Half Day Tahai, Englert's Museum, Akivi and Puna Pau

Cost: $999.00
Tour Length: Half Day
Activity Level: Easy to Moderate

Includes:

1. Regular Transportation
2. Bilingual Guide
3. Entrance fees for National Park and protected wilderness area

Operates daily year round

The trip starts in the town of Hanga Roa, heading to Ahu Tahai, a temple restored in the late 60s by North American archaeologist William Mulloy. This 7th-century ceremonial compound, which is the oldest on the island, is made up of three different ahus: Ahu Ko Te Riku, a large (weighing some 20 tons) solitary moai, complete with topknot, circa 690 A.D.; Ahu Vai Uri, a cluster of five moais; and Ahu Tahai, another single moai, this one without a topnot, in the center. The tour continues with a stop in Hanga Roa with a stop at the Sebastián Englert Anthropological Museum to better understand the history of the island (exceptional exhibits include the only intact eye of a moai ever found). The tour picks up at Ahu Akivi, seven spectacular moais (also restored by Mulloy) that date back to 1460 A.D., and finishes at Puna a Pau hill, a red stone quarry that was most likely the source for the moais’ topknots and ornamental hairpieces. Return.

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