) oder in/unter dir...

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We are still completely immersed in the wonder of Easter Island. Today, we learned quite a bit more about Easter Island. Starting in the second half of the 17th century, the...

Aside from the sites visited on the first day with our landlord (=official licensed guide🙄), there are some other places to explore - some with and some without a mandato

This morning, the sky was already red before sunrise. This is usually a sign of bad weather, but it was beautiful all day, calm, and quite warm at over 25°C. We have since...

Unfortunately, the bad weather continued, it was a very rainy Sunday. Nevertheless, we decided to go to church in the morning. It was the first Sunday Mass of the new year 2020...

And here are the details regarding the frequently mentioned note in the daily reports: “… more about this at the end of this description …” …

Good things come in threes: so first we went up again to Rauno Kau. Surprise! The road was still closed, but the hiking trail was open, which we followed to the entrance

Today, we drove clockwise along the round road to Ovahe Beach. On our first visit, we had little time—today, we wanted to take it a bit more relaxed.

After about 5 hours of flight over 3800km of Pacific Ocean, we arrived at one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Easter Island, or in the local language Rapa Nui,...

Easter Island is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is geographically part of Polynesia, but politically it is part of Chile!

One week of Polynesian vibes on Easter Island simply enchanted us. There is so much to discover on Rapa Nui - we would have loved to stay longer.

Rapa Nui Chile: a sun and rain mix at 27 degrees We were particularly excited about visiting Easter Island to finally see the famously described MOAI statues live. We started...

The next morning we set off: But not in the promised modern vehicle (which had a sudden engine failure 😳) but in our landlord's rather rickety, seemingly 40-year-old pick

We initially intended to explore the island with our landlord on this day as well. However, we canceled this plan due to the "discrepancies" the day before. So, we set ou

our flight was scheduled for around 2 PM, and the airport was only about 1,500m from our cabin. Therefore, it was a relaxed morning: we had breakfast every day at “our” b

Returning the rental car in the morning and then a leisurely stroll through Hanga Roa to the industrial and fishing port in the west in the afternoon.

Easter Island After 4 days of crossing the Pacific, the long-awaited destinations have finally arrived. The first one missed the mark. Honga Roa, the inhabited Easter Island,...

Day 54 of 175: World Cruise - Hanga Roa/Easter Island