The shoulder seasons between April and June and October and December are the best times to visit Easter Island. The warm climate of the Southern Hemisphere combined with the light crowds during these months makes them an ideal time to discover the many highlights of the island.
Between January and March is summer in the Southern Hemisphere and high season, when visitors flock to the island. The Tapati Rapa Nui Festival takes place every year at the beginning of February, a celebration that brings the Rapa Nui culture to new generations of the island’s people and tourists. Activities during this festival include horseback races, dancing, a triathlon, swimming, and canoeing.
Wild horse of Easter Island
Exploring Easter Island on exciting outdoor adventures can include biking in the interior of the island, hiking up volcanoes, and, of course, venturing around the ancient giant statues that put the island on the map when it was discovered in 1722.
There are around 1,000 statues located all around the 63 square mile island (163.2 square km), weighing as much as 80 tons and standing at about 26 feet tall (9.8 m). Recently, archeologists have discovered that the statues had lower bodies that were buried under the ground.
April, May, and June
The months of April, May, and June are between fall and winter when the weather isn’t too hot as tropical breezes keep things cool. While there are the chances of rain, the temperate climate affords travelers the opportunity to get out and explore the island’s archeological sites as well as get some beach time or a horse ride along the coastal cliffs.
Explore Easter Island
Rapa Nui National Park covers almost half of the small island. The protected area was established in 1935 and is home to the Rano Raraku quarry, where the Rapa Nui people carved these giant statues for five hundred years until the 18th century. There are statues at different stages of completion in the quarry that show the stunning examples of the work that went into creating them.
October, November, December
Falling between winter and spring, October, November, and December are pleasant months to travel to this remote Chilean outpost as they give you the best of the winter months and the room to stretch your legs while exploring the manmade and natural wonders of the island while the crowds are at bay.
Ana Kai Tangata Cave, Rapa Nui
Popular activities during this time include surfing, snorkeling, and diving in the crystal clear waters of Easter Island’s shores. For those that would rather explore by land, the Ana Kakenga Cave is part of the island’s underground complex of taverns where spelunking gives you great views from cliffside vantage points out over the sea. This activity can also double as an excellent rainy-day activity.
While there is a small but healthy population of descendants of the original inhabitants of the island living on Easter Island today, little is known about what happened to the first settlers. Some think that they lost their way by cutting down the island’s trees for farming projects, and subsequently faced starvation as a result.
For more information about your options for travel to Easter Island, contact one of our travel experts so they can set you up with a trip that fits both within your schedule and budget.
Our agent Jessica was very helpful with the whole process and always responded in a timely way to all of our questions.
K Van
1 day ago
Chern was very patient snd helpful.
CaBaba
2 days ago
Cruse ship was great. Fantastic food and service. Cruise itinary got changed so not what we expected, but not an major issue. Japan portion was great. Drivers/guides arranged by 80 Days were great. Hotels were mostly ok. Did not know that most hotels outside of major cities do not allow shoes to be worn in the hotel. again a minor inconvenience. Overall a great trip. Adventure Life communications were timely and much appreciated as far as changes/requests.
Peter Goff
3 days ago
We were a group of three that initiated our research by independently searching for the best agency to help us in the somewhat complex experience of traveling to the Galapagos. We chose adventure life because they were the most responsive in the website provided the most comprehensive overview of the trip. Their reviews were also very good.
Adventure, life splits up its booking process in two parts. First Jeff, the booking agent helped us decide which experience best suited are interests. We chose a small 14 to 16 group sized yacht. Once the booking was made with Jeff, we were handed off to Coleene, who oversaw the complex process of assembling all of the necessary documents and making sure we had everything we needed to make the trip go smoothly. The adventure, life website, then becomes your personal place of reference for all things related to your trip from door to door. It’s a lot of information to assemble, especially for three travelers, but the website makes it easy and Colleen‘s gentle reminders kept us on track. In all, from the beginning, we had four months from the time we started our research till the time we departed. We felt that was, a good amount of preparation time and don’t think it would be wise to do it in less than four months. Mostly because I think you have more options with that amount of time. There were others on our trip that took six months and more from the time they started planning.
The trip itself was outstanding. We ended up on an excellent yacht (Galapagos Angel II) with a great group of guests that we were able to connect with and put together a really nice google photos album to share.
Jed
1 week ago
Mary was very helpful. Quick to reply with helpful information and closure on arrangements.