Tapati Rapa Nui: Dream party on Easter Island
Febrero 05, 2018

Tapati Rapa Nui: Dream party on Easter Island

For those who love the Rapa Nui culture, this is your dream adventure, because for a couple of weeks you can relive the ancient traditions and get to know all the customs that fill Easter Island with magic and mystery.

For all of them, we leave you the best recommendations to plan the trip of a lifetime and live your dream enjoying Rapa Nui to the fullest:

1.- Buy your ticket well in advance: Everyone wants to live the magic of the most important festival of Easter Island. Therefore, if you want to enjoy the Tapati, we recommend you to book your ticket in advance to save time and money.

2.- Book your accommodation: In Easter Island there is not much accommodation capacity. Therefore, we recommend you to look for your hotel on Easter Island several months in advance to ensure a more economical space. 3.- Look for a means of transportation: Remember that many activities of the festival take place during the night or some events are held in remote areas of the island, so choose to stay near the celebrations or look for a means of transportation such as renting a car.

Plan a good length of stay: Consider at least a week to enjoy the Tapati. There are two weeks of activities and celebrations, so you can choose the days you are going to stay in order to attend the events of your interest, sports competitions, gastronomic parties, parades, coronation of the queen, among others.

5.- Plan also your transfer and arrival times: Do not forget to arrive in time to each event that takes place in Tapati. Many places on Easter Island have reduced access, especially sports competitions. Therefore, it is best to move calmly to better enjoy the event.

Don't miss the landscapes of Easter Island: In addition to the events, the competitions and the Tapati festivities, you are on Easter Island! You can't miss its beautiful beaches like Anakena and Ovahe, the possibility of enjoying a beautiful sunset on the Tahai ahu, visit the 15 moais on the Tongariki ahu, among many other wonderful places.

7.- Enjoy the gastronomy: If there is something that will abound in the Tapati festival, it is the typical food of Easter Island. Its gastronomy is mainly based on seafood, with fish, seafood and lobsters accompanied by some vegetables such as banana, sweet potato and sugar cane. One of the most traditional dishes is the Easter Island curanto, or umu rapa nui .

It is also customary to cook fish on hot stones, such as tunu ahi, tuna empanadas and tuna ceviche. Most dishes are accompanied by po'e, a kind of spongy sponge cake made with flour, pumpkin and banana.

8.- Live your own sports adventure: Easter Island is the ideal place to enjoy adventure tourism. Here you can practice all kinds of outdoor activities such as trekking to Rano Kau, Terevaka volcano and Poike volcano; you can also dive in the bay of Hanga Roa, or in the sectors of Motu Iti, Motu Kao and Motu Nui.

If you like to observe the landscape you can enjoy horseback riding, cycling along its trails and excursions to the various archaeological sites of the island, such as Orongo. With these recommendations, we are sure that your Tapati adventure will be even more unforgettable. Start organizing now and see you next February in Easter Island.