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• After your breakfast, we bring you to Santiago Airport to take the flight to Calama.
• Reception and transfer to San Pedro de Atacama.
• At 16:30 hrs, departure from the hotel to The Moon Valley.
• On the way joining San Pedro with Calama, we will stop to take photos of the Salt Mountain Range from a viewing point.
• Later, in the Moon Valley, we will visit the “Las Tres Marías” salt statues, the salt mine, the salt caverns and we will watch the evening from a big dune.
• After these impressive experiences, we return to the hotel.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel in San Pedro de Atacama.
• Breakfast included.
• Departure at 07:00 hrs. from the hotel.
• Visit of the Toconao town, typical handicrafts in Atacama, and the San Lucas Tower (National Monument).
• The travel includes the visit to the Atacama Salt Flat, entering the Los Flamencos National Reserve (Chaxas Lagoon area).
• We will continue our trip to the altiplano to get to the Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons (4,150 m.o.s.l.).
• In the middle of our route, we will have a stop in the Socaire town (3,200 m.o.s.l.) to get acclimatised and take photos of the San Bartolomé church.
• Return to San Pedro at 7:00 pm approximately.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel in San Pedro de Atacama.
• Breakfast included.
• Breakfast in the hotel and at 09:00 hrs. departure from the hotel.
• We invite you to discover the richness of the Atacama, or Likan Antai, culture.
• We will gather fascinating information about who lived in the area and how they did it, from pre-Columbian to colonial times.
• We will learn about the customs and traditions of the different cultures that lived in the area by visiting the most notable archaeological sites such as Tulor and Pukará de Quitor.
• The miraculously preserved village of Tulor is the oldest remaining ancient dwelling place in the Atacama Basin, and the first human settlement, called “Cuna de los Likan Antai (Cradle of the Likan Antai people)”.
• Pukará de Quitor, a construction from the twelfth century, was a witness to decisive historic events that are part of the local culture.
• We end our trip in San Pedro de Atacama, with a visit to the church before the return to your hotels.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel in San Pedro de Atacama.
• Breakfast and lunch included.
• We leave at dawn from San Pedro de Atacama Hotel to go to the Tatio Geysers, a geothermal centre with geysers that can only be seen very early in the morning.
• After seeing this spectacular sight in a magnificent natural setting, we have breakfast.
• On the way back, we see the majestic Andes mountain range, whose peaks seem close enough to touch.
• We then arrive at Machuca, a small llama herder settlement. The village is filled with adobe houses with thatched roofs. Green wetlands lend a unique charm.
• Transfer to airport and flight to Santiago.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel in Santiago de Chile.
• Breakfast and lunch included.
• Arrival at the Easter Island Airport.
• Reception at the Airport with a flower necklace and transfer to your selected hotel.
• Breakfast at your hotel on Easter Island.
• We initiate the tour about 3:00 pm from Hanga Roa, visiting Ahu Vinapu, that it was used by the Islanders in the year 1.200 A.C. including three Ahu. The first one has 6 Moai statues demolished and painted in red. The second one has a supposedly female Moai which had two heads. Finally, the third Moai, the oldest one, features only removed stones.
• We will continue our way to the quarry of Puna Pau, an archaeological site in the eastern side of Hanga Roa. It is a small crater of red slag, from where the Pukao or hats of the Moai statues were obtained. Along with its old exit, there are some incomplete and abandoned Moai.
• We will head to Ahu Akivi, the first Ahu restored by the science in the island in the year 1960. The platform with seven Moai is characterised by being one of the few ones located in the centre of the island, with its statues facing the rising sun. According to the legend, these seven Moai would represent seven young explorers sent before Hotu Matua’a’s arrival to investigate the island.
• Our adventure leads us to the cavern of Te Pahu, a place used as housing and temporary refuge in war times. Then, we will return to Hanga Roa, total duration 3,5 hours.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel on Easter Island.
• Breakfast included.
• Departing from Hanga Roa’s town at about 9:30 am, we will go to the southeastern and northeastern coast of the Island visiting the Ahu Vaihu temple, which is located 10 km from Hanga Roa.
• It consists of a stone platform with eight Moai statues and eight pukao dispersed in the proximities.
• Then, we will go to Ahu Akahanga, so-called the “Platform of the king”. The legend tells that Hotu Matua’a’s tomb is near this place. There, we will find four platforms, twelve Moai statues, eight Pukao and towards the interior of this Ahu; it is possible to see the best-preserved village of the island.
• Later, we will go to Ahu Tongariki, with fifteen Moai being the largest Ahu of the island. After that, we will meet Ahu Te Pito Kura, which possesses the highest statue of the island raised in an Ahu, the Moai Paro (10 meters of height and 85 tons with a Pukao of 11,5 tons).
• Near this ceremonial temple is the large spherical stone that is identified as the Center of the World (Te Pito o Te Henua), as the legend tells, it was brought to the island by Hotu Matua’a in his craft.
• After that, we will arrive in Ahu Nau Nau, a temple of a complex construction due to its different levels where we will find five Moai statues with Pukao. There, we will see petroglyphs in the backs of the statues.
• We will continue our excursion to the Rano Raraku volcano and quarry, where there was carved most of the Moai of the island, using the volcanic rock of its hillsides. There is an estimated number of 400 Moai in several stages of carving.
• Finishing our adventure, we will go to the Anakena Beach. It is a beach of white sands chosen for the arrival of the Ariki Hotu Matua’a and his sister Avareipua. Anakena is the name of a small cave in an adjacent gully.
• Return to the town of Hanga Roa, total duration 8 hours.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel on Easter Island.
• Breakfast and lunch included.
• Breakfast in our hotel in Easter Island.
• We start our tour at 09:30 am from Hanga Roa heading to the Tahai archaeological complex. This ceremonial centre features three Ahus: Ahu Vai Uri with five Moai statues, Ahu Tahai with one Moai statue and Ahu Le to Riko with one Moai statue.
• From this site, we will be able to appreciate inspiring landscapes.
• After that, we will visit the Ana Kai Tangata natural cave where it is possible to admire some rupestrian art representing birds such as the manutara, and where it is possible to watch waves breaking upon the cliff.
• We will continue our tour by visiting the Rano Kau volcano where we will be able to see the largest crater on the Island and one of the largest sweet water reservation in the area.
• Finally, we will visit the Orongo Ceremonial Village, old and magnificent ceremonial city located on the western side of the Rano Kau volcano. It features 53 elliptical houses made of sandstone and a small square window looking to the sea.
• At this place, the most important ceremony of the second period of Easter Island was carried out: The election of the Tangata Manu (Bird-Man). This service stopped being performed 150 years ago, due to the arrival of the first Christian missioners.
• Approximately at 01:00 pm, we will return to the village.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel on Easter Island.
• Breakfast included.
• Breakfast at the hotel in Easter Island.
Today is your free day, but if you want, we have several options (not included) for you to carry out in Easter Island:
• Te Ana Circuit
Tour time: 09:30 am
Length: 3 – 4 hours
This tour specializes in the exploration of the caves. All an underground world where Rapa Nui is the 10th place worldwide with underground galleries that reaches 7 kilometres in total. Here, we will visit some of the most important caves and cavern of the island and will understand how its inhabitants could survive the depletion of its resources and inclement of the weather. We will also learn about the volcanic origin of the island and its geographical formation.
• Adventure Trekking
Tour time: 09:30 am
Length: 3 – 4 hours
Departing from the Hanga Roa village, we will visit part of the northwestern coast of Rapa Nui, Ahu Akapu, Kakenga caverns, Te Pora, Te Pahu and finally Ahu Tepeu. Return to your place of accommodation at 02:00 pm.
• Horseback Riding to the Caverns of Easter Island
Tour time: 09:00 am – 02:30 pm
Length: 3,5 hours
Departing from your hotel in Easter Island, we will enjoy a unique horseback riding to the cavern area. These caverns spread through the Island were used as a residence, as graveyard and shelter during wartime. We will ride, visiting the caverns of Ana Kakenga and the “Two Windows Caverns”, located in the northeaster coastal area of the Island. To access this cavern, we have to enter into a hole in the ground. After that, we will head to Ana te Pahu, a less visited place on the Island, but featuring a beautiful landscape. Then, we will continue to Ahu Akivi, important sacred altar and platform, ending in Maunga Roiho.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel on Easter Island.
• Breakfast included.
• Breakfast in the hotel, transfer to the airport and typical farewell.
• Reception at Santiago airport and we bring you to your hotel.
• Overnight at your preferred hotel in Santiago de Chile.
• Breakfast included.
• After a restful night’s sleep and a delicious breakfast, it´s time to say Good-Bye, and we bring you back to the airport, to take your flight home.
• We are very proud to welcome you again in the future and to show you other marvellous and fantastic parts of the world.
• Breakfast included.
