Easter Islands hotels & Resorts
Rapa Nui, or Easter Island as it's better known, has fascinated people for years, with its history, unique archaeology, legends and traditions. Archaeological remains can be found everywhere on the island, virtually making all of Easter an open-air museum. The island is not typical of other South Pacific islands as it's not particularly tropical. Easter is triangular in shape with an extinct volcano at each point, and smaller volcanoes in the central area. The local people - the Rapa Nui - are of Polynesian descent. Easter Island is a province of Chile, and Spanish is spoken by nearly everyone on the island. English is also spoken by those who deal with tourists. The currencies are the Chilean peso and the U.S. dollar. The main attraction for visitors to the island is seeing the mystical moai (statues) that are scattered everywhere, including some that, strangely, were never completed. |
