Enchanted Easter Island & Santiago

>Option 1: Maipo Valley Wine Tour

• Today you will depart from Santiago and head towards the town of Pirque located in Maipo Valley, and ultimately reach the highly-acclaimed Viña Concha y Toro vineyards.
• Begin the tour with a walkthrough of the gardens from the late 19th century former summer residence of the Concha y Toro family. Discover more than 25 vafiatied of grapes all while having a beautiful panoramic view of the Maipo Valley. Finish the first part of the tour with a tasting of three wines from the Casillero del Diablo wine cellar.
• Then, head to Viña Santa Rita, where you will begin a guided tour of the varietal garden, vineyards, winemaking, aging process, and bottling process in the famous "Bodega 1" and Bodega de los 120 Patriotas."
• End your tour with a delicious wine tasting and lunch at the beautiful Doña Paula Restaurant and explore the Andean Museum which exhibits archaeological and ethnographic collections from the pre-Columbian people who inhabited Chile. (*optional)

Option 2: Valparaíso and Viña del Mar Tour

• Explore Chile’s coastal cities with an exciting Valparaíso and Viña del Mar Tour. These two charming towns are located a little more than an hour from Santiago.
• With its bohemian atmosphere, chaotic and colorful architecture, and lovely port, Valparaíso is one of the most attractive cities in Chile. You will start your tour at the Mirador 21 de Mayo from where you will enjoy spectacular views of the entire city and bay. Next, you will visit the fascinating house-museum of the poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Pablo Neruda.
• Descend to Valparaíso’s Prat Dock, where sailors embark and men scramble to load the enormous ships.
• After lunch, you will head out to Viña del Mar where you will enjoy a relaxing stroll down the quiet streets and picturesque beaches of this lovely coastal town.
• In the afternoon, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Santiago and have the evening free to explore more of the city’s exciting spots.

• After breakfast at your Santiago hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Easter Island. A Latin America For Less Representative will meet you at the Easter Island airport and take you to your comfortable Easter Island hotel to relax and enjoy the afternoon at your leisure.

• After being picked up from your hotel, you will depart for a half-day excursion to Puna Pau quarry, where the Moai Headdresses, better known as Pukao were carved.
• Later, you'll visit Ahu Akivi, and the cave Te Pahu. Ahu Akivi is said to have been an astronomy platform, since it's aligned with the sunset during the vernal equinox and equally during the autumnal equinox.
• You'll finish your tour at the Tahai ceremonial center, a place that holds a number of archaeological discoveries including Moai platforms, a stone chicken coop, house boat, and a stone jetty among other curiosities.

• After a hearty breakfast, you will depart for the archaeological sites of Rapanui. You'll begin your tour after being picked up from your hotel and then will head to the southeast coast of the island towards the archaeological site of Ahu Akahanga. Here you'll see stone statues called Moai that are on their side. Local legend says that in this place the first king of the island Hotu Matua was buried.
• Afterward, you'll continue your journey to the Rano Raraku Quarry, a sacred place where most of the stone giants were sculpted and transported to the different platforms around the island. Here you'll find over 400 Moai in different states of completion, and even a Moai that reaches almost 21 meters and was never detached from the quarry.
• Later you'll continue your tour to Ahu Tongariki, a majestic platform with 15 Moai that have been restored before moving on to Te Pito Kura, another enigmatic sight with the tallest Moai. You'll finish your tour by visiting Hanga Rau better known as Anakena beach. Here you'll see two restored Moai platforms and catch a moment of rest enjoying the beautiful beach with palm trees, white sand, and turquoise water.

• After breakfast you will depart from your hotel in Hanga Roa village for today’s tour.
• First you will visit the Ana Kai Tangata cave, where stylized birds are drawn on one of the walls, representing the Manutara (terns), whose precious eggs were the center of the annual "birdman" competition. You will also visit the Vinapu sector, an archaeological site characterized by its large basalt slabs carefully made to fit, similar to the Inca constructions of Cusco.
• Next you will visit the Rano Kau Volcano, a beautiful place with a lagoon, small cattail islands and abundant vegetation and microfauna.
• Finally, you will visit the ceremonial village of Orongo, the location of the "birdman" ceremony which designated who would be the spiritual and political chief alongside the king for the period of one year. This sacred character with the body of a shrunken man and a large bird’s beak is sculpted on a large number of engraved stones.
• After your tour, you will return to your hotel and have the rest of the afternoon free.

• After breakfast you will be picked up at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your flight back to mainland Chile or to your next destination.