The summit of Easter Island
Easy walk to Terevaka, the roof of Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui is not a very high volcanic island, nor is it steep in the center. The 508 meter highest point, Terevaka, is even easier to reach. The summit of Easter Island offers you magnificent panoramic landscapes over almost the entire island and its vast ocean.
This trekking is an opportunity to discover atypical spaces. Far from the coastal edges where traditional archaeological sites are usually visited, this walk begins in a wooded environment, gradually giving way to the valleys and hills that lead us to the summit. The paths and trails, more or less signposted, house lava tubes and other geological curiosities formed by the successive lava flows that truly built Easter Island. Rest assured, no volcano is active anymore and has been for two millennia.
The descent is made along another slope and ends with a guided visit to Ahu Akivi (A Tiu), a sacred and fully restored platform with its seven stone colossi facing the sea.
Panoramic view and impressive landscape
- all-year
- 4 hours
- 4 sites
- 100% private
- english
1 – HANUA NUA MEA. From the forest, in Vaitea, the gentle climb leads to the center of Rapa Nui: the positioning and archaeological studies, in the natural trench below, are intriguing.
2 – AVA HANGA UKA TO TOROKE HAU. The walk continues to the top, climbing the trench where sometimes, after rain, a small ephemeral waterfall forms, long enough to water the local ferns. Rare spectacle for the lucky ones.
3 – TEREVAKA. The highest point of Rapa Nui. A true natural viewpoint with 360-degree panoramic views of the entire island and the immensity of the ocean that surrounds it. Mandatory photo stop!
4 – A KIVI (A TIU). We will descend the southern flank of the volcano and finish this walk with a visit to the fully restored archaeological site of Ahu Akivi: unlike most other sites on the island, where the Moai are generally oriented inward, these statues face towards the ocean. This unusual arrangement has sparked many theories and speculation about the meaning of these stone giants.
Departure at 9:00 a.m. from your accommodation.
• This half-day walk will allow you to discover a different aspect of Easter Island, passing through its summit and its 360° panoramic view, far from the usual circuits and its tourist contingency.
• Short motorized journey of about fifteen minutes to reach the forested center of the island, Vaitea.
• The gentle ascent to the highest point of Rapa Nui begins with a small natural canyon at the edge of a forest cover.
• The first is the ahu Hanua Mea Mea that will welcome us with a unique Moai.
• Following the canyon we reach the remains of a collapsed lava tube.
• Then it is the turn to pass Rano Aroi, before reaching Terevaka, the summit of Easter Island, an authentic natural viewpoint and its spectacular views.
• The descent will be with a continuous view of the island and the town of Hanga Roa.
- 1 adult. 190USD
- 2 adults. 190USD
- 3 adults. 295USD
- 4 adults. 405USD
- 5 adults. 505USD
- 6 adults. 605USD
- 7 adults. 700USD
- 8 adults. 800USD
What is included
- Transportation
- Local guide
What is excluded
- Entrance ticket to Rapa Nui National Park
- Excursion not available for cruise ship passengers. Click here for the special cruise program
Activities
- 1/2 day excursion
- Archaeological sites
- Panoramas
Why book with us?
- Why not ?
100% private services: your guide, you, your partner, your family or your friends. Nobody else.
- Professional Local tourist guide
- Registered with the Chilean National Tourism Service (SERNATUR) & approved with the Rapa Nui National Park (Ma'u Henua)
- Personalized attention
- 100% secure payments
