Hoteliers on Easter Island know better than to compete with ... Treatments include bamboo therapy, hot stone massage and volcanic clay body wraps. Seafood is of course abundant on the island ...

The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui live on the island, which belongs to Chile.

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

There is a Rapa-nui wedding ceremony, complete with loincloth, awaiting you on Chile’s Easter Island. Chilean tour ... a leaf and feather loincloth - and body paint called kiea.

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 ...