2024
AHU TONGARIKI
Archaeological site
5/5
• 6 reviews
This site, one of the most majestic on Rapa Nui, is home to the Traveller ...Read more
2024
AHU AKIVI OR THE 7 MOAI
Archaeological site
4.8/5
• 4 reviews
Home to seven Akivi moai or ahu, said to represent the envoys of Hotu-Matu ...Read more
2024
AHU VINAPU
Archaeological site
Site containing ahu Vinapu: a remarkable, well-worked moai that bears a ...Read more
2024
AHU HANGA POUKURA - AHU VAHU - MAUNGA ORITO
Archaeological site
Read moreAt 3 km from Vinapu, here is a site whose moai lie on the ground, half buried and the head cracked for some of them. The grounding and destruction of moai ahu still check 2 km further, on the site of Vaihu where eight statues are aligned by land, lie in their dishonour; their giant caps, pukao, strew grass as a symbol of their decline. Not far away is the Maunga Orito, Obsidian quarry.