Tauraa Hotel Tour in Hanga Roa, Easter Island
A short tour around the Tauraa Hotel in Hanga Roa on Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua).
I stayed at the Tauraa Hotel for five nights and could not be happier with my stay.
About my trip, I was greeted at the airport on arrival and transferred to the hotel, I was on the late flight so did not explore or meet Edith or Bill until the next morning.
Breakfast was different everyday but usually consisted of fresh fruit, eggs and ham.
My first full day there I went on the South Island tour organised through the hotel. This was guided by Chris who had a great knowledge of not only the locations we visited but the Islands history and oral traditions which have been passed on from generation to generation. On the second day I also took the hotel's West Island tour guided by Bill which was excellent.
My room was a single but had adequate space for what I needed. It was cleaned daily and although I was in the part that backed onto the road there was not too much noise from the street (but I am a heavy sleeper).
The hotel is in a great location, on the main street in Hanga Roa so all the shops and restaurants are just a short walk away.
Full Day Tour around Easter Island
My first full day on Easter Island and I go on an organised tour to the main sites.
The first stop is Ahu Hanga Te’e, a site with eight fallen Moai and their Pukao (topknots). Some of these topknots fell into the sea when the Moai where toppled but were recovered in 1986. You can really see the red colour of these topknots. In front of the of the ahu is a pania (a ceremonial stone circle).
Next on our tour is Ahu Akahanga, as we arrive a local seller has set up a stall by the entrance and Chris explains the significance of some of the local items such as the Rongo Rongo tablet which contains ancient Rapa Nui writing.
Ahu Akahanga is also known as the “platform of the king” because, according to legend, the tomb of Hoto Matu’a is nearby. There is 4 Ahu, 12 Moai and 8 Pukao, a boat ramp, earth ovens and a small cave that we went it that contained lots of spiders on the ceiling.
We then went to what I think is the most impressive site on the Island, Rano Raraku. Rano is the Easter Island statue quarry and not only are there cavities in the volcanic rock where the moai were carved and removed but many moai are still in various states of completion.
This is where we had to pay the $60 park entry fee which is good for five days so hopefully will not need to pay anything again it has recently gone up from $10 which it was for many years. I don’t mind paying the fee if it helps to preserve the statues.
We walk around the quarry following the designated paths and are not allowed to touch any of the statues, we spend a bit of time here exploring all the moai. Chris explains that the statues are actually in pits buried up to their necks and only 1/3 of the figures are visible, this was so the sculptors could work on the statues back and face.
We walk around the hill a bit to see a moai still attached to the cliff, Chris shows us the tool that the sculptors used to carve the statues; it was basically a hard bit of stone that the used to bang against the soft stone of the moai. We continued to walk around and saw the kneeling moai which has had to have a fence put around it due to people having their pictures taken on it’s knee causing it to get damaged, someone has even carved their initials into its back.
We then walk a bit higher and come across “El Gigante” the largest moai ever carved at 65 feet and estimated to weigh 250 tons, it is still in it’s construction phase and would have been impossible to move if complete.
To finish our tour at Rano Raraku we walk up to the craters rim to see the fresh water lake that is inside. There is also a number of moai in here as well. On the shore of the lake there are a number of reed beds.
We walk back to the bus and move on to our next site, but before we do I have a quick look around the shop but to be honest it is not very good.
We then call at Ahu Tongaiki, probably one of the most photographed Ahu’s on the Island and the biggest. It contains 15 moai that have been recently restored after the Ahu was destroyed in the 1960’s by a Tsunami. On the approach to the Ahu you pass by a lonely moai know as the “Travelling Moai” due to the fact it went on a tour around Japan a few years ago. The size of the 15 statues is immense and with them being on top of their platform increases their scale as you look up at them. There is also some petroglyphs carved into the ground in front of the Ahu showing a turtle.
The penultimate archaeological site of the tour is Ahu Te Pito Kura which has the largest moai that was ever moved at 32 feet and 82 tons. It is also said that Te Pito Kura was the last statue to be pulled down, probably some time after 1838. we walk over to the left side towards the bay where there is a spherical rock about three feet in diameter with four smaller rocks around it. Legend states that Hotu Matu’a brought this stone from his original homeland. The stone is said to have special powers, in fact if you pass a compass over the stone the needle changed direction, which we tested out, I even tried it with my iphone and it did move around.
The final stop on the tour was Anakena beach. We first went to look at the platform with seven moai on it. These are some of the best preserved examples of moai on the Island as they remained protected and undisturbed buried in the sand until they were recently discovered and restored. This is also the site where the only moai eye was found and is on display in the museum which I will be visiting later in the trip.
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Join us as we visit Chile in this travel guide highlighting all of the best things to in Chile. We cover the capital Santiago and the cultural hub Valparaiso. Then we shifting gears and flying over to Easter Island for an incredible week of sightseeing and culture before checking out the mind-blowing landscapes around San Pedro de Atacama and finishing in Arica which borders Peru.
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1) 20 Things to do in Santiago de Chile Travel Guide
2) Valparaiso Travel Guide - Exploring Chile's Cultural Capital
3) Visiting Easter Island Travel Guide (Isla de Pascua - Rapa Nui)
4) Visiting San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
5) Travel Adventures in the Atacama Desert: Altiplano Lagoons & Flamingo Reserve
6) Visiting the Valley of the Moon (El Valle de la Luna) for sunset in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
7) El Tatio Geysers of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
8) Our first impressions exploring Arica, Chile
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Our trip to Chile wouldn't have been complete without a visit to the capital, so towards the end of our stay we decided to visit Santiago. We had 4 days to discover what the city was all about, so we set out to visit the main attractions, sample Chilean food, and explore various neighborhoods on foot. We may not have been able to see it all, but the following is our experience in the city. For anyone planning a similar trip, here's a look at 20 things to do in Santiago de Chile on your visit:
And that's a wrap for the Chilean capital! We hope you enjoyed this Santiago travel guide and that it gave you a few ideas of things to do, places to visit, and Chilean dishes to try in the city.
So, hello from Valparaiso. That means paradise on the valley. We have a few days to explore the city and we're planning to do most of it on foot. Yes, and most of it is going up hills as well. And there is so much cool street art here. So we're going to be taking a few different walking tours while we're in town. Today we're doing the first one which should be an overview of the city. And it should be fun. So we're going to take you on a little guided tour of Valparaiso. Yee-haw!
To say Valparaiso is a bit hilly would be an understatement. The city is a maze of steep inclines which means the best way to get around and save your legs for sightseeing, is by riding up and down the funiculars.
After close to a month travelling around Chile, Sam and I hopped on a plane to visit Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui. This was the closest we were ever going to get to this remote speck in the ocean, which also happens to be the southeastern most point of the Polynesian Triangle. We gave ourselves one full week to explore Isla de Pascua, and what follows is a travel guide of our time there. We hiked ancient volcanoes, stood face to face with the moai, watched spectacular sunrises and sunsets, and road tripped around the island while wild horses ran alongside. It was an incredible week and we hope this video will inspire you to plan your own visit to Easter Island.
Good afternoon from the town of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. We've been here a few days taking a few different day trips to visit volcanoes and lagoons and see flamingos and doing lots of cool stuff. We've seen lots of wildlife, we've seen some amazing landscapes. And now we're going to show you the town. It's actually quite small and there isn't a lot to do but if you're taking tours from here you're going to end up spending a bit of time in San Pedro so yeah let's go take a little tour.
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Easter Island Full Day Tour
My tour today starts at 10.00 and is of the West coast of the Island and will be led by Bill the hotel owner.
First up is Ana Kai Tangata, a cave on the coast known as the cannibal cave. It is quite steep to get down to it and the sea is very rough bashing up against the cliffs. The cave is quite big and opens up to the coast, it is also very high but I don’t think it would have offered much shelter to its occupants.
Next up was the volcanic caldera of Rano Kau. We stop off at an overlook that looks down into the crater lake, Bill explains that years ago this is where all the women used to go once a year and stay for a week or two to do their laundry. From this viewpoint you could see the full circle of the volcano.
A very short drive up from here is the old village of Orongo. Orongo was the centre of the Birdman Cult and here you will find almost 1800 petroglyphs and numerous houses.
This is where the famous Birdman competition took place, basically the competition involved the strongest members from each Clan descending down the cliff, swimming a mile to the Motu Nui Island and them wait for the eggs of the Sooty Tern to be laid and bring one back to present it to his Clans leader, the leader would then become the Birdman for the next year and rule over the island for that time.
We then travel back down the road and reach Vinapu, Vinapu features a female moai statue although it is so badly weathered it is difficult to tell and some very fine stonework similar to that of the Inca’s. which has led some people to theorise that the Island was populated from the East rather than the West and Polynesia (although all the evidence points to the first inhabitants coming from the West). There is also a number of fallen moai and topknots here.
We then drop Deb, Cheryl and Laurie off in town before continuing on the tour. We then end up at Puna Pau which is the topknot quarry where the red scoria was extracted, carved and transported. There are a number of abandoned topknots around the quarry and some even have petroglyphs carved into them.
The last Ahu we visit on the tour today is Ahu Akivi, the first Ahu on the Island to be restored in 1960. the 108 foot long Ahu features seven moai facing the setting sun and is belived to represent the seven explorers sent to scout the Island before the arrival of Hotu Matu’a and is estimated to have been constructed around 1450.
The final stop of today’s tour is Ana Te Pahu otherwise known as the banana cave due to the fact that banana trees grow up from the cave floor. The cave was used in ancient times as a shelter, defence and storage. The cave has openings at both ends and extends for almost 100 metres. At one end there is a large water pool that you can hear drops dripping into it.
We then drive back to town and get dropped off at the hotel.
I go and explore the Hanga Roa coast again like I did last night and end up in the same areas with the moai with the eyes. I eventually go for dinner at Hakahonu Restaurant and have the local fish with stir fried vegetables and it was great. I then walk around the town for a bit visiting the artisan markets and the church before going for an ice cream which turned out to be huge, almost the size of my head.
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1. Wide of Easter Island Moai (statues) at dawn, pan right to single Moai
2. Various of souvenir Moai made by craftspeople in stone and wood
3. Various of craftsman carving with wood.
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Manu Tora-Tora, Craftsman:
This is Macota, native wood from here, it grows here and in Polynesia.
5. Carlos carving
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Manu Tora-Tora, Craftsman:
The meaning - these are spirits seen by the King (Tuku-Ihu). He saw them while sleeping. The spirits told him not to tell anybody, so he carved them. So this is it, this is called Moai Kawa-Kawa.
7. Various of tourists in a craft shop
8. Various of local craft jewellery
9. Various of woman making necklaces
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alberto Otu, President of Council of Elders, Rapa Nui:
Well, we use the local stone and wood. The Moai were cut with Tolomiro (a tree that is now extinct considered sacred to Easter Islanders). But with the arrival or foreigners, they started to burn the wood in order to have land for their ships, and it disappeared. But we have other trees, Macota and Miro-Tahiti, we carve carve with those. But the important thing is that the carving has to be done in the island no matter what the material. Because the people that come to visit us buy things so that they can show they that were here.
11. Various of wooden and stone carvings.
12. Various of people weaving with bark and seashells
13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Poma Hina, Craftsperson:
And the other materials that Mother Nature gives us are from the sea. We have many seashells. The most wanted is the 'pure' that according to some studies here on Easter Island is the only place in the world were they are found. There are others that are similar but the 'pure', a dark brown shell, only grows here, in Rapa Nui, the Navel of the World.
14. Close-up Poma Hina working on a necklace
15. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Poma Hina, Craftsperson:
All is hand made, nothing external. No glue. Its all given by nature. With fibres, if we have to make thread its made with Kakaka (banana tree) or Matute Hau Hau (papyrus). No chemistry, all natural.
16. Hina's hands working on a necklace
17. Wooden carving, tilt up to craftsman working on a wooden ornament
18. Close up carving
19. Close up craftman's face
20. Various of women making on necklaces
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Located 3,600 kilometres (2,200 miles) from the nearest continent, Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth.
Famous for its giant stone statues, known as Moai, Easter Island has no shortage of visitors despite its remoteness.
The island is also renown for its local craftspeople who are enjoying a booming trade thanks to an influx of tourists.
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The most famous expression of craft work on Easter Island are the iconic Moai that dot the island.
After travelling at least 2000 miles to get to the island, replicas of the famous stone statues are a must-have for tourists.
The craftspeople use the same volcanic rock that was used to build the originals. Some however are made from local wood.
Craftsman Carlos Manu Tora Tora says he is using Macota wood.
Nobody knows the exact origin of the Moai, but the theories are endless.
Tora Tora offers one explanation - saying they were spirits seen by the King (Tuku-Ihu) while sleeping. The spirits told him not to tell anybody, so he carved them instead.
With a population of less than 4000, the production of souvenirs for tourists is an important trade.
Alberto Otu, the president of Council of Elders - the Rapa Nui - says the craftspeople use local wood.
He says locals use many types of wood to carve the souvenirs.
Craftsperson Poma Hina says that Easter Island has many shells that people use.
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Ahu Te Pito Kura on Easter Island
Ahu Te Pito Kura has the largest moai that was ever moved at 32 feet and 82 tons. It is also said that Te Pito Kura was the last statue to be pulled down, probably some time after 1838. we walk over to the left side towards the bay where there is a spherical rock about three feet in diameter with four smaller rocks around it. Legend states that Hotu Matu’a brought this stone from his original homeland. The stone is said to have special powers, in fact if you pass a compass over the stone the needle changed direction, which we tested out, I even tried it with my iphone and it did move around.
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1. Three Camel Lodge in Mongolia
How to get there: A two-hour jet flight to Ulaanbaatar from Beijing (or 3 hours from Seoul), followed by a 60-minute prop-plane flight to Dalanzadgad, the provincial capital of the South Gobi, and a 90-minute drive along a dirt road.
The experience: Guests stay in one of 45 hand-made felt gers, or traditional nomadic tents inspired by the homes of nomadic herders. The roomy accommodations offer wood-burning stoves, felt carpets, indigenous furnishings, hand-painted wooden beds, and ceilings that open to the stars. Activities include camel trekking, horseback riding, and visiting families of sheep- and goat-herding nomads.
2. Winterlake Lodge in Alaska
How to get there: A scenic one-hour bush-plane ride from Anchorage (the aircraft has floats in the summer, skis in the winter).
The experience: Guests stay in (what else?) a log cabin overlooking the lake, while husband-and-wife owners Carl and Kirsten Dixon offer personalized guiding and gourmet meals. Go hiking, fishing, dog mushing, or take yoga classes, all without anyone around for miles. You can also drop by the kitchen, where Kirsten—who trained at the Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and has written several cookbooks—makes delectable meals paired with fine wines. While some items are flown in from specialty stores like Murray's Cheese in New York City, Kirsten makes her own ice cream and uses fresh ingredients from her garden. We pride ourselves in our self-sufficiency, she says.
3. Petit St. Vincent in St.Vincent and the Grenadines
How to get there: A one-hour flight from Barbados to Union Island, followed by a 20-minute boat ride.
The experience: This privately-owned Caribbean island features 22 sumptuously decorated cottages made from native stone. Yet the air here is decidedly laid-back: There's no television, telephone service, or Internet access, so guests communicate by raising different colored flags on a bamboo flagpole. Take a walk on the deserted beach, go for a swim, and then head to your cottage, where a breakfast of your choice is delivered. (Hint: Don't miss the local papaya.) Afterwards, cruise around in a catamaran or sea kayak, or head to West End beach and have a picnic lunch with lobster rolls and champagne. To end the day, the resort's registered massage therapist can work out all your kinks on your private terrace overlooking the surf.
4. Voyages Longitude 131° in Australia
How to get there: Fly two to three hours from Sydney, Perth, or Cairns to Ayers Rock Airport, then take a four-wheel-drive transfer to the property, six miles away.
5. Wolwedans Dunes Lodge in Namibia
How to get there: A two-hour flight from Johannesburg or Cape Town to Windhoek, followed by a six-hour drive or a 105-minute prop-plane ride.
6. JA Manafaru, Maldives
How to get there: Fly to Male, where a butler meets you for the scenic 45-minute prop-plane flight to Hanimaadhoo and a 45-minute speedboat ride to the resort.
7. Mountain Lodges of Peru
How to get there: The first of these four lodges is a 90-mile drive from Cusco; the rest are four to eight miles apart and only reachable via foot, horse, or mule on a mountain trail.
8. North Island in Seychelles
How to get there: Fly to Mahé via Johannesburg, Dubai, Paris, Rome, or London, then take a 15-minute helicopter ride to North Island.
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How to get there: Fly to Miami, drive 60 minutes to Key Largo, then dive 21 feet down to a five-by-seven-foot opening at the bottom of the cottage-like building.
10. The Hotel Arctic in Greenland
How to get there: First, a five-hour flight from Baltimore to Kangerlussuaq (the country's main airport). From there, it's a one-hour flight (which passes over the Arctic coastline and Greenland ice cap) to Ilulissat, followed by a short drive.
11. Hotel Bellevue des Alpes in Switzerland
How to get there: Fly to Zurich, then take a 2.5-hour train ride to Grindelwald, followed by a 30-minute mountain-train ride.
12. Explora Rapa Nui on Easter Island
How to get there: It's a five-hour flight from Santiago, Chile, or from Papeete Tahiti to Easter Island; the resort is five miles from the airport in Hanga Roa, the only town on the island.
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DOC BRAUN EASTER ISLAND VIRTUAL TOUR HD
This small island has more unexplained natural and man made phenomena per land space than probably any other place on the planet. Sightings of ufo's go back to ancient times with lights in the sky still being seen to this day near the island. Ships compasses still go crazy when approaching the island which have been recorded by some of the world's best sailors. The biggest mystery is how the large figure heads were moved and located around the island without any form of conventional means known and why? This is a place VERY few people get to visit for every reason so I created this video so that all of us could have a glimpse to pick up the vibes of what this amazing island has to offer as it is very much so not in easy reach by any means unless you can teleport yourself there... For me personally I've always been a fan of the island and built my own scaled island with surround moat (see my Home video playlist) complete with figure heads in the beach sand and down the driveway. My interest in the unexplained knows no bounds as it was here I found all the missing pieces I needed to help myself and now I help others with this information all for free to truly make this world a better place and I've done just that. Folks I hope you enjoy my video and thanks for watching, Cheers, Doc Braun :)
9 Most Mysterious Locations On Earth
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Human history certainly holds its fair share of mysteries. Not all ancient civilisations were attentive bureaucrats like the Ancient Romans – the people of ancient Rome were excellent at documentation, so we know a huge amount about them, their society, and their traditions. Unfortunately for historians, the story of certain societies, and their creations will always remain shrouded in an intriguing mystery, with no concrete answers in sight.
A perfect example is the infamous Voynich Manuscript. The Voynich Manuscript supposedly originated in Italy. Carbon dating has put the handwritten manuscript around the early 1400s. For years, the nature of the Voynich Manuscript has puzzled all those who have come into contact with it. Why? The entire manuscript is written in a coded language, completely unlike any other language or form of writing that exists. No cryptographer has ever been able to decipher the code written in the book. Historians even enlisted the help of some expert code crackers, who worked during WWII, but none have ever had any luck. The manuscript itself is a few hundred pages, and most pages even include diagrams of strange plants that don’t resemble any living species. Although many historians and cryptographers have suggested, that the book could be nonsense, many maintain that the care, and attention the unknown author must have put in during the manuscript’s production suggests otherwise. It begs the question: why would someone spend hours and hours, (plus a lot of money – manuscripts were incredibly expensive items in the 15th century), producing something of no value to anyone?
However, the number of mysterious monuments, and places that left traces still visible today greatly outweigh the number of entirely mysterious artefacts that have been discovered. Some of the monuments left behind by ancient peoples are so strange, and so well constructed, that they have left historians mystified. Aside from monuments, certain places on earth have an inescapable air of mystery about them, that remains unexplained to this day. If you’re a bit of a conspiracy theorist and you’re looking for a new adventure, the following 8 locations could provide you with endlessly compelling mystery.
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00:01:08 1.1 Polynesian settlement and extinction
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00:28:33 6.5 Potential extinction
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The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. The four islands – Pitcairn proper, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno – are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi). Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area, but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited.
Pitcairn is the least populous national jurisdiction in the world. The Pitcairn Islanders are a biracial ethnic group descended mostly from nine Bounty mutineers and the handful of Tahitians who accompanied them, an event that has been retold in many books and films. This history is still apparent in the surnames of many of the islanders. Today there are approximately 50 permanent inhabitants, originating from four main families.
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Located on a hill with panoramic views, close to Easter Island´s centre, Victoria offers accommodation with a Polynesian flair. Rooms are bright and spacious featuring private entrance. Free WiFi is available in the common areas.
Run by its owners, Hotel Victoria provides a homely atmosphere. Accommodation includes minibar and a TV. Rooms have en suite bathroom and seating area as well.
The hotel has a tour desk and can arrange trips to Kau volcano and other attractions. Free parking on site and complimentary airport pick-up are available.
Guests can relax in the terrace by the garden. A Polynesian breakfast with a variety of local fruit is served daily.
Hotel Victoria is situated 1 block from Easter Island´s Main Street, with its shops and restaurants, and 6 blocks from the airport.
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