Day 01 Santiago
Reception and transfer from the airport to the Hotel
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice in Santiago
Day 02 Santiago-Viña del Mar &
Valparaiso
Breakfast. The excursion departs from your hotel, crossing
the Coastal Mountain range and continuing through the Curacavi
Valley with its small towns and villages, later the Casablanca
Valley where some vineyards that produce Chardonay white
wine are located, then a view of the Peñuelas Lagoon
up to Valparaiso, a picturesque seaport. Here you will enjoy
the special architecture, hills and funiculars. Tour along
the narrow avenues, visiting Plaza Mayor and Prat Pier,
Victoria Square, Congress Building and civic center. Then
you will proceed to the Garden City of Viña del Mar,
visiting Quinta Vergara, the site of the International Summer
Song Festival, then Vergara’s Palace, Botanic Garden,
continuing by San Martin Avenue to visit Reñaca &
Con-con sea resorts, stopping at a seaside restaurant for
lunch (optional). In the afternoon, there will be a visit
to Sausalito Lagoon & Park and the Sporting Club (horse
race track), before returning to Santiago via route 68 to
your Hotel.
Overnight in Santiago.
Day 03 Santiago
Breakfast. City tour Santiago, departs
from your hotel to visit the Old Civic Center, La Moneda
Government Palace, Plaza de Armas square surrounded by the
Cathedral, National Museum of History, Post Office Headquarters,
then a short visit to the Pre-Columbian Museum, continuing
by Alameda B.O'Higgins main avenue and Republic avenue to
admire old magnificent houses, the Club Hipico race track,
The Cousiño Palace, the Santa Lucia hill, then the
San Cristobal Hill, with a panoramic view of the whole city
, visiting later the new civic center of Providencia –
Las Condes, residential areas with excellent gourmet restaurants,
parks and shopping malls.
Overnight in Santiago.
Day 04 Santiago – Easter
Island
Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to th eairport in Santiago.
Transfer from the Hotel to the airoprt. Reception with a
necklace of flowers and transfer to the Hotel of your choice.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.
Day 05 Easter Island
Breakfast. Today our guide will take you back in history
to show you the remains of a once powerful culture. The
first stop after leaving the village of Hanga Roa will be
the bay of Hanga Te'e and the not restored platform of Ahu
Vaihu. We will see how a culture built over hundreds of
years, was totally destroyed by its own people in a very
short time. Then we proceed along the south coast towards
the volcano Rano Raraku where we visit the “Moai factory".
We can still see there 397 statues in different stages of
completion, some erected, some almost sunk in waiting for
their transport, some still lying unfinished on the volcanic
rock. From Rano Raraku you can already see the next highlight,
Ahu Tongariki. This platform is from the most recent restoration,
1991-1995, and as you will see, its the most impressive,
a construction of almost 300 mts. in length. Fifteen statues,
the tallest almost 10 mts high, were re-erected, the heaviest
weighing aprox. 87 tons. One Moai is still wearing his Pukao,
the topknot.
Next we proceed to the east coast and "The navel of
the world" with Ahu Te Pito Kura. Last but not least
we will take you to the beautiful beaches of Ovahe and finally
to Anakena. The area is surrounded by palm trees, white
corral sand and one of the most beautiful restored platforms,
Ahu Nau Nau, with seven Moais, four of them with Pukaos,
as well as Ahu Ature Huki with one restored statue. There
will be time for a swim in the warm waters of the Pacific
before we take the road via Vaitea back to your hotel.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.
Day 06 Easter Island
Breakfast. On this half day tour we leave Hanga Roa, taking
a short drive up the extinct volcano Rano Kau stop for a
wonderful view of the whole island. Here our guide will
thoroughly explain the geography and geology of Easter Island.
Our next stop offers a breathtaking view into the crater
lake of Rano Kau. After a short drive we finally arrive
at the ceremonial village of Orongo, center of the Bird
Man Cult. The village consists of 53 restored houses built
with flagstone and used by representatives of the tribes
during ceremonies related to the bird man competition. At
Mata Ngarahu we will see rocks with more than 300 petroglyphs
of Tangata Manu, the god Make Make and others. There is
an outstanding view to the three islets: Motu Iti, Motu
Mui and Kao Kao, situated opposite Orongo in the ocean.
Our guide will share all that is known about the Tangata
Manu, the competitors’ swim to Moto Nui, where they
risked their lives to get to the egg of the Sooty Tern and
swim back with it to win a chance at their tribe’s
power over the whole island for one year. On the way back
to the village we visit the cave of Ana Kai Tangata with
paintings of marine birds. At the end we visit Ahu Vinapu,
still viewed by many as remains of pre-Incan architects
because of its remarkable stonemason ship.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.
Day 07 Easter Island
Breakfast. This half-day tour brings you to the interior
of the island. Ahu Akivi and its seven Moais is one of the
few platforms where the statues are looking towards the
ocean. According to oral tradition, these statues represent
the first seven explorers sent from Hiva, to explore the
unknown land for their new king Hotu Matua. Afterwards we
will visit Ana Te Pahu cave, a large lava tube created by
volcanic activity. This cave has been used as a tribal shelter
in ancient times, and we can appreciate plantations of bananas,
avocados and taro in the cave’s interior. We also
visit Puna Pau, the quarry where the red topknots for the
statues were carved. If weather conditions allow we can
also visit the unrestored Ahu Tepeu, situated close to the
coast, where we can see the biggest hare paenga, remains
of an old boathouse.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.
Day 08 Easter Island - Santiago
Breakfast. Transfer from the airport to the Hotel.
Overnight in Santiago.
Day 09 Santiago
Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to the airport. End of our services |