Santiago de Chile - Easter Island
Branson & Rikhoff Tour: 5 - 16 February 2006
Moai at Rano Raraku,
Easter Island, Chile.
Photo: Cliff Wassmann.
De Luxe category includes escorted transfers, private excursions with professional guides and chauffeurs, entrance fees, indicated category of accommodations, specified meals, all land and water transportation, and travel insurance for U.S. or Canadian residents through the age of 59 years. Over that age, there is a supplementary fee. International residents receive a 5% reimbursement to purchase such insurance in their home country.
Intra-Tour Air Flights & Fares
Air fares are in addition to the land price.
Intra-Tour Air Flights & Fares shows South American air flights needed for this tour and the fares.
Trail past statues at
Rano Raraku, Easter Island, Chile.
Photo: Cliff Wassmann.
Ponder ancient idols and a lost civilization...
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is an open-air, archaeological museum of a fascinating but vanished culture, a stark lesson in what can happen when humans fail to live in harmony with nature. We still do not know for sure how or why the first inhabitants carved, transported and raised their monolithic stone statues, or why the "moai" gaze inland instead of out to sea. But as you walk with your private guide in the island's famed yet rarely visited sites, such as the volcanic quarry where the figures were carved over a period of five centuries, you can contemplate the enigma of almost 900 mysterious idols and of the civilization that created but later tried to destroy them.
To the many mysteries of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, add one more: Inca oral history tells of a voyage to the west by Inca king Tupac Yupanqui and his discovery of two "Islands of Fire". The precisely carved and fitted stone walls at Ahu Vinapu may evidence that visit. Other mysteries are revealed in Nova's Secrets of Easter Island. Easter Island is an open-air archaeological museum. After your virtual tours, discover it by walking and horseback riding.
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Highlights
International arrival in Santiago, 5 February, 12:35 pm, Lan Chile 531, Record Locator Z4GRV8
Santiago
Sunday, 5 February 2006. Flight to Santiago. International arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel. Afternoon free. Overnight in the Santiago Park Plaza (Standard room, Two Beds). English private service
Santiago Park Plaza *****
Av. Ricardo Lyon 207, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Tel: +56 2 372 4000, Fax: +56 2 233 6668 / 8521Monday, 6 February. Santiago - Valparaiso - Viña del Mar - Viña Veramonte - Santiago. Full-day tour of the wine country, including the Pacific Ocean cities of Valparaiso and Viña del Mar. On the way back from the coast to Santiago, visit Veramonte winery and Viña Mar winery. Lunch and wine tastings included. Overnight in the Santiago Park Plaza (Standard room, Two Beds). English private service
Santiago Park Plaza *****
Av. Ricardo Lyon 207, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Tel: +56 2 372 4000, Fax: +56 2 233 6668 / 8521
Easter Island
Intra-tour flight to Easter Island, 7 February, 9:35 am - 12:55 pm, Lan Chile 841, Record Locator Z4GRV8
Tuesday, 7 February February: Santiago - Easter Island. Transfer to the airport. Flight to Easter Island (LA 841 0935 1255) Brunch on board. Drive to Hanga Roa and the Hotel Manutara. The rest of the day is free. Dinner at the Hotel and overnight in a Standard Room in the 3-star Hotel Manutara. English private service
Hotel Manutara ***
Hotu Matu'a s/n, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Tel: +56 32 100-297, Fax: +56 32 100 768Wednesday, 8 February: Rano Raraku - Te Pito Kura - Anakena Beach. Drive to the southcoast and visit representative examples of not restored platforms, Ahus Vaihu and Akahanga. Proceed to Rano Raraku, quarry of almost 900 stone statues, 397 of them still lying or standing at the slopes of the extinct volcano with crater lake. We have our Box lunch. Then we visit Ahu Tongariki (restored with 15 Moais), most recent and biggest restauration on the island. Drive to the eastcoast and visit Ahu Te Pito Kura and the "Navel of the World". Last but not least visit the beach of Anakena with its restored Ahus Nau Nau and Ature Huke. There you will have the opportunity to enjoy the warm Pacific Ocean. Back to hotel. Dinner in a local Restaurant and overnight in a Standard Room in the 3-star Hotel Manutara. English private service
Hotel Manutara ***
Hotu Matu'a s/n, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Tel: +56 32 100-297, Fax: +56 32 100 768Thursday, 9 February: Easter Island (Rano Kau - Orongo). Drive up the extinct volcano Rano Kau, appreciate on the way a view over the whole island and see its distinct geological features, proceed to an outlook at the crater lake. Afterwards drive to the ceremonial village of Orongo, where the birdman competition took place and you can see the spectacular petroglyphs related to this culture. Lunch included. Drive down again to Ahu Vinapu (not restored) and the Ana Kai Tangata cave. Back to hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner in a local Restaurant and overnight in a Standard Room in the 3-star Hotel Manutara. English private service
Hotel Manutara ***
Hotu Matu'a s/n, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Tel: +56 32 100-297, Fax: +56 32 100 768Friday, 10 February: Easter Island (Half-Day Tahai & City Tour). Drive to the archeological site Tahai with 3 restored Ahus and Moais, possibility to appreciate remains of boathouses, boatramp and other ancient types of constructions. Visit the museum close by, the church with its woodcarvings and the art market. Lunch included. Back to hotel Dinner in a local Restaurant and overnight in a Standard Room in the 3-star Hotel Manutara. English private service
Hotel Manutara ***
Hotu Matu'a s/n, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Tel: +56 32 100-297, Fax: +56 32 100 768Saturday, 11 February: Easter Island (Half-Day Ahu Akivi). From the village we horseback ride along one of the trails in the interior to restored Ahu Akivi, platform with 7 statues. After the oral traditions these 7 statues repersent the first 7 explorers, sent by the famous king Hotu Matua to explore the new island. We visit Ana Te Pahu cave with its large lava tube, the 2 windows cave with its spectacular view down a cliff into the wide Pacific ocean. Then we ride back to the village. Dinner at the hotel and overnight in a Standard Room in the 3-star Hotel Manutara. English private service
Hotel Manutara ***
Hotu Matu'a s/n, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Tel: +56 32 100-297, Fax: +56 32 100 768Sunday, 12 February: Easter Island (Scuba Diving). Scuba diving excursion (for 1 person). The rest of the day is free. Dinner at the Hotel and overnight in a Standard Room in the 3-star Hotel Manutara.
Hotel Manutara ***
Hotu Matu'a s/n, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Tel: +56 32 100-297, Fax: +56 32 100 768Monday, 13 February: Easter Island. Day free to explore. Dinner at the Hotel and overnight in a Standard Room in the 3-star Hotel Manutara.
Hotel Manutara ***
Hotu Matu'a s/n, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Tel: +56 32 100-297, Fax: +56 32 100 768
Santiago
Intra-tour flight to Santiago, 14 February, 1:55 pm - 8:40 pm, Lan Chile 842, Record Locator Z4GRV8
Tuesday, 14 February: Easter Island - Santiago. Transfer to the airport. Flight to Santiago (LA 840 1355 2040) Lunch on board. Transfer to your hotel in Santiago. Overnight in the Hotel Orly (Standard room, Two Beds). English private service
Hotel Orly ****
Pedro de Valdivia 027, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Tel: (56-2) 231 8947, Fax: (56-2) 334 4403Wednesday, 15 February: Santiago. Day free to explore. Overnight in the Hotel Orly (Standard room, Two Beds).
Hotel Orly ****
Pedro de Valdivia 027, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Tel: (56-2) 231 8947, Fax: (56-2) 334 4403
Home
International departure from Santiago, 16 February, 9:15 pm, Lan Chile 530, Record Locator Z4GRV8
Thursday, 16 February: Home. Morning free. Transfer to the airport including a Santiago city tour and time for lunch (Lunch not included). English private service.
Hotel Orly ****
Pedro de Valdivia 027, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Tel: (56-2) 231 8947, Fax: (56-2) 334 4403
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