Located more than 1,200 miles east of the Pitcairn Island (its nearest inhabited neighbor), and 2,000 miles west of Chile, Easter Island marks the south-eastern point of the Polynesian “triangle ...

There are two ways in: by boat or by plane, via Santiago, Chile. LATAM is the only airline that flies out of Santiago into Hanga Roa, the capital of Easter Island. It takes about five-and-a-half ...

“The island is not an island anymore,” says Kara Pate, 40, a Rapanui sculptor. She’s married to a German she met here 23 years ago. Chile annexed Easter Island in 1888, but until 1953 it ...

There is a Rapa-nui wedding ceremony, complete with loincloth, awaiting you on Chile’s Easter Island. Chilean tour companies offer a range of ceremonies on beautiful island locales that include ...

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...