Rapa Nui - Easter Island

Panoramas from Easter Island, mostly known in the South Pacific as "Rapa Nui". Everything in this image set is from February 2009.. Enjoy your journey !

Please read more interesting things directly on the pano... Rano Raraku was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and supplied the stone from which about 95% of the island's known monolithic sculpture (Moai) were carved.
Ahu Tongariki is the largest Ahu on Rapa Nui/Easter Island. Its Moai were toppled during the island's civil wars and in the twentieth century the Ahu was swept inland by a tidal wave. It has since been restored and has 15 Moai including an 86 tonn...
This is Ovahe Beach, one of the few beach that are available in Rapa Nui
Orongo is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui. Until the mid-nineteenth century ‘Orongo was the center of the birdman cult, which hosted an annual race to bring the first manutara (sooty tern) egg from t...
Orongo is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui. Until the mid-nineteenth century ‘Orongo was the center of the birdman cult, which hosted an annual race to bring the first manutara (sooty tern) egg from t...
Orongo is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui. Until the mid-nineteenth century ‘Orongo was the center of the birdman cult, which hosted an annual race to bring the first manutara (sooty tern) egg from t...
Orongo is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui. Until the mid-nineteenth century ‘Orongo was the center of the birdman cult, which hosted an annual race to bring the first manutara (sooty tern) egg from t...
(lot of stuff to read directly on the pano) Orongo is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui. Until the mid-nineteenth century ‘Orongo was the center of the birdman cult, which hosted an annual race to brin...