Easter Island
Rapa Nui, Anakena beach

Anakena beach, Easter Island. One moai to the left, a handful with hats in the centre distance backed by palm trees.

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Anakena beach's moai; note the funky hats and the fine un-eroded features thanks to a few hundred years buried under sand - later revived and re-established by Thor Heyerdahl. They also have the finest back carvings of all Rapa Nui moai.

Information: Chile Guide | Chile Pictures | Easter Island Guide

Anakena is the best beach on Rapa Nui, one of only two decent strands of sand [Hanga Roa has a couple of very small rocky beaches] and the other - neighbouring Ovahe - doesn't have any tree shade, a good road leading to it, nor moai overseeing the marine action.
Palms give shade and locals sell drinks and barbied chicken. The beach is hardly used other than weekends and public holidays.

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