Santiago House
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
8 days, planned by Pumice & Pine
Eight days to the most remote inhabited island on earth — 3,700 km from the mainland and 2,000 from the nearest neighbour.
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| Santiago |
| Cerro Santa Lucía |
| Mercado Central |
One airline flies here. The park ticket is bought on arrival, lasts ten days, and is checked at every site.
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| Hanga Roa |
| Ahu Tahai |
| Pacific |
Nearly four hundred moai are still in the quarry, some finished and never moved, one twenty-one metres long and still attached to the rock.
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| Rano Raraku |
| Unfinished moai |
| Ahu Tongariki |
When moai carving stopped, the birdman cult took over — competitors swam to the islet below for the first sooty tern egg of the season.
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| Rano Kau crater |
| Orongo |
| Motu Nui |
| Petroglyphs |
Anakena is where oral tradition puts the first landing, and the moai here kept their topknots because they were buried in sand.
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| Anakena |
| Ahu Nau Nau |
| Coconut palms |
Most of the moai on the island are still lying face down where they were pulled over. The north coast is where you walk past them for hours.
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| North coast |
| Fallen moai |
| Ana Kakenga cave |
The flight leaves early afternoon and arrives in the evening — the time zones are kind in this direction.
Santiago flies to Europe, North America and across South America.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
7 breakfasts and 6 dinners across 8 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 8.
13 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Andes and Central America, altitude planned properly”
Every itinerary is built around where you sleep rather than where you go, because in the Andes that is the only decision that matters.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Recommended.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Easter Island done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Worth every rupee.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Worth every rupee.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought. Recommended.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Easter Island done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Never went hungry, and the tea appeared exactly when it was needed.
Because the quarry slope is the most fragile site on the island and visitor numbers there are capped. Your ticket admits you once to Rano Raraku and once to Orongo, and rangers check it. Plan the day properly — you do not get a second attempt.
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