Such a dream came true last year – we set foot on Easter Island! Also named Rapa Nui by the Polynesian people, this tiny island is nothing but a drop in the Pacific Ocean, but such a special one and famous for its enormous moai.
We arrived from the lip-chapping cold of the Andes, skipped a night due to our stopover in Santiago and the long flight to Hanga Roa and on top of that I still felt that wine of the vineyard tour in Mendoza hanging around in my head – so all in all the sunshine and that tropical climate with its accompanying flowers and a Polynesian necklace upon arrival made for a pretty neat welcome.
We dwelled on the island for five days which is quite a lot of time if you consider Easter Island’s size is only 164 sq km (63 square miles) – (if you’re Dutch: it’s the size of Terschelling). This amount of time gave us the chance to see all of the highlights, during all the different weather conditions. After all, we discovered that the weather changes super fast in here. Sometimes it even felt more like we were driving around Ireland rather than a Polynesian island as you can see below.
So have a look upon Rapa Nui and fly along the tiny Polynesian drop!
In the mood for more some stunning landscapes (and moai) of Easter Island? Or perhaps you’re looking for the perfect itinerary of the area. Curious to see where the moai come from? Or want to know more about how to travel to Easter Island on a budget? It’s all on this website, and for even more articles about the island you can click in here!
And here’s where to find all of those moai!
Cameron
February 14, 2020 at 2:22 am
Hi. How did you go about getting the permission to fly a drone. I hear it is very strict on Easter Island?
Kat
January 24, 2022 at 3:52 am
I wonder, too, how you got your drone into Rapa Nui and how and when you applied for the permit as I’m desperately looking for information myself.