Getting there (Easter Island itinerary)
To begin with there are only one company going to the Easter island: Latam Airline. Which is a brazilian company and one of the biggest airlines is South America.
There are 2 flights a day going to and from there. Go flight are at 6:30am and the other at 9:30am. Return flights are at 11:45am and 2:45pm.
The plane was a brand-new Boeing 787-9Y+. It was a 5h25min flight from SCL to IPC (Isla de Pascua) (flight LA845). There was an entertainment set in each seat, all seats were reclining and there were 2 charging plugs for 3 seats. We had a blanket and a pillow.
In flight, they served breakfast with an omelette or sandwich. Some fruits, crackers, jam and butter.
Therefor our story was: we woke up around 4:30am, finished packing our backpacks and took the 5am shuttle to the airport. We stayed near to the airport and arrived at 05:10am, it was a simple 10min ride.
Firstly, we self-check-in and as we didn’t do an online check-in earlier, we got separated seats 20C and 31C. But well, we are going to the Easter Island!!! Whaooo.
Secondly, we dropped off our packs and headed toward immigration. The time was passing, the queue was not moving, and we got closer and closer to the gate closing time but there were still many people. While the Easter island is Chile, there was still an immigration control where you get another immigration document (don’t lose it)
Finally, we were on board the plane at 6:10am and at 6:28am the boarding was complete. Even our departure was delayed, we arrived on time
Mapping the Easter island Itinerary
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Day by Day on the Easter island Itinerary
Day 1: Arriving & Exploring town
- Arrival to the airport from Santiago de Chile
- Transfer from the airport to the accommodation
- Exploring the city and the surrounding
- Visit of the cemetery
- Visit o Ahu Tahai
Day 2: Trail in the national park and Terevaka
- Ana Kakenga, the two windows cave
- Ana te Pora, the cave of the reed canoe
- Ana te pahu, the banana cave
- Ahu Akivi, the 7 Moai.
- Terevaka volcano, the highest point of the island
For more detail see the complete post: Discovering the Easter Island: Te Ana, Ahu Akivi and Terevaka
Day 3: Road trip around the island
- Renting a scooter
- Ahu Huri a Urenga, a single Moai
- Vaihu, a fallen Moai
- Akagenga, old village and cave
- Rano Raraku, Moai production site
- Ahu Tongariki, the 15 Moais
- Ovahe, the wild beach
- Anakena, the white sand beach
- Puna Pau, the Moai’s hat production site
For more details see the complete post: Scooter road trip around the Easter island
Day 4: Volcano trail
- Local music band in town
- Te Ara o Te Ao Trail
- Rano kau volcano
- Orongo, the sacred village
Day 5 : Return
- Last city tour
- Coffee shop
- Return flight
Morning & Evening
Sunrise is pretty late on the Easter island, and sunset is quite early. For us, we enjoyed taking our time for breakfast and we were cooking (or making sandwiches) for lunch before we start our day. Generally, we left our accommodation between 9:30 and 10am and were always back between 5 to 6pm.
“Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
