This is the most Polynesian-looking part of the island, a true paradise with a grove of coconut palms that stretches to a white sand beach and a calm blue cove of warm Pacific waters. Anakena is ...

Hotu Matu'a and his family landed on Easter Island at Anakena Beach. Te-Pito-te-Henua, "end of the land," or "land's end," is an early name for the island. On Rapa Nui, the more modern ...

Constructed atop Anakena Beach on the northern coast of Easter Island, Ahu Nau Nau is one of the most well-preserved and scenic moai spots on the island. The beach is the legendary landing site of ...

a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves best: He left his one-room home on the southwest coast and hiked north across the island to Anakena beach. Legend has it the ...

Anakena Beach — two ahus with eight moai statues on the north coast. Ahu Akivi — seven moai facing the sea just north of ...