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An uptick in annual visits to the famous Easter Island is bringing with it the potential for trouble as local populations learn to balance increased tourist…
Source: Easter Island’s Famous Moai Stone Statues Are Threatened By Huge Tourism Boost
Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, who will be on “60 Minutes” April 21, continues to seek insight from the statues and for the living descendants of their makers.
Mara Films / Kartemquin FilmsRapa Nui, or Easter Island, is a remote Chilean territory in the South Pacific.Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is one of the most…
Source: A 36-year-old woman just became the first person to swim around Easter Island. It took her 19 hours.
Standing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Easter Island is one of the world’s most remote places. Here’s how you can visit Easter Island.
Source: How to Visit Easter Island: A Complete Travel Guide – Wild Junket Adventure Travel Blog
Malibu, CA, USA: To raise awareness of plastic pollution in the ocean, South African swimmer, Sarah Ferguson will attempt to become the first person in the world to swim the perimeter of Easter Island, in waters which contains one of the highest concentrations of microplastics in the world.
Source: Easter Island world record swim highlights plastic pollution
Easter Island (also called Rapa Nui in Polynesian) is an island belonging to Chile, even though it is 3,000 km […]
Source: Easter Island Heads – Giant Statues in the South Pacific | Divergent Travelers
Easter Island is one of the strangest places on Planet Earth. With stone-faced statues and weird landscapes, it’s no surprise that some truly believe UFOs landed here! Visiting “Isla de Pascua” was one of my long-time travel goals. This year, I finally made it to the land of the moai. As you’ll see in this story, it surpassed my high expectations.
Easter Island is actually home to more horses than humans.
Continuing our series, Chris Moss offers a guide to visiting Easter Island, off Chile, with advice on the best tour operators and tips on where to stay, when to go and what to see…
