(Currently only the Spanish version is available.)

On the eastern-most point of the Polynesian Triangle, the Museo Antropológico P. Sebastián Englert collects and researches the valuable heritage of Easter Island and its original inhabitants, the Rapanui people.

With this purpose in mind, MAPSE preserves an interesting collection, archeological and bibliographycal, promoting different cultural expressions from Rapa Nui.

Biblioteca William Mulloy
The William Mulloy Library

Dr. Mulloy's private collection forms the core of this scientific research library on Raoa Nui. Under the care and direction of the Easter Island Foundation, the library has made acquisitions to its original collection and continued to grow since Dr. Mulloy's death in 1978. In January of 2000, the Easter Island Foundation turned the entire collection over to the National Administration of Libraries, Archives, and Museums of Chile (Dirección de Bibiliotecas, Archivos y Museos). This Chilean governmental agency has re-catalogued the collection. The Library has been dedicated and is now operational.

See also this link for historical information on the Mulloy

Library: Historical Info.

Bishop Museum is the largest museum in Hawai'i and the premier natural and cultural history institution in the Pacific, recognized throughout the world for its cultural collections, research projects, consulting services and public educational programs.

Museum Web site with categories covering expeditions, events, gift shop, research, Thor Heyerdahl, and (of course) the Museum.

The Forster Collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum is one of the world's great collections of 18th-century Pacific art and material culture. The objects were acquired by Reinhold Forster and his son George during Captain James Cook's second famous voyage of discovery from 1772 to 1775.

The Pacific Arts Association is an international organization devoted to the study of all the arts of Oceania.

Link to the Bradshaw Foundation's Easter Island content. The Bradshaw Foundation supports the study and preservation of cave and rock art. Their Web site also includes a section about DNA research on the initial human spread across continents as well as other approaches to human migration.

David Stanley, travel writer and author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific Handbook and Moon Handbooks Tahiti, provides a long list of helpful info about Easter Island.

Travel-related listings from Infography (in-FOG-ra-phy).

Rapa Nui Travel, Ltda., Web site

Unique adventures to the heart of history and prehistory. Experience a wide range of journeys to sites where the boundaries of archaeological knowledge are being tested and pushed ever outward.

Travel writer Wayne Bernardson's

Southern Cone Guidebooks Weblog

Wayne started his blog in November 2007 as a supplement to his Moon Handbooks on Argentina, Buenos Aires (plus coastal Uruguay), Chile (plus Easter Island), and Patagonia (plus the Falkland/Malvinas Islands). The intention is to provide updated travel information, and to explore related themes in more detail than a guidebook's page count permits. He hopes readers will purchase his books (see www.moon.com for details) and feel free to contact him with questions at southerncone (at) mac.com.

Office of tourism office on Easter Island.

a/k/a SERNATUR — it's the Chilean tourist agency.

Go Chile's Easter Island page

"A professional tour company with years of experience dedicated to serving the the more discerning passenger".

Click on "Chile", then "Easter Island".

Web site for Línea Aérea Nacional, the Chilean airline that serves Easter Island.

Travel services with a personal touch. Founded in 1994.

Information for U.S. citizens traveling around the world.

TripAdvisor

Get advice from real travelers based on their experiences.

International Travel and Health

World Health Organization's page on information for international travel. Includes a link to their annual report.

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory

Your guide to official tourist information sources: Government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and similar organizations that provide free, accurate, and unbiased travel information to the public. Businesses such as travel agents, tour operators, and hotels are not included.

Nature Expeditions International

Founded in 1973, NEI has sends adventurers to over 25 countries on 5 different continents, both on land-based and adventure cruising expeditions. Their travelers are typically active, well-educated, North Americans aged 40 and over — although many bring their children and grandchildren. They seek participatory experiences that combine natural history, soft adventure, meaningful cultural interactions, and upscale comfort. They travel as singles, couples, families, and small groups. Some opt for existing NEI tours, while others prefer "customized" tours designed to meet specific parameters.

Protours Chile

Chile travel modules. "Chile's most personalized and prompt in communication inbound tour operator".

 Maps (for purchase)

International travel maps and books. They emphasize countries and regions of the world that have traditionally been overlooked by the mapping industry. One of their specialties is Latin America.

Maps and guides serving the South Pacific.

Buddah-Nature (store and micro-publisher) features a unique selection of new and used books and maps, usually discounted.

Easter Island and its Mysteries

By Stéphen-Charles Chauvet

English translation (from the original 1935 French edition) by Ann M. Altman. Edited and with extensive annotations by Shawn McLaughlin. Also available on CD-ROM (with high-resolution graphics) — proceeds to benefit A'po, the Rapa Nui Youth Involvement Program.

Polynesian Cultural Center

Hawaii's Polynesian Cultural Center, located about one hour's scenic drive from Waikiki, is the top paid Hawaiian attraction for a reason. Their seven native villages give visitors the rare chance to participate in the daily adventures of Hawaiian and other South Pacific cultures. Add Hawaii's most authentic luau and the world's largest Polynesian night show and you'll see why every trip to Hawaii should include a visit to the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Founded on a legacy of Pacific Ocean exploration, the Polynesian Voyaging Society seeks to perpetuate the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration through experiential educational programs that inspire students and their communities to respect and care for themselves and each other, and their natural and cultural environments.

RAPANUI (Easter Island)

The original of the very excellent paper first appeared as part of the Pacific Islands Year Book, 17th Edition (1995), published by Fiji Times Ltd.

Its author, Grant McCall, is at the Centre for South Pacific Studies, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

A Society for everyone interested in James Cook (1728-1779). Formerly the Captain Cook Study Unit.

This New Zealand chronology was compiled by John Mitchell.

Sacred Texts: Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island

By William Thomson

Sacred Texts: Oceanic Mythology

By Roland B. Dixon

Literature of the Pacific Islands

Literature of the Pacific, including fiction, journals, syllabi, bibliographies, Web directories, museums, libraries, archives, book publishers and distributors, universities, languages, maps, media, film, legends, religion, and mythology.

Thor Heyerdahl Expeditions

Information expeditions conducted by Thor Heyerdahl as well as archaeological information on the Pacific peoples.

Sophora toromiro Management Group

"The Toromiro Management Group is committed to the conservation of the sacred Toromiro tree through its reintroduction as a viable element of the ecology and culture of Rapa Nui".

Global Islands Network

A hub that connects and coordinates efforts to help ensure a healthy and productive future for islanders.

Corbeta General Baquedano

Information from Aramada de Chile about the General Baquedano.

Easter Island - A Novel

In this extraordinary fiction debut — rich with love and betrayal, history and intellectual passion — two remarkable narratives converge on Easter Island, one of the most remote places in the world.

Buy the book at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.

BBC Web site with information on the 2003 Easter Island documentary.

NOVA special on attempts to move a moai and then place it upright, using what are understood to be traditional methods. Members of the team include: Darus Ane, Claudio P. Cristino, Edmundo Edwards, Santi Hito, Vincent R. Lee, Margee Ralston, Ted Ralston, Zvi Shiller, Jo Anne Van Tilburg (Go There!), and Johannes Van Tilburg, FAIA.

Index pages for Nova's Secrets of Easter Island

The Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island

(video & DVD)

Narrated by Stacy Keach

NOVA assembles a team of archeologists, engineers, and local residents to test theories on moving and erecting Easter Island statues. Like the teams in the other parts of this NOVA series, this one had its share of difficulties and failures. Researchers struggled with theories and their applications (as well as each other), and limited time and resources — probably not unlike the ancient Easter Islanders.

Cousteau Odyssey 6:

Blind Prophets of Easter Island

(video)

With Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Phillippe Cousteau,
Georges Delerue, Theodore Strauss.

This is an exceptionally well made video, as were other parts of this Cousteau series which originally appeared on PBS. It contains a rare film interview with William Mulloy while he was doing a field study on Easter island.

Rapa-Nui
(video & DVD)

Starring Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales (currently appearing as Head of Detectives on NYPD Blue), et al; directed by Kevin Reynolds.

Some describe it as interesting, others say it is too sensational to bring the known story of Easter Island culture to the masses (it is a Hollywood production, after all). Much controversy revolves around the impact of this film on island life and its effect on the island's treasures. See it if for no other reason than the Birdman competition sequence and Stewart Copeland's primal musical score.

Ever wonder about what local TV or radio station the Rapanui watch and listen to? (When they're not watching satellite TV? A listing of phone numbers and call letters for the local Easter Island Radio station can be found among other places on TVRadioWorld. Not received off-island, it's a long phone call away and you'll have to speak Spanish.

FYI: In case you want to bring a TV, the television broadcasting standard for Easter Island is PAL B.

Discovery Channel page with information on the rise and all of Easter Island moai.

Cordell Expeditions

Founded in 1977, the group has carried out a series of research expeditions every year since 1978. They explore and describe remote sites — principally offshore submerged marine sites that support extensive biological communities. The motivation for the work is to carry out field work to generate primary information about the sites, so that they can be protected and managed rationally

A directory of sites with an emphasis on art. They have categories ranging from animation to architecture, bodyart to comics, crafts to dance, literature to photography, radio to television, and theater.

An extensive, detailed profile of Easter Island. Includes: government, defense, land, production, livestock, industry, tourism, commerce, finance, transport, communications, transportation, water and electricity as well as a fact sheet listing. This site is well worth visiting, as it offers the same detail for many, many other Pacific islands.

This longstanding "top site" (found at the top of the list on many popular search engines).

Rapa Nui National Park.

UNESCO - Easter Island

State of Conservation report, 1998

Scuba-diving on Easter Island. Plus boat trips, snorkeling, kayaking, and underwater photo/video photography.

In Spanish, English, and French.

Mike Rapu Diving Center

Scuba-diving on Easter Island. Plus boat trips, snorkeling, kayaking, and anything else aquatic you can think about doing during a visit.

In Spanish, English, and French.

Easter Island Internet resources — in Spanish, English, and Italian.

Comprehensive Easter island Web portal, with information on art, culture, media, tourism, government, etc. In Spanish.

By Clive Ponting

A chapter excerpt from his A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations.

Easter Island is one of the most remote, inhabited places on earth. Only some 150 square miles in area, it lies in the Pacific Ocean, 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America and 1,250 miles from the nearest inhabitable land of Pitcairn Island. At its peak the population was only about 7,000. Yet, despite its superficial insignificance, the history of Easter Island is a grim warning to the world.

The entire chapter can be found on this web page.

A catalogue of petroglyphs from Easter Island by Melinka Hucke.

In Spanish.

A program to train local high school students in archaeology; to use archaeology as a foundation through which local youths can learn valuable field skills and computer programs that can be applied to all fields of interest; and to document thoroughly and present those remnants of the past that still exist on the Easter Island today.

Web page by George Goodwin with information on the 1964-65 Medical Expedition to Easter Island (METEI).

How to Make a Walking Moai

Site report for the Maitaki Te Moa Site

Sector Vai Matá

Rapa Nui

This site report is the result of survey, test excavations and documentation of the archaeological features at the Maitaki Te Moa site, Northwest coast, Rapa Nui, during the 2001 summer field season of the Pacific Prehistory Project at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa.

click here to view a file with information on sponsoring a compositing bin for Easter Island

(PDF format; 105 KB)

International Help Fund Australia is a non-profit, non-denominational, independent, non-governmental organization that focuses on assistance to Pacific Island countries and territories in the areas of environment, health, education, water sanitation and supply, economic sustainability and cultural preservation, and direct aid to the socially disadvantaged to promote self-reliance and improve quality of life. Among other programs, there are those aimed specifically at issues affecting Easter Island, including water resource utilization, waste management, and composting. Make a donation on behalf of Easter Island today!

Diccionarios Ser Indige

Lenguas Originarias de Chile

Indigenous Chilean Language Dictionaries to and from Spanish: Mapudungun, Rapanui, Aymara, Kunza, and Quechua.

In Spanish.

Merahi Rapa Nui Foundation

Dedicated to helping the people of Easter Island by improving health care and education.

By Fred Contrada

Union News - April 13, 2000

"Forty-four days after setting out from Arica, Chile, in a boat made of reeds, adventurer Phil Buck and his crew have arrived at Easter Island. A celebrated endeavor that captivated the country of Chile, the 3,500-mile voyage across the Pacific was part of an effort to show that ancient mariners could have colonized Polynesia from South America".

The Sail of the Century

By Susan Kreifels

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Hokule`a: the Voyage to Rapanui - Hawaii's first double-hulled canoe sails again from Mangareva to Rapa Nui (June 7, 1999). Trusting the maps in their minds, Hawaii's Polynesian navigators accept the ultimate test.