Costa Cruises is one of the companies that will take you to discover the charms and mysteries of Easter Island, in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, in Polynesia.
In this article I will tell you some of the must-sees if you go there, and that is Rapa-Nui is much more than moais, there are its beaches, its volcanoes, the caves ... and above all its culture.
By the way, keep in mind that on this side of the planet the seasons are reversed, so in the height of summer, At the end of January and beginning of February is one of the best times to visit the island, since the Tapati festival is celebrated, its main artistic-cultural activity that lasts about 2 weeks. During these festivals ancestral ceremonies are held, tales of stories, ancient songs, and perhaps the most striking is the descent of a hill at high speed on tree trunks.
Following with what you can do on Easter Island and depending on the scale of your cruise, you will have several options. What is clear is that it is impossible not to go see the moais, the Rapa Nui national park is declared a Unesco heritage site, There you will be enraptured by the stories that natives and foreigners make run on these statues. The funny thing is that There are hundreds of moais, all very similar, although they evolved to the classic stylization and figure that you can see in the photographs. A curiosity, in the whole island there is only one moai with hands. The average height of a moai is 4 meters, but you will find on the north coast of the island one of almost 10 meters, and in the quarry another of 22 meters. When the moai was installed, sockets were opened in its face and eyes made of white coral, brought directly from Anakena beach, were set.
I was telling you Costa Cruises is one of the shipping companies with a stopover in this paradise, but you can also arrive aboard an Oceania Cruises ship, the Crytal Cruise or the Fred Olsen, among others.