Hiked up the nature trail to Orongo ceremonial village, where the birdman cult was centered. The Orongo village was where many inhabitants of the island lived between 18th/early 19th century, in small boat like house with tiny tunnels as entrance ways, and where the birdman ceremony took place once a year. 400m up, it is an extremely picturesque site and at the furthest end of the village there are a number of impressive petroglyphs of the birdman symbol with a long beak and hand clutching an egg, turtles and faces (pictures would be good, we know!).
After wandering back down into Hanga Roa we enjoyed an empanada followed by an icecream and had a wonderfully lazy afternoon around town.
Our last day was sadly short and sweet and after a brief walk along the coast it was off to the airport and back to Santiago.
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