There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Easter Island has only 4,000 inhabitants, and Edmunds said 52,000 tourists visited in 2007, up 20 percent from 2006 and nearly 10 times 1990 levels. Easter Island has been an UNESCO World Heritage ...

Would you travel 8,467 miles to see a ring around the moon for less than six minutes? On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives ...