We start our hike in Rano Raraku, the moai quarry, among huge statues in different carving stages. We continue hiking through one of the old moai transportation routes.
114 m
374 ft
-178 m
-584 ft
85 m
279 ft
17 m
56 ft
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Pui
Hotu Iti
Hike
Advanced
Half-day
We begin hiking at the foothill of Pui Hill, known by an ancient competition in which Rapa Nui men slid on banana tree barks...
We begin hiking at the foothill of Pui Hill, known by an ancient competition in which Rapa Nui men slid on banana tree barks. We continue through plains and former moai transportation routes, going by archaeological sites until reaching Rano Raraku, the moai quarry.
43 m
142 ft
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-656 ft
221 m
725 ft
47 m
154 ft
Elevation Profile
Tongariki
Hotu Iti
Overland
Easy
Half-day
We take a van to Ahu One Makihi with its huge tumbled moai. We continue to Tongariki to learn the history of Rapa Nui’s largest Ahu...
We take a van to Ahu One Makihi with its huge tumbled moai. We continue to Tongariki to learn the history of Rapa Nui’s largest Ahu and we explore its surroundings, after which we understand the division between east and west in Rapa Nui.