We had a nice breakfast at the hotel before our 5:30am shuttle to the airport. We’re coming back to the same hotel so this time we pre-arranged a shuttle. We also left a bunch of cold-weather clothes and luggage at the front desk to be picked up after Easter Island.
Folks thought we gave it too much time before our 8:35am flight. But we were happy we gave ourselves extra time. There was another form we had to fill out before we could check in for Easter Island. We were so happy we had cell phones and it was an electronic form so we stood at the counter and filled it out. When we were finished, we realized we had already filled it out but had no record of it!
After checking in, we went to the customs line and there is a separate (slower) line for folks going to Rapi Nui(Easter Island) where they also asked for the form and we were happy we had it.
It’s was a 5 1/2 hour flight from Santiago to Easter Island but with the two hour time change we arrived about noon. This time our shuttle was there and waiting for us. We checked into our hotel(Hotel Manavai) and took a nap before our 4pm Crater Walk tour.
Easter Island is a tiny volcanic island- 63 square miles. The maximum length is 15 miles and the maximum width is 12 miles
YoYo was our guide and we took a walk up to and along the eastern rim of the mile wide volcano crater of Rano Kau on the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui- it was pretty neat and we were happy to walk around a bit.
After the tour, we were thirsty so we went to the bar/restaurant a the hotel and had Pisco Sours, Beer and dinner.
We were happy our star-gazing tour was cancelled as we were pretty tired and went back to our room right after dinner.
