Attractions
Stand face to face with moai at Easter Islander’s Ahu Tongariki
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Easter Island. Its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami. It has since been restored and has fifteen moai, including one that weighs eighty-six tonnes, the heaviest ever erected on the island.
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Stand face to face with moai at Easter Islander’s Ahu Tongariki
CHILE // This is the reason you came all the way to Easter Island, flying hours over open ocean to land on this bare triangle of earth. To gaze upon the moai - the mammoth, chiselled stone heads, set on platforms called ahu. Ahu Tongariki is the largest, with 15 moai, including the island's largest, weighing in at 86 tonnes. They were all toppled during the 18th and 19th centuries, with some 50 re-erected and restored. Stand before them as they stare inscrutably into the distance and marvel at the enigma of history.
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