A tiny speck of volcanic rock in the middle of the Pacific, a 5 hour flight from Santiago or Papette, Rapa Nui has for centuries fascinated travellers. This is due to the squat bodies and brooding faces if hundreds of stone statues called "Moais" that gaze from all corners of the island.

A trip to this intriguing destination means coming face to face with these moais, admiring their sculpture and size and pondering the mysteries of why they were erected, how they got to be standing on their platforms and who put them there.