Explora Rapa Nui

Getting here takes a five-hour flight from Santiago, and that's after you've already flown to Santiago. Explora's lodge on Easter Island, recognized with a Michelin Key, earns the trek with small-group guided tours that route around the crowds at the moai sites, covering the island on foot, by bike, and by sea. The architecture rounds and curves like something planted from another century, softened by raw concrete and unfinished wood. A three-night minimum is required.