Another Orongo highlight was some restored housing. The Rapa Nui (native people) lived in at least a couple different types of housing and Orongo had one of them. These houses were actually quite roomy inside. Some units were connected so that extended families probably occupied them. Others were single units. They were dug into the earth and then bounded with rocks and backfilled with earth. I suspect that they were quite cozy on a year around basis and also a great place to get out of the wind and weather. The entrances were very small and we were not allowed to go inside. You can see some of the housing units in the first two photos. It was sort of like a condominium complex.

The third photo, while not very good, shows a much larger entrance to the inside of a housing unit. It looked like I could have stood up inside the house, but I would not have had any excess headroom.