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Easter Island Archeological Trek

Easter Island Archeological Trek

Location: Home » Patagonia » Easter Island Archeological Trek
  • Duration: 5 days
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Space Available: 6 persons
  • Departures: All year with reservation (AET4)
  • Trekking cost: US $ 2,500 per person minimum 2 clients
  • Other Costs: Hotel single supplement: US $ 800, Reservation Cost: US $ 700
  • Balance Due: 120 days prior departure

Planning to travel to Easter Island one is aware that one flies to the loneliest inhabited island of the world. So it is not surprising that Easter Island was populated only 500 A.D. by Polynesians coming from the west. Until the end of the 17th century these Polynesian immigrants created a unique culture, with almost 900 stone statues and about 200 platforms reminding us of the mysteries still remaining unsolved. On Easter Sunday 1722 Easter Island was discovered by the Europeans, Easter Sunday giving Easter Island its presently used name. But we find not only stone statues and platforms on Rapa Nui. A very important aspect of Easter Island culture is the stone carvings of the Birdman Cult and the Birdman competition, taking place in the Ceremonial Village of Orongo. In the year of 1888, when the remaining 110 inhabitants were already christened by the missionaries, Easter Island was annexed by Chile and until today transported into modern times.

Nowadays Easter Island has about 4.000 inhabitants, with an airport, hotels, restaurants and a touristy infrastructure to guarantee our visitors from all over the world a pleasant stay.

It does not matter if you want to explore Easter Island hiking or with a car, our experienced guides want to share all their knowledge of history, geology, archaeology und daily Rapa Nui life with you. Alternative activities are horseback riding, diving or biking. Or you just lie in the sun under palm trees on beautiful Anakena beach and contemplate the mysterious past of Easter Island.

Route Itinerary

Day 1

Reception

Reception at Mataveri with flower leis, transfer to hotel, and short introductional meeting with the guide, overnight in hotel.

Day 2

Breakfast in hotel, distribution of daypack supplies

Start of walk to Anakena along the west and north coast. On the way visit ceremonial site of Tahai, the 2 windows cave, Omohi, Hanga Oteo. After arrival at the beach of Anakena possibility to swim in the warm Pacific Ocean. Afterwards dinner and organizing the campsite. Overnight in Anakena.

Day 3

Breakfast in Anakena, distribution of daypack supplies

Visit of archeological sites in Anakena, Ahu Nau Nau and Ature Huki. Afterwards walk to the “moai quarry” Rano Raraku. On the way visit “the navel of the world”, Ahu Heki’i, petroglyphs of Papa Vaka. Arrival at Rano Raraku, dinner and camping overnight there.

Day 4

Breakfast at Rano Raraku, distribution of daypack supplies

Visit of Rano Raraku quarry and walk to restored Ahu Tongariki close by. Heading back to the village Hanga Roa walking on the “Ara o the Moai” (Trail of Moais), visit not restored sites at the south coast. Arrival in village and hotel. Dinner in restaurant. Overnight hotel.

Day 5

Breakfast in hotel, distribution of daypack supplies

Walk to the extinct volcano Rano Kau. On our way to the ceremonial village of Orongo enjoy the beautiful view over the whole island and the crater lake of Rano Kau. In the ceremonial village Orongo we will visit the place of the birdman competition with view to the 3 Motus (islets) opposite the coast. Before we go back to the village we walk to Ahu Vinapu, often related to the pre-inka architecture. Dinner in restaurant, overnight in hotel. And our Rapa Nui Trek comes to an end.

Services

Services included

  • Professional Bilingual Trekking Guide.
  • Ratio Guide Clients 1-6.
  • All local organization and supervision by AE Expeditions Staff.
  • Airport assistance at Santiago and Mataveri in Easter Island.
  • Private transfers the entire tour including airport pick up.
  • Hotel 3 nights based on double occupancy with half board.
  • Entry fee to national park.
  • Camping fees.
  • Full board on the trekking and camping days, box lunch included.
  • All common camping equipment: TNF and Mountain Hardware tents, isolate mattress, stoves & Gaz, etc.
  • Radio communications equipment VHF 2.
  • First aid kit.

Services not included

  • Flight Santiago – Easter Island return.
  • Personal trekking equipment.
  • Excess luggage on any flight.
  • Any beverage such as sodas, beer and or wine.
  • Cancellation, accident and rescue insurance.
  • Cash for extra expenses.

Important

  • All itineraries are subject to change due to changes in the weather and the guide’s preferences.

Climber Experiences

The memories I have of our trekking on Aconcagua is one of my fondest. It was a most fantastic experience…. one which I will treasure for the rest of my life. Thank you and your team members for making it possible. I very much enjoyed the personal one-on-one relationships we developed with you and your team. Your professionalism and desire to please the customer is very evident and commendable.

Thomas Kremlin
Austria

Lieber Joaquin,
Da ich annehme, dass ich Dich nicht mehr vor meiner Abreise sehen werde wollte ich mich auf diesem Weg nochmals bei Dir bedanken. Es hat alles so gut geklappt! Und auch Deine Unterstuetzung bei dem zweiten Teil meiner Reise nach Patagonien war fuer mich eine grosse Hilfe!!

Das Satelittentelefon habe ich eingepackt und werde es Ralf bringen. Ich wuerde mich freuen von Dir zu hoeren. Fuer Deine Arbeit und Deine Bergtouren wuensche ich Dir weiterhin viel Glueck.
Herzliche Gruesse

Beate Boltz
Germany

Gabriel and Mariana were really fantastic and helpful, especially since I struggled with acclimatization. Suzanne (at base camp) was also really great. When I descended early she looked after me to ensure that all of my logistics for leaving the park were coordinated. The trip was overall well organized, very informative, very realistic expectations and a great experience – unfortunately, my body did not hold up as well as usual, but I do not feel that I (or the company) could have done anything differently to improve my chances. A great climbing team!

Nancy Henning
USA

Aconcagua Express & KL Adventure was truly a wonderful experience. From the pre- trip client care to the world class guide and staff, fabulous base camp cuisine, traveling safely and ethically, superior route experience and better pricing than most other outfits. Truly a fantastic trip that I have no reservations in recommending to Americans or anyone else interested in a climb.

Eric Hornbeck
USA

Cristina and Mariana were perfectos, the very best. Thanks. I will highly recommend Aconcagua Express Expeditions to everyone and I will use Aconcagua Express Expeditions again.

Keith Faulder
USA

Everything went very smooth, it was great to have a small bag of stuff sent from Plaza Argentina around to Plaza de Mulas, as we could have clean underwear, socks and our trail shoes without having to carry them to high camp.

Tatiana seemed very knowledgeable with first aid and altitude sickness, and seemed well prepared.  Tatiana’s food was awesome. The other groups in our camps were jealous when all they had was rice and we had fresh baked pizza in Camp 2! A couple mornings in base camp, there was not much provided for breakfast (one day was only toast) and we finally had to ask them each day to make eggs.

Joaquin was very helpful with all of my requests, and very quick to respond, which is one of the main reasons I selected KL Adventure to work with on this trip.

The transfers and transport was fine.  All vehicles were comfortable and there was plenty of room.  Hyatt is awesome of course. Penitentes is not great, but obviously there is no other option.

The trip was great, we will definitely work with you again for our 2010 climb, and also hope to add a Patagonia trip in the near future. It was also nice to have Joaquin meet the group in Mendoza and to spend more time with him on the drive to Santiago. We would definitely want to have Tatiana as our guide again.  She was exceptional and there was not another guide on the mountain I would have rather had than her. It is also very nice to have a local guide as your leader, better in my opinion than having American or European guides.

Billi also did a very nice job, as an assistant guide she was great.  The two of them worked very well together.

Andrew Nachman Northwest Voyageur
USA

Hallo Joaquin,
Nun bin ich schon einen Monat zurück in Deutschland und denke immernoch jeden Tag an die tolle Bergtour zum Aconcagua. Du glaubst nicht wie glücklich ich bin, daß ich das geschaft habe. Dies habe ich im besonderen Dir und Deinem Unternehmen Aconcagua Express zu verdanken. Mit Tom Torkelson hatten wir einen super Bergführer der zum einen eine sehr schöne Route zum Gipfel geführt hat, Vacas Route, die zum anderen auch eine optimale Aklimatisation ermöglicht hat. Die gesamte Organisation war vom Anfang bis zum Ende sehr gut. Es gibt wirklich nichts was ich meine, was besser gemacht werden könnte. Wenn Du neue Kunden aus Deutschland oder Europa hast, die Fragen zur Aconcaguabesteigung haben, kannst Du Ihnen gerne meine email-Adresse geben, damit Sie Kontakt mit mir aufnehmen können.
Vielen vielen Dank!!

Johannes Niedeggen
Deutschland

Gabriel and Mariana are great very sensitive, customer minded and fun to be with. And very well prepared and responsible.

Frans Cromme
Netherlands

Tatiana and Billi were great guides on the Aconcagua expedition. I’d be happy to climb another mountain with them again!! Our food was better than that from other groups going up the mountain, and it was nice to have hot thermoses brought to our tent in mornings (other groups noticed this, and the fact that they had to go get their own water, among other things less positive than that of our group). I always felt safe, that Tatiana & Billi knew what they were doing on the mountain, and that they had enough energy to handle whatever could come our way. On summit day, Billi brought a guy down to Camp 3 from 1/3 (or more) of the way up, then she ascended and caught up to us, in order to summit from Camp 3 in only 5 ½ hours! A real rock star. Then, when I was really burnt out almost all the way back to camp (with heavier snow coming down and covering the trail), Billi helped me back to Camp3… a real help when it was needed, and on the part of the trail where accidents are most prone to happen (way down from summit day). This was really appreciated. Our staff helped create a real team atmosphere, and our group was the “cool table” at the lower camps, and out dining tent was the social center of activity with several groups joining us for cards, games, etc after dinner. Our pace up the mountain was the right speed, not to fast and not too slow, enabling 5 of 6 of our group to get to the summit, and the remaining 1 doing his personal best on summit day! One guy from another group was “turned around” partway up on summit day; he later felt that he could have made it to the top with a slightly slower group pace. I’ve seen this before on other mountains. Our pace was just right! We were properly aware of the mountain challenges before the expedition, and the challenge met my personal expectations. I came off the mountain without any physical aches and pains, feeling good about the expedition and ready for more mountains in the future! Perhaps Elbrus and Denali, the 2nd with some technical training and practice. I have NO COMPLAINTS about this expedition! I believe our guides, our food were better than that of other groups, that our group gear was appropriate, and that we were properly instructed on how to prepare for the mountain and which gear to bring! I enjoyed the company of the clients as well, and that of the other teams headed up the mountain with us. This was a great expedition, and I’m lucky to have made some new friends on the mountain.

I’d recommend KL Adventure for anyone wanting to climb Aconcagua, in particular Tatiana as lead guide. Likewise I’d climb a mountain (Nepal?) with Billi and recommend her guiding services as well. Best Wishes, Mark.

Mark
USA

Hi Joaquin, I was a member of your January expedition to Aconcagua, I was very impressed with the entire setup and I would like to compliment you on how smoothly the expedition went. I was very impressed with the skills of both Gabriel and Mariana and if it hadn’t been for them and the decisions they made I am quite sure we would not have made the summit.

Peter Dignan
United Kingdom

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