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Easter Island - Hanga Roa
Reception at Mataveri airport and transfer to the hotel. Easter Island is the most remote insular territory in the continent. It is located at 3,700 km from Chile and 4,050 km from Tahiti. In the coastal strip of land are most of the Ahus (stone statue). Outlined by stones, cliffs and unprotected bays this island is formed by three white coral sand islands. |
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Easter Island - Vaihu, Akahanga and Rano Raraku - Anakena Beach
Breakfast at the hotel. We will visit Vaihu, Akahanga and Rano Raraku, a volcano found in the northeast of Hanga Roa, one of the most important archeological places of Easter Island, where there is an empty quarry where moai carving used to be done.
We will visit Ahu Tongariki and Te Pito Kura, two archeological monuments; heki'I is the biggest one, and Te Pito Kura (the center of the universe) has a perfect rounded stone and is the largest moai carried and placed on an ahu (stone platform) of the island. We will see Ahu Nau Nau and then have lunch in Anakena Beach known for its warm and transparent waters and coral sands.
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Orongo (Cultural Center of the Birdman) - Ana Kai Tangata
Breakfast at the hotel. We will go to the antique ceremonial center of Orongo, where the most important ceremony of the second period of the island is held. It is located near the crater of Rano Kau volcano. Orongo has 53 restored houses built of flagstones; and nowadays, they are used by the representatives of tribes during the ceremonies related to the birdman competence.
We will visit Vinapu, an archeological place formed by two Ahus (ceremonial platforms with moais) in ruins, as the moais forming this platform are fallen and one of them is almost buried. We will go to Ana Kai Tangata, located in the cliffs to the south of Hanga Roa in Mataveri, an amazing cavern with seabird paintings on roof tiles.
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Ahu Akiki
Breakfast at the hotel. We will visit the archeological center of the Roihi sector: Ahu Akivi (7 moais). It was the first group of moais restored in the sixties. They are the statues of the first seven explorers sent by its King Hotu Matua from Hiva with the aim of exploring the unknown land.
Then we will go towards Ana Te Pahu Caves (great lava tubes produced by volcanic activity), used as a tribal shelter during ancestral times; and we will also visit the Puna Pau quarry, east of Hanga Roa, in a small red crater which provided Pukaos (topknots) for crowning the moais.
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Hanga Roa - Santiago de Chile - Robinson Crusoe
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Mataveri airport. Reception at Santiago de Chile airport. We will set out from Santiago in a charter flight to land at Tobalaba Airport in Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández Archipelago.
Located at more than 650km from Valparaíso, this archipelago includes 3 volcanic islands, Robinson Crusoe, Alejandro Selkirk and Santa Clara, forming a National Park and Biosphere Reserve declared by the UNESCO in 1977.
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Puerto Inglés
Breakfast at the hotel. We will go to Puerto Inglés, where English pirates and corsairs used to disembark. There we will visit the cave of the Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, who lived from 1704 to 1708 hidden in this island.
This story inspired Daniel Defoe to write The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe in 1709. We will set out for different places where pirates supposedly buried a treasure; up to now a number of excavations have been done in order to find it.
San Juan Bautista
Visit Santa Bárbara Fort, a Spanish fortress that dates back to 1750; the Cave of the Patriots National Monument from 1814, House of Culture, the Cemetery where bullets impacted during the naval combat in 1915 between the German ship Dresden and the British ships Kent, Glasgow and Orama.
There we can meet the silversmiths in Coral Negro, fish skin craftsmen and small-scale fishermen preparing lobster traps.
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Lobster Trap
Breakfast at the hotel. We will sail to learn about the small-scale lobster fishing in Juan Fernandez. We will visit a colony of seals, where we will enjoy a typical lunch of the island and have vidriola fish cooked on a disc and taste a delicious Chilean wine.
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Isla Robinson
Breakfast at the hotel. Free Day.
Puerto Francés (optional): We will set out from Cumberland Bay in Robinson Crusoe Island and sail for about 15 minutes. Puerto Francés is known for being the place where the Gallic pirates disembarked at the end of the 18th century. We will enjoy the amazing diversity of autochthonous vegetation called Rebaje de la Piña. |
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Robinson Crusoe Island - Santiago - Puerto Montt
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Tolababa Airport in Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández Archipelago. Reception at Santiago Airport.
We will be welcomed at Puerto Montt airport and transferred to Puerto Varas.
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Ancud
Breakfast at the hotel. Ancud is the entrance to Chiloé Archipelago and offers visitors the first impression of the Chilota Culture, so different and unique. First we will head for Pargua and cross the Chacao Channel by ferry, accompanied by sea animals and many birds. We may also visit the oyster bed in Caulín.
After this we will visit the historic city of Ancud, remarkable for its viewpoint and the historic fort, as well as the varied architectural style. We will also visit the Museum to learn something about the history of this city, and then go to the seafood and vegetable market.
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Chiloé Island - Castro and Dalcahue
Breakfast at the hotel. We will head for Dalcahue. There we will watch the typical Chilota craftsmanship, the houses built on piles (palafitos), and then we will head for Dalcahue Church, which is one of the churches declared Heritage Trust.
From there we will head for Castro, where we will have lunch, in a palafito if you like, and then walk around the Port area, the craftsmanship market, the Square and San Francisco Church, Castro Museum and the viewpoints.
In the afternoon we will get back to Puerto Varas.
Optional: Chiloé Churches: Our excursion here will be as the previous one, but also crossing to Quinchao Island to visit the wonderful Achao Church, the oldest one in Chiloé.
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Puerto Montt
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Puerto Montt Airport. |
