playa ovahe

We visited this little hidden jewel on our way to Anakena, which is more developed and has restaurants and bathrooms. Ovahe is just the beach, surrounded by rocks, so it's a little difficult to access. If you are lucky when you visit and there's no one else, you can have your own private beach, as it happened to us. Beautiful experience.

This beach is right next to Anakena, and I am not sure why you would go here. We were directed here for snorkeling. It was seriously hairy getting to the beach climbing over rocks (fortunately the surf was very calm, or it would have been dangerous). The snorkeling was just as good at Anakena, and at Anakena there is much more sand, a beautiful temple, and services. Stopping for a view from the top is pretty, but use Anakena for your beach activities. The sand beach is pretty small here, and with a few visitors it really filled up.

This beach is closed now and it's impossible to get there, because all the sand is washed out. Maybe it will be reopened after some reconstruction work (there was a plate saying it)!

We were on our way to Anakena and stopped here for a bit. There are no bathrooms or services of any kind, so it's not a place to spend the day. The color of the water is gorgeous and there is a bit of shade provided by the cliffs. The path to the beach is a little rocky and muddy, so if mobility is an issue just skip this and go straight to Anakena.

Near from Anakena, is a good place to visit. You can see the colour of the water and the volcanic rocks. Currently is not fully access the beach, but you can see it from the access.

One of the two sandy beaches on the northeast coast - Ovahe is reputedly the best beach in 'the world' - it was so tiny but pretty I guess. It was hard to see if it was the best through the rain... But even with the rain on this last day of October there were four hearty souls swimming here - I wasn't one of them. Looks like it would get morning sun so maybe would be good to come here after getting the sunrise shots at Anakena just a few km down the road. If you have enough time come here, if short on time then please skip it and just focus on those amazing ahu and moai.

Easter Island is not a place you visit because of the beauty of the beaches - it is after all a volcanic island. Play Ovahe is one of two 'sand' beaches on the island. It is quite small & at times when the tide is in you cannot fully access the beach. Beautiful & wild, it is definitely worth a visit!

Looked nothing like the picture- the guide told us that the sand had been washed away and maybe the tide was high as well. This beach was absolutely tiny. Beautiful location, but not good as a beach for swimming and sunbathing.

The cove lost any sun after 3 pm. It is easily accessible through the main road, short dirt road which is not signposted. There is a sign which says 'do not swim' - but it is part of the wild coast so don't expect any swimming guard there. Be aware of rocks falling on top of your head due to erosion ! We went in mid August and the water was too cold to jump in - the previous day it was very windy although sunny and we were alerted on Anakena beach of rare blue jelly fish in the water. Still, very beautiful if you can have it to yourself !

If the tide is in, it's almost impossible to reach this sandy beach. From the cliff it was beautiful, but we couldn't reach the shore.

Located just before the road to Anakena Beach, a five minute walk will bring you to Ovahe Beach. This small white sanded beach lies in the shadow of a great red cliff. If you go far enough, you can snorkel for a bit (left hand side). We went up the mountain on the left, which has a beautiful view over the area.

It is fairly easy to get here if you can scramble over a few rocks, but hardly worth the effort. It's a small beach.

When I went there was no sign pointing to the small parking lot, so I just had to turn and go down the rutted dirt road (easier in a 4-wheel ATV). You get the impression they don't really want visitors to go there anymore, and I could sorta see the reasons. As has been mentioned, you have to take a trail from the lot to get to the cove beach, and you pass by an ancient crematorium that looks like just a pile of rocks forming a small headland but is hallowed ground and something they really, really don't want you to walk on, as walking on that is like walking on an ahu. There are also some rare plant species in the area that they're trying to seed and grow. To get to the cove beach itself you have to climb over and down the lava boulders, and the two people who got there after me weren't as intrepid as I was about that. But I can't really rate the beach much at all. It reminded me of a tiny beach or two I saw on the Kalaulau trail in Kauai, where sometimes currents are so dangerous they sweep people off the SAND and out to sea. I don't know if that's a potential problem, but there's definitely no lifeguard or facilities and I wouldn't chance it. I didn't see anything about swimmability that came close to beating Anakena. High tides might also make your return trip tougher than the outbound. The wall of reddish lava backing the beach is almost menacing-looking, and it's hard not to think of some little piece coming loose and falling down. So it's not much of a beach and they don't want you to ruin the site by walking over the crematorium or going off the trail or bringing in invasive species, even accidentally. Not much of a positive reason to go, except maybe to have a beach to yourself, and Anakena has so much more sand that it's easy to find a patch well away from people anyway. I predict they'll have to formally close the site to all but guided tours.

The path to the beach is blocked so if you want to get there, you need to roll up your pants and walk through the water. However, the water is warmer than Anakena. It's worth the trouble

Away from the tourists, need hiking boots to get down to beach, beware of tide current. Locals know this spot...a bit off beaten path, Need a map.