Hanga Roa lies towards the southern end of the west coast of Easter Island.
It is the island's main settlement and harbor.
If you make it here you will be warmly welcomed and almost everyone on the island will come and visit you with gifts that may include bananas, vegetables and honey. Locals seem to appreciate those who arrive by boat and may share their own stories about traveling the Pacific Ocean and navigating by the sun and starts, just as their ancestors had done.
The stone heads (Moai) are a must see. Local guides will be needed to see some of the historical locations on the island but for others, one isn't needed and you are free to wander on your own.
27° 09.2'S, 109° 26.2'W.
Last updated: January 2023
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Just some thoughts:
1. Easter Island belongs to Chile, instead, here it seems to be its own country. Maybe it should be added to the Chile main article?
2. It seems that the anchoring link doesn’t work, some information can still be found in these to articles, it seems:
https://brucebalan.com/migrated/Migrations08.htm
https://brucebalan.com/migrated/Migrations09.htm
Thanks Nick,
We state that Easter Island is part of Chile and indeed link to it from the Chile page, but as its an offshore Island we separate its info. from that of the mainland (we do the same with Galapagos which is part of Ecuador).
Thanks for the heads up about Migration’s cruising guide link. Bruce Balan confirmed the link on their site has changed – we have now corrected it on Noonsite [https://migrations.brucebalan.com/for-sailors/#RapaNui]