- European contact with the island began in 1722, on Easter Sunday, when Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen encountered 2,000 to 3,000 inhabitants on the island.
- As I found out on my trip to Easter Island, there are plenty of ways that you can explore this 163 square kilometer island without forking out thousands of dollars.
- One of the world's most famous yet least visited archaeological sites, Easter Island is a small, hilly, now treeless island of volcanic origin.
- Easter Island is one of the world’s most isolated places. It lies over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, under whose jurisdiction it falls.
- Things to Do in Easter Island, Chile: See Tripadvisor's 52,536 traveller reviews and photos of Easter Island tourist attractions.
- The island was first seen by the Dutch explorer Jakob Roggeveen, on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1722, an occasion that gave the island its name.
- It measures approximately 24.6 km in length and 12.3 km at its widest point, its shape is triangular. The coasts of Easter Island have an extension of about 70 km.
- The local gastronomy in Easter Island Easter Island is one of the most remote areas in earth, and of.
- Easter Island is one of the world’s most famous islands, as well as an archaeological site, which is hardly ever visited to find out more about the remains.
- Located on the island of Rapa Nui (Aka Easter Island) one can’t help but wonder, who put these giant stone heads on Easter Island and what was their purpose?