North Coast of Easter Island: Full day Private Trekking Tour

Ahu Te Peu is an area with a high archeological value. Since it hasn’t been restored it is possible to observe the site exactly as the old inhabitants who, after internal wars, knocked down the moais left it. There used to be a village there. In fact, you can see the biggest boathouse or hare paenga in the island, which is 43 metres long and is called Tore Tahuna which, according to tradition, belonged to the famous Ariki Tu’u Ko Ihu. In front of the village, there are two ahu or ceremonial platforms, the biggest of which has a back wall with huge well assembled blocks with 4 knocked down moais.

MA'IRAKI TE MOA: The Ma'ítaki te Moa sector has a unique "Ahu" ceremonial platform, with a rear wall of large stones with precise cuts between stones that speak of the high level and experience in the construction of the ancient Rapa Nui who inhabited the area. Inserted into the same platform as another stone is a unique Moai made of a different material from the 98% of the Moai that were built in the Rano Raraku quarry, among other archaeological features scattered around the place.

VAI MATA: The archaeological complex where it is possible to see the settlement of a town that also developed constructions of a high architectural level, evidence at a glance in the design of its "Ahu" platform, which has more precise stone cuts. We can also see, just a few meters away, some Moai that fell in their transport process to the place, old Hare Vaka constructions, or houseboats that were the typical Rapa Nui dwelling of that time, among other typical archaeological features of an ancient village. One of the points of greatest interest is a house called Ana or Haro, a cave created by man that was used as a home and has a lining of rectangular blocks of reused boat house bases, making it destable its design and unique on the island.

OMOHI: The clan that inhabited this sector registered innumerable petroglyphs immortalized in the rocks called "Papa" of the sector which can be seen in this sector.

ANA O' HEU: Popularly known as the "Cave of the Make Make", the petroglyphs inside correspond to the image of the god Make Make, which is undoubtedly one of the must-visit points on this tour.

MOAI OF BLACK BASALT: This is one of the few moai statues made of basalt rock, one of the few remaining in Rapa Nui, it is made of the same material as the Moai statue that is now in the British museum "Hoa Hakanana'ia"

AHU A'TANGA: One of the astronomically oriented platforms on the island. Points out the astronomical north with millimeter precision at only 0.2° difference from our current reference, is located at the northern end of Rapa Nui and is an "Ahu" platform of the "Poe Poe" type, which was built after European contact ( 1722) and that emulate a western boat, in turn, the largest in Rapa Nui with 25 meters in length.

HANGA O'TEO: Archaeological settlements of the “Miru” clan that inhabited the area and ruins of the old cattle station converge in this place, its palm trees give us the impression of an oasis in the middle of the completely deforested road on the north coast.

ANA PAPA TEKENA: Small tunnel formation cave from the ground, some ancestral dwellings, and petroglyphs

This beach is characterized by warm turquoise waters and coral sand. It is the main beach of the island and used to be the ancestral residence of the Miru Araki royal family. The ahu Nau Nau is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished Ahu of the island because of the refinement of its moai.