Rapa Nui - Tongariki

Fifteen moai, lined up in the largest ahu ever built.

Rapa Nui - Las Cuevas

More than seven kilometers of lava tubes and caves forming a labyrinth of underground tunnels throughout the island.

Ana Kai Tangata, a vast cave carved into black cliffs
with beautiful rock paintings of birds

Ana Te Pahu, used by the aborigines as dwellings, its entrance is via a garden planted with sweet potatoes, taro and banana trees

Ana Kakenga, or Dos Ventanas, with two cave openings facing the ocean

Rapa Nui - Las Playas

Ovahe, the secluded pink sand beach at the foot of a volcanic cliff.

Also a great snorkeling spot...

And Anakena, the coconut grove beach with an archaeological site.

Ahu Nau Nau

Rapa Nui - Giant Heads

Rano Raraku, also known as the quarry, is the volcano from which all the moai were carved. After their completion, the giant statues were transported to their final location on the ahu, a ceremonial platform, somewhere around the island. Not all of them reached it, though. Many are still lying on the hills of the abandoned quarry, buried to their shoulders, bodies hidden underground.

The giant moai alone make this one of the most absolutely amazing places on earth. But as if that wasn't enough, there's also a crater lake on the other side of the slope.

Who cares for a swim?

Rapa Nui - Ceviche in a giant seashell

Best goddamn ceviche I have ever had. Plump pieces of white tuna, prawns, scallops and cuttle fish in tangy lime, tossed with onion and tomato. Mmmmm... just looking at it makes my mouth water.

And with an ocean view.

Rapa Nui - Hanga Roa

Easter Island's only village

intricate system of ropes as an inventive way of mooring boats

Rapa Nui - 70 km/h

Naked men in banana trunks, sliding down the hill in high speed.

And just in case one single man, high speeding, on a banana trunk, isn't impressive enough, they also do it in pairs...