East coast with native guides
Rapa Nui culture day from Hanga Roa
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- Pickup in Hanga Roa and the drive back
- A live guide speaking English or Spanish
- Guided walks at Akahanga, Rano Raraku and Te Pito Kura
- Free time on the beach at Anakena
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- Your national park ticket and passport
- Sun protection, layers and a raincoat
- Water, and swimwear for Anakena
What is left out2
- The park ticket is not listed as included
- Lunch is not listed as included
8hours
from Hanga Roa and back
370reviews
from guests on GetYourGuide
900moai
and more on the island, by the park's count
15moai
standing on Ahu Tongariki
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What people say
What travelers wrote
4.6
★★★★★370 real-guest reviews
It let me see the island's main sites in a single day. The free hours on Anakena beach were my favorite part, the minibus was comfortable and our group was a pleasant size.
BethanJuly 2026, traveling solo
Our guide spoke excellent English and told us about history, culture and island life alike. A great way to see some of the main sites in a single day.
FlorenceJuly 2026, with family
Esteban made every viewpoint feel special. He seemed to know everything about the island and answered every question we had. We had a wonderful time with him.
IevaJune 2026, as a couple
Enzo explained everything clearly in both English and Spanish. The drives between stops were short, lunch was excellent and there was time for photos everywhere.
DavidJune 2026, with friends
We reserved just one evening ahead and everything still ran smoothly. Our guide and our driver were warm, kind company all day. I can recommend it without hesitation.
FrancescaJuly 2026, with friends
With a single day on the island, this route covered what I wanted. Our guide was fun and knew the moai and the culture well, and the pace never felt rushed.
AdamMay 2026, with friends
the day in brief
What an Easter Island tour from Hanga Roa looks like
An Easter Island tour on this site is a full day of 8 hours that starts with pickup in Hanga Roa and a 45-minute drive to the south coast. The first stops are a traditional village and the toppled statues of Ahu Akahanga, each explored on foot with the guide for about 45 minutes.
Then comes the heart of the day, an hour on foot among the statues of Rano Raraku, followed by an optional 45 minutes at Ahu Tongariki on the coast below it. The route then turns north to Ahu Te Pito Kura before ending at Anakena, where 1.5 hours are left free for the beach.
Guides speak English and Spanish, the listing carries the wheelchair accessible label, and the drive back to Hanga Roa closes the loop. It is the classic first day on the island: the quarry where the statues were born, the platforms where they stood, and a swim to finish.
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why rapa nui
An island of statues, run by its own people
Rapa Nui sits in the middle of the Pacific, reached only by a direct flight from Santiago that takes 5 hours 30 minutes over 3,700 km. What draws people across that distance are the moai, and the park counts more than 900 of them on the island.
Those statues stand inside Rapa Nui National Park, which UNESCO listed as World Heritage in 1995 and which the Ma'u Henua indigenous community has run since November 23, 2017. With 2,500 members and 280 staff, the community writes the rules that every visitor follows.
That gives a day here a different feel from a visit to a museum. The people explaining the island to you are often explaining their own ancestors, and the rules about distance and respect come from the families whose history stands on the platforms. Go in curious, and the island opens up.
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Free time on the white sand of Anakena
The day ends at Anakena with 1.5 hours of free time. The park describes it as a white-sand beach with warm water all year round, restored moai, and the place where King Hotu Matu'a landed in Rapa Nui tradition.
Stalls by the sand sell tuna empanadas, Sernatur notes, which makes a simple, cheerful lunch. The beach is open to everyone, but the platform of Ahu Nau Nau behind it is part of the park and is visited with an accredited guide.
Pack swimwear and a towel. After a morning among the stones, an hour in the water under the palms is the reward that reviewers single out, and it is the reason the day never feels like a lecture.
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the quarry
Rano Raraku, where the moai were carved
Rano Raraku is the stop people remember longest. The park names it the island's principal quarry, where statues in their hundreds, 400 by its count, were left at every stage of carving, with a lake in the crater above. Sernatur puts it 25 minutes and 18 km from Hanga Roa by road.
On the tour you spend an hour on foot there, following the marked path between heads that rise out of the grass. Some faces lean, some are buried to the chin, and from the outer slope you look down towards the coast and the long platform of Tongariki.
The park allows a single visit to Rano Raraku per ticket, so it pays to see it with a guide who can explain what you are looking at. Paths are marked, and the rangers at the site make sure everyone stays on them and keeps the permitted distance from the statues.
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what guests praise
Guides, pacing and the beach at the end
Read the latest reviews and the guides are the common thread: people call them well informed about the moai, the culture and everyday island life, clear in English and Spanish, and happy to take any question along the way.
Pacing is the other theme. Reviewers mention short drives between stops, enough time for photographs at each one, and a day that feels full without becoming tiring, which matters on a route of 8 hours. Several single out the free time at Anakena as a highlight.
Its 370 reviews average 4.6, and the breakdown gives guiding 4.6, the minibus 4.6 and value 4.5. Guests with a single day on the island say it let them see the main sites in that time, which is exactly the job this tour is built to do.
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FAQ
Doubts?Cleared up.
How long is the Easter Island tour?
8 hours.
The culture day runs 8 hours from pickup in Hanga Roa to the drive back.
Which sites does the tour visit?
The south, east and north coasts.
A village, the fallen moai of Akahanga, the quarry, Te Pito Kura and the beach, with Tongariki as an option.
Is the park ticket included?
It is not listed.
The listing names no inclusions, so buy the park ticket yourself before the day.
Can you tour Easter Island on your own?
Not the park sites.
The park requires an accredited guide at its sites; Sernatur says a guided tour is the easiest way to see them.
Which languages do the guides speak?
English and Spanish.
Guiding is live, in either English or Spanish, according to the listing.
Is there pickup?
Yes, in Hanga Roa.
Pickup in Hanga Roa is included, and the tour returns you there.
Is the tour wheelchair accessible?
It is listed as accessible.
The listing carries the wheelchair accessible label; site paths are grass and uneven.
Do we stop for a swim?
Yes, at Anakena.
The beach stop at Anakena lasts 1.5 hours before the drive back.
Can I cancel my booking?
Yes, up to 24 hours before.
Booking costs nothing up front, and cancelling 24 hours ahead brings a full refund.
What if it rains or a site closes?
Sites can close.
The park can close a site for weather or safety and posts each site's status daily, so check it with your guide.
the coast
Akahanga, Tongariki and Te Pito Kura
The south coast stops show the other side of the story. At Ahu Akahanga the statues lie where they fell, and the tour gives the site a guided walk of 45 minutes. Seeing statues on the ground first makes the restored platforms later in the day all the more striking.
Ahu Tongariki is the island's biggest ahu, and its 15 statues, set upright again in modern times, stand with their backs to the sea. On this tour it is listed as an optional stop of 45 minutes, so ask about it on the day: it is the sight on this coast worth making time for.
Ahu Te Pito Kura on the north coast gets another 45 minutes with the guide. It is a quieter site than Tongariki, and a good place to listen to the stories that the guides tell about the island's origins before the last drive to the beach.
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The quarry
Rano Raraku holds this many moai in different stages.
The park calls the volcano its main quarry, with a lake in its crater, and your tour walks its slopes for an hour among faces still rising from the rock.
ticket and guide
The park ticket and the guide rule
Entering the national park takes a ticket for every person and a guide accredited by Ma'u Henua. A guided tour covers the guide; the ticket you buy yourself, and the listing does not name it among inclusions.
For visitors from abroad, adults pay CLP 95,000 and children between 7 and 12 pay CLP 38,000. Its 10 consecutive days of validity begin at your first site, so a single purchase covers the whole stay, and you show it with your passport at each gate.
Buy it online before you fly, or at the airport machines and the ticket office in Hanga Roa once you land. Choose the foreigners' ticket if you are not Chilean, because the park warns that the wrong one can keep you out.
Book today, cancel free of chargeThe day at a glance
Walk the quarry.Meet the platforms.Swim at Anakena.
Our pick of an Easter Island tour is a guided culture day of 8 hours from Hanga Roa, with a guide speaking English or Spanish. It walks Rano Raraku for an hour, visits Ahu Akahanga and Ahu Te Pito Kura, offers Tongariki as an optional stop and leaves 1.5 hours for the beach at Anakena. Booking starts from $80 a person.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start.
what to bring
Layers, sun and good shoes
Rapa Nui weather changes quickly. Sernatur's advice is to dress in layers and to pack rain gear, a generous supply of sun cream, a hat and solid walking shoes for the rough ground. The park adds comfortable shoes and clothes to its own list of advice for visitors.
Bring water and something to eat between stops, and swimwear for Anakena. Public toilets in the park exist only at Orongo, Rano Raraku, Anakena and Ahu Akivi, so use them when the tour stops there.
Leave the drone at your lodging: the park bans drones for recreational use, and alcohol and smoking are not allowed at the sites. Sernatur's advice is to keep pesos or dollars on you for tips and handicrafts.
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the seasons
When to go and the Tapati festival
January to March are the dry months, Sernatur says, and the season of the Tapati, the island's great cultural festival. Its main destination page places the festival in February, when the whole of Rapa Nui culture comes to life.
The sea follows a similar rhythm. The water ranges from 18°C to 26°C and is warmest from December to March, which matters if you plan a dive or a long swim at Anakena.
The flip side is demand. Sernatur advises booking the flight well in advance, especially in high season, so if your dates fall in the summer months, settle the flight and the tour before anything else.
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getting there
Flights, the entry form and pickup
Flights to Rapa Nui are operated only by LATAM from Santiago and take about 5.5 hours. The airport sits right next to Hanga Roa, a 5-minute transfer to your lodging, so the tour's pickup in town is never far from where you sleep.
Before you fly, every tourist files the FUI entry form online, with a return ticket no more than 30 days after departure and a booking in Sernatur-authorized lodging. The PDI checks the form at the departure airport, and without it you cannot board.
Book the tour once your flights are fixed. Booking costs nothing until later, and the listing allows free cancellation until 24 hours before the start, which leaves room if your arrival day shifts.
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Who this day suits, and what it leaves out
It is made for people new to the island who want the east and north coasts in one go, with a guide and transport handled for them, and travelers with little time on the island. The wheelchair accessible label helps visitors with limited mobility, though the paths at the sites themselves are grass and uneven ground.
It leaves out the west. Orongo, the crater of Rano Kau, Ahu Vinapu and Ahu Akivi are not on this route, and a Birdman half day of 3 hours covers Orongo, the crater and Vinapu. The park allows a single entry to Orongo per ticket, so give it a day of its own.
And it is a shared tour. If you want your own vehicle and pace, a private highlights day of 6 hours starts from $294 a person. For everyone else, an Easter Island tour guide in a small minibus is a relaxed way to meet the island for the first time.
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