7-days Experience At Casablanca Valley & Easter Island - Wine And Culture

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Santiago - Casablanca Valley

Stop At: Casablanca Valley, Casablanca Chile
You will be picked up from Santiago airport at the time your flight arrives, and you will be transferred to your hotel located at Casablanca Valley.
Rest of the afternoon at leisure.
Welcome cocktail served in the El Emporio dining room.
Dinner menu with a bottle of wine from the Corralillo line served in the El Emporio dining room.

Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Dinner: Dinner menu with a bottle of wine from the Corralillo line served in the El Emporio dining room.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel La Casona by Matetic vineyard at Casablanca Valley (breakfast and taxes included)

Day 2: Matetic Vineyard - La Casona activities

Stop At: Matetic Vineyards, Fundo Rosario S/N, Casablanca Chile
Tour of the Wine cellar and tasting
Discover our winery with a guided tour, where you learn about the organic & biodynamic principles, we follow in working our land and how they result in the finest of wines. You will get to sample these delicious wines from the Corralillo and EQ lines to complete the tour.
Outdoor guided excursion to the Rosario Valley (horseback, cycling, trekking or scenic tour in van).
Welcome cocktail served in the El Emporio dining room.

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner: Dinner menu with a bottle of wine from the Corralillo line served in the El Emporio dining room.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel La Casona by Matetic vineyard at Casablanca Valley (breakfast and taxes included)


Day 3: Matetic Vineyard - La Casona activities

Stop At: Matetic Vineyards, Fundo Rosario S/N, Casablanca Chile
Today you have the option for Outdoor guided excursion to the Rosario Valley (horseback , cycling, trekking or scenic tour in van).

Duration: 3 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner: Dinner menu with a bottle of wine from the Corralillo line served in the El Emporio dining room.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel La Casona by Matetic vineyard at Casablanca Valley (breakfast and taxes included)


Day 4: Transfer from Casablanca to Santiago Airport - Fly to Easter Island Airport

Stop At: Casablanca Valley, Casablanca Chile
In due time, transfer to Santiago Airport to board your flight (not included) to Easter Island.¿

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Easter Island, Easter Island
Arrival in the Easter Island Airport. Reception in the Airport with a flower necklace and transfer to your selected hotel. The afternoon is at leisure.
Sunset cocktail at Kaloa Restaurant or Vaikoa Bar.
Duration: 10 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel Hanga Roa at Easter Island (breakfast and taxes included)


Day 5: Easter Island Excursion

Stop At: Easter Island, Easter Island
Departing from Hanga Roa's town at about 9:30 am, going to the southeastern and northeastern coast of the Island visiting the AhuVaihu temple, which is located 10 km from Hanga Roa. It consists of a stone platform with 8Moai statues and 8 pukao dispersed in the proximities. Then, we will go to Ahu Akahanga, so- called the "Platform of the king". The legend tells that Hotu Matua'a's tomb is near this place. There, we will find 4 platforms, 12 Moai statues, 8 Pukao and towards the interior of this Ahu; it is possible to see the best-preserved village of the island.
Sunset cocktail at Kaloa Restaurant or Vaikoa Bar.

Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel Hanga Roa at Easter Island (breakfast and taxes included)


Day 6: Easter Island Excursion

Stop At: Rano Kau, Easter Island Chile
Today, we will visit the Ana Kai Tangata natural cave where it is possible to appreciate some rupestrian art representing birds such as the manutara, and where it is possible to watch waves breaking upon the cliff. We will continue our tour by visiting the RanoKau volcano where we will be able to see the largest crater on the Island and one of the largest sweet water reservation of the area. Finally, we will visit the Orongo Ceremonial Village, old and magnificent ceremonial city located in the western side of the RanoKau volcano. It features 53 elliptical houses made of sandstone and a small square window looking to the sea. In this place, the most important ceremony of the second period of Easter Island was carried out: the election of the Tangata Manu (Bird-Man), this ceremony stopped being performed 150 years ago, due to the arrival of the first Christian missioners. We will return to the village.
Sunset cocktail at Kaloa Restaurant or Vaikoa Bar.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Easter Island, Easter Island
Most of the Easter Island music and dances are of Polynesian origin. The Rapa Nui ancestral dances have been lost or merged, though it’s still possible to find indigenous music rooted in the orally-transmitted legends that are songs and dances dedicated to the gods, spirit warriors, the rain or love. The Rapa Nui have great musical abilities, and the dances are accompanied by ancestral instruments such as the Hio, a type of bamboo flute; or the Kauaha which is a horse jaw that is hit against the floor to make characteristic sounds. Also, other instruments have been incorporated, like the Ukelele or the Hawaiian guitar, the classic guitar or the Upa-Upa, a type of accordion.

Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner: Dinner at local restaurant & Typical Show
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel Hanga Roa at Easter Island (breakfast and taxes included)


Day 7: Transfer to Easter Island Airport

Stop At: Easter Island, Easter Island
In due time, transfer to the airport and typical farewell.
Duration: 10 minutes

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.