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 ...

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 ...

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

"On a crisp September morning, I rushed out to Ahu Tongariki near Rano Raraku in order to see the sun rise over the 15 moai ... America sits the Chile-governed Easter Island.

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

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

The move follows five years of efforts by environmental organizations and the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island, famous for its extreme isolation and mysterious stone statues known as Moai.

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

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.

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...