Its back faces Hanga Roa Harbor. There's another moai ... there are plenty of free activities to enjoy on Easter Island. From exploring moai statues and stargazing to visiting the Rapa Nui Museum ...

Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui ... Situated on the west coast of Easter Island, within walking distance ...

As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues ...

Their spirits were said to temporarily live inside the statues, and the statues ... that flies out of Santiago into Hanga Roa, the capital of Easter Island. It takes about five-and-a-half hours ...

Anakena Beach — two ahus with eight moai statues on the north coast. Ahu Akivi — seven moai facing the sea just north of Hanga Roa. Easter Island is famous for its ahu and moai, but the images ...

It is dark, pleasantly nippy and easy to get sucked into the blob of tourists sitting in front of a bunch of famous statues ... time for the island’s contemporaries. In Hanga Roa, the island ...

On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter ... island’s population. Just three decades ago, cars, electricity, and phone service were scarce; now Hanga Roa ...