We flew from Santiago as planned on Saturday morning at 9:30am, arriving at lunchtime (with a couple of hours saving thanks to the timezone change) on Easter Island.
Along with Machu Picchu and Iguassu Falls, this was another destination for which we’d prearranged a tour with the travel agency from whom we bought our round-the-world tickets. Which was nice: it meant we had airport transfers, a hotel and a full-day tour of the island all organised. A welcome change after the logistics we constantly battled (through our own choice, admittedly) on the South American mainland.
Easter Island is our first stop in Polynesia – the others being Tahiti and New Zealand (I’m not sure if that’s strictly part of Polynesia, but it was certainly settled by the Polynesian people, of course) – and it’s interesting from a transitional perspective, in that – being part of Chile – it’s also part of South America, too. We certainly found it interesting to compare and contrast Easter…