What do we know about Easter Island?

Easter Island covers roughly 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean, and is located some 2,300 miles from Chile’s west coast and 2,500 miles east of Tahiti. Easter Island’s most dramatic claim to fame is an array of almost 900 giant stone figures that date back many centuries.

What unique things can be found on Easter Island?

9 Fascinating Things to Do and See on Easter Island

• Visit the Moai Statues.
• View the Ancient Petroglyphs.
• Hike a volcano.
• Watch a traditional dance.
• Visit Rapa Nui’s Catholic Church.
• Visit Anakena Beach.
• See the stone village of Orongo.
• Go scuba diving and snorkelling.

What do I need to know before going to Easter Island?

Here are 10 things I wish I’d known before visiting Easter Island.

• You will land in the middle of nowhere.
• Flying to the island is incredibly time-consuming.
• Only the tourists call it Easter Island.
• Easter Island heads are called Moai and gulp, they have bodies too!

What happened at Easter Island?

In this story, made popular by geographer Jared Diamond’s bestselling book Collapse, the Indigenous people of the island, the Rapanui, so destroyed their environment that, by around 1600, their society fell into a downward spiral of warfare, cannibalism, and population decline.

Can you swim in Easter Island?

The Easter Island beaches are ideal for swimming all year round. The sea in this part of the Pacific Ocean is quiet with a fascinating turquoise color and the perfect temperature.

Why does Easter Island have no trees?

When it rains on the island, also known as Rapa Nui, the water rapidly drains through the porous volcanic soil, leaving the grass dry again. That’s one reason why the island at the end of the world has stayed almost entirely bare, with no trees or shrubs.

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