Easter Island is a place of imagination, wonder, and mystery. With over 800 megalith statues scattered all over the island, you’ll find yourself drawn to the stories and legends of why they were built, how they got there, and why it suddenly stopped.
As you start planning your trip, you’ll want to know how travel to this remote island works. With this guide to visiting Easter Island, we’ll be sharing all the important details of what to expect including the new Rapa Nui National Park rules, how much it costs, which guide to use, ways to save money, where to stay, secret travel tips, and more.
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How to get a good price on Easter Island
- Hotels – With Genius tier, you can save 10-15% on Easter Island properties on Booking.com. We stayed at Takarua Lodge.
- Car rental – You won’t be able to rent from the standard car rental companies. We ended up renting from Insular and we’ll cover more details about how it works below.
- Guides – In order to visit the main sights, it’s mandatory to have a guide now. We’ve partnered with Green Island Tours to provide you a great deal. Keep reading to find out what it is!
- Travel insurance – If something happens, you want to make sure you’re covered, especially with the closest major hospital being over 2,000 miles away, you want to make sure you pick the best travel insurance for your trip and also Medjet in case you need a medical evacuation back home.
- Flights – We have an insane hack on how to save hundreds. Don’t miss it!
Here’s what we’re covering:
Things To Know Before Going To Easter Island
As we’ve done with our extensive Torres del Paine travel guide and San Pedro de Atacama travel guide, there’s a lot of information to cover and we want to make it as digest-able as possible.
In this section of our guide to visiting Easter Island, we’ll start with the high level facts about the island.
The facts
- Country – Easter Island is part of Chile.
- Electricity – 220 volts, 50Hz
- Type L (Italy and Chile)
- Type F (most of Europe)
- If you have Type F adapters, these will work fine. No need to invest in Type L.
- Currency – Chilean Peso (CLP)
- $1,000 CLP = $1.089 USD = $1.469 CAD = 1.089€ EUR
- For many, it’ll just be easier to consider $1,000 CLP as $1 USD but if you want something more accurate, make sure…
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