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VC136 Trip Visiting Santiago de Chile & Easter Island
Duration: ( 09 Days / 08 Nights)
Season: Until
March 31st. 2019
Departure: Please contact directly to
monica@visitchile.cl

VC136 Includes
Santiago

Transfer from the airport to the Hotel
03 nights in the Hotel of your choice with breakfast.
City tour Santiago
Visiting Valparaiso and Viña del Mar
Transfer from the Hotel to the airport

Easter Island
Transfer from the airport to the Hotel
04 nights accommodation at the Hotel with breakfast
Full day tours visiting different archeological sites on Vahiha Island; Akahanga; Rano Raraku; Ahi Tongariki, Te Pito Kura; Ahu Nau Nau, with a picnic lunch at Anakena beach.
Half day visiting Volcano Rano Kau
Half day visiting Ahu Akion (7 moai/totems) and the Ana Tepahu caverns and Puna Pau Quarry.
Transfer from the Hotel to the airport

Santiago of Chile
Transfer from the airport to the Hotel.
01 night at the Hotel of your choice with breakfast.
Transfer from the Hotel to the airport.
VC136 Itinerary
Day 01 Santiago
Reception and transfer from the airport to the Hotel
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice in Santiago

Day 02 Santiago-Viña del Mar & Valparaiso
Breakfast. The excursion departs from your hotel, crossing the Coastal Mountain range and continuing through the Curacavi Valley with its small towns and villages, later the Casablanca Valley where some vineyards that produce Chardonay white wine are located, then a view of the Peñuelas Lagoon up to Valparaiso, a picturesque seaport. Here you will enjoy the special architecture, hills and funiculars. Tour along the narrow avenues, visiting Plaza Mayor and Prat Pier, Victoria Square, Congress Building and civic center. Then you will proceed to the Garden City of Viña del Mar, visiting Quinta Vergara, the site of the International Summer Song Festival, then Vergara’s Palace, Botanic Garden, continuing by San Martin Avenue to visit Reñaca & Con-con sea resorts, stopping at a seaside restaurant for lunch (optional). In the afternoon, there will be a visit to Sausalito Lagoon & Park and the Sporting Club (horse race track), before returning to Santiago via route 68 to your Hotel.
Overnight in Santiago.

Day 03 Santiago
Breakfast. City tour Santiago, departs from your hotel to visit the Old Civic Center, La Moneda Government Palace, Plaza de Armas square surrounded by the Cathedral, National Museum of History, Post Office Headquarters, then a short visit to the Pre-Columbian Museum, continuing by Alameda B.O'Higgins main avenue and Republic avenue to admire old magnificent houses, the Club Hipico race track, The Cousiño Palace, the Santa Lucia hill, then the San Cristobal Hill, with a panoramic view of the whole city , visiting later the new civic center of Providencia – Las Condes, residential areas with excellent gourmet restaurants, parks and shopping malls.
Overnight in Santiago.

Day 04 Santiago – Easter Island
Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to th eairport in Santiago.
Transfer from the Hotel to the airoprt. Reception with a necklace of flowers and transfer to the Hotel of your choice.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.

Day 05 Easter Island
Breakfast. Today our guide will take you back in history to show you the remains of a once powerful culture. The first stop after leaving the village of Hanga Roa will be the bay of Hanga Te'e and the not restored platform of Ahu Vaihu. We will see how a culture built over hundreds of years, was totally destroyed by its own people in a very short time. Then we proceed along the south coast towards the volcano Rano Raraku where we visit the “Moai factory". We can still see there 397 statues in different stages of completion, some erected, some almost sunk in waiting for their transport, some still lying unfinished on the volcanic rock. From Rano Raraku you can already see the next highlight, Ahu Tongariki. This platform is from the most recent restoration, 1991-1995, and as you will see, its the most impressive, a construction of almost 300 mts. in length. Fifteen statues, the tallest almost 10 mts high, were re-erected, the heaviest weighing aprox. 87 tons. One Moai is still wearing his Pukao, the topknot.
Next we proceed to the east coast and "The navel of the world" with Ahu Te Pito Kura. Last but not least we will take you to the beautiful beaches of Ovahe and finally to Anakena. The area is surrounded by palm trees, white corral sand and one of the most beautiful restored platforms, Ahu Nau Nau, with seven Moais, four of them with Pukaos, as well as Ahu Ature Huki with one restored statue. There will be time for a swim in the warm waters of the Pacific before we take the road via Vaitea back to your hotel.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.

Day 06 Easter Island
Breakfast. On this half day tour we leave Hanga Roa, taking a short drive up the extinct volcano Rano Kau stop for a wonderful view of the whole island. Here our guide will thoroughly explain the geography and geology of Easter Island.
Our next stop offers a breathtaking view into the crater lake of Rano Kau. After a short drive we finally arrive at the ceremonial village of Orongo, center of the Bird Man Cult. The village consists of 53 restored houses built with flagstone and used by representatives of the tribes during ceremonies related to the bird man competition. At Mata Ngarahu we will see rocks with more than 300 petroglyphs of Tangata Manu, the god Make Make and others. There is an outstanding view to the three islets: Motu Iti, Motu Mui and Kao Kao, situated opposite Orongo in the ocean. Our guide will share all that is known about the Tangata Manu, the competitors’ swim to Moto Nui, where they risked their lives to get to the egg of the Sooty Tern and swim back with it to win a chance at their tribe’s power over the whole island for one year. On the way back to the village we visit the cave of Ana Kai Tangata with paintings of marine birds. At the end we visit Ahu Vinapu, still viewed by many as remains of pre-Incan architects because of its remarkable stonemason ship.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.

Day 07 Easter Island
Breakfast. This half-day tour brings you to the interior of the island. Ahu Akivi and its seven Moais is one of the few platforms where the statues are looking towards the ocean. According to oral tradition, these statues represent the first seven explorers sent from Hiva, to explore the unknown land for their new king Hotu Matua. Afterwards we will visit Ana Te Pahu cave, a large lava tube created by volcanic activity. This cave has been used as a tribal shelter in ancient times, and we can appreciate plantations of bananas, avocados and taro in the cave’s interior. We also visit Puna Pau, the quarry where the red topknots for the statues were carved. If weather conditions allow we can also visit the unrestored Ahu Tepeu, situated close to the coast, where we can see the biggest hare paenga, remains of an old boathouse.
Accommodation in the Hotel of your choice.

Day 08 Easter Island - Santiago
Breakfast. Transfer from the airport to the Hotel.
Overnight in Santiago.

Day 09 Santiago
Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to the airport.
End of our services

VC136 Tours Visiting Santiago de Chile & Easter Island
( 09 Days / 08 Nights)
Hotels
SINGLE
DOUBLE
HOTEL IORANA   - ISLA DE PASCUA
HOTEL SHERATON - SANTIAGO
   
HOTEL TAHA TAI  - ISLA DE PASCUA
HOTEL BONAPARTE SANTIAGO
   
Reservas & Consultas
RATE ARE :
Per person
US Dollars
Until l March 31st. 2019

Any more questions please ask
monica@visitchile.cl