Iorana Hotel — Hotel in Easter Island

It is a quite large hotel with a million dollar view to the Pacific ocean. There are many rooms which all should have view to the sea, towards the west - so amazing sunsets are guaranteed when it is not cloudy. This hotel is located somewhat outside Hanga Roa, neighbouring to the park. While it takes about half a hour to walk to the centre of town, taxis are readily available and in my opinion the location is a very good one. My room had usual double bed, also shower and toilet. There is a refrigerator and a small safe, also TV (which I consider as a small con because it is Rapa Nui!). There was no WiFi in rooms, but I considered that as a bonus. Rooms have a small balcony, too. Rooms have tiled floors. Hotel offers breakfast in a larger dining/restaurant room, it is possible to buy also lunch and dinner there. Restaurant has breathtaking view to the ocean. In my case, the breakfasts were simple 'continental'-type ones, but were tasty. They also offered fresh mango juice and local varieties of banana, which both were just delicious. Next to the restaurant is a pool, this is the only safe swimming possibility at the site. While there is a small semi-natural pool at the very rocky coast, close to restaurant, swimming there may be dangerous because of some huge waves reaching to it. There is a separate reception building with front desk, souvenir shop, and comfortable seats in the lobby. Plenty of local artwork and books, too. I had a very pleasant experience with people in the hotel Iorana. The owner/manager was very helpful and I'm really thankful to her to help me with several things beyond life in hotel. When I visited Rapa Nui, the island was just opened for tourist flights and very few of us were there. Because of this also hotels and restaurants were just opening, so was hotel Iorana. During my stay there, they had just few more visitors and that really suited me :-) However, I can imagine that during the high season, it is a busy place. The only thing I personally would have liked more was the cleaning of floors in rooms. But it seems to me that this is pretty common in South American countries where...

Stayed here for three nights. Staff was helpful, grounds were beautiful, but hotel rooms were really lacking. In addition, if you want to go to Hanga Roa, you will need to take a taxi (about $4-6) as it is outside of town and there is not much around except for the scenic view. We stayed in Room 2 which had a slab balcony with a million dollar view. Shampoo and bar soap were provided. There was a stained tub and shower in our room. A/C turned on and off with noise. Bed had old springs and an old bedspread. We used only the top sheet. No washcloth. Room could have used a better cleaning. No wifi in rooms. Need to go to reception to access wifi and needed to sign-in every time. Gift shop in lobby but only open certain hours in morning as another party owns it. Included limited breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs (until they run out), cheese, ham, pastries, fruit, coffee, tea, one juice, water plus a few other items. No TV. Bring mosquito spray as you will have bites. Dogs and cats roaming freely throughout grounds and lobby which is commonplace in Easter Island. Had problems with out toilet constantly running-needed to call maintenance several times but were prompt in coming to fix. If grounds were not so beautiful, I would have...

Located less than a mile from the airport, this property has sweeping views of the volcanic shoreline and the Pacific but is in desperate need of an updating. Our room had a beautiful view of the ocean with its from its small deck, but the room looked like something out of the ‘50’s with wood paneled walls and tiled floors. The room did not have a luggage rack or place to put a suitcase. There was a TV rack on the wall, but no TV (not that it mattered as we weren’t there to watch TV, but just speaks to the maintenance) and there was very little water pressure in the bathroom. The resort appears to have been added on to at different times and our area may have been the oldest. ||There is a nice bar with a good selection of wines, beers and specialty drinks and the separate restaurant area opens out to the ocean, but the service was spotty, and we were required to charge everything to our room which made things slower both during the meals and at checkout. The breakfast buffet was nice and dinners very tasty. ||After all these complaints, you would think I would say don’t go here, but the beauty of the area and the location trump things. And if they do the updating, this could...