Rarotonga, Cook Islands Travel Blogs

Ground hog day.....
Jan 16, 2009 (10 photos)

... home..... ah well.... our budget had already gone out of the window so it was take aways and restaurants all the way!! Cook Islands certainly gave us the tranquility and peace that we so desired...... more so as there is no mobile phone coverage and ...

Rarotonga
May 27, 2006 (15 photos)

Kia Orana everyone... (Written May 29th delayed in sending due to no interner access) We arrived in the Rarotonga (Cook Islands) safe and sound, after a tedious night flight from LA, which included a stop in Tahiti for a few hours. With the time ...

Kia Orana Everyone!!
Sep 14, 2003 (6 photos)

... filled diary of our last two weeks!! Monday 1st September We got off the plane at 6.30am in Rarotonga the largest of The Cook Islands which were discovered by (amongst others) yes you guessed it Captain Cook! We passed through immigration to collect ...

Having a Gale of a Time on Rarotonga
Oct 16, 2004 (9 photos)

... to the airport we bid farewell to Jone and checked in at a nice empty counter for flight NZ44 to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. At the airport's Italian restaurant we sliced through pizza slices in record time before negotiating our way through security ...

Cook Islands
Aug 27, 2005 (18 photos)

entry to follow, just the pics for the minute

Happy talkin' talkin' happy talk
Jun 9, 2004 (4 photos)

... villages, and listened to speeches given in English for our benefit instead of Maori. We also got to chat with the Cook Islands national coach - a passionate man with the unlikely name of George George - who told us about him playing against England in ...

Roosters Should Wear Muzzles
Jul 3, 2003 (12 photos)

... 'll also be adding scuba diving to the mix. We hope everybody has a happy 4th, we don't know what they do in Rarotonga to celebrate. Jordan has been trying to uncover the island's fireworks stash but so far has not found success. We might just have ...

Deep Blue Sea
Jan 29, 2007 (6 photos)

... Islanders. As an alternative consolation I did get to see another sunrise having to be up early enough for my 7:30am pick-up. Dive Rarotonga was the outfit I had chose to get wet with along with 3 other guys, one about to start work here, one who had ...

Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Sep 22, 2005 (52 photos)

Kia Orana from Rarotonga, Cook Islands!!! If there is one place on Earth you need to go it is here. We fell in love with the island straight away. The people are so friendly and its natural beauty is breathtaking!! Rarotonga is the main island in the ...

Kia Orana
Jan 28, 2007 (3 photos)

... them. With the film The Guardian providing the on board cheese we were soon descending into Rarotonga last night. Weird. A lone guitarist formed the Cook Islands welcome committee in the airport before I bumped into a few others planning to stay at ...

Just hanging out in the South Pacific...
Dec 3, 2004 (10 photos)

... you updated on that aspect of my life. P.S. Keep those emails coming, it's so wonderful to hear from you!! Anyway....Cook Islands. After action-packed weeks in Ecuador, we were really looking forward to just relaxing in the tropics for a couple of ...

Rarotonga Uncovered
Mar 27, 2009 (100 photos)

... island sipping pina coladas in the middle of the pacific? With that in mind we opted for Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands. Continuing as my voyage started, we missed our flight out but were fortunate to jump on a slightly later one. I ...

COOK ISLANDS : RAROTONGA
Apr 26, 2006 (14 photos)

... , as we soon discover that absolutely everything is closed on a Sunday, here in laid back Rarotonga. Rarotonga is the largest of the Cook Islands, a group of fairly isolated and sparsely populated islands in the South Pacific, with strong links to New ...

Paradise?
Jan 30, 2008 (27 photos)

... have the same day twice- although I think I'll time it for my birthday in the future! The first thing you notice about the Cook Islands is how quiet it is. The Islands have a population of 18,000 and spread out over 15 tiny islands spread out over an ...

Chapter 4: I become very lazy.
Oct 15, 2003 (6 photos)

... me. Muri Beach is incredible. The lagoon is seldom more than waist deep, and you can wade out to a few beautiful tropical islands for some private beach time under swaying palms. The only catch is that it's mating season for the triggerfish, so they' ...

Cook Islands
Oct 4, 2003 (5 photos)

... are rare now. Don't buy them !! Ok enough preaching. A few days later we flew to Aitutaki the most photographed of the Cook islands ( it's the island that most of the holiday brochures show, with the huge lagoon ) we landed on the brand new runway to ...

We're behind you!
May 10, 2005 (4 photos)

... dateline on our way to the Cook Islands and so are now 10 hours behind GMT. We're staying on Rarotonga, the largest of the 13 Cook Islands. It is pretty much how you'd imagine a South Pacific island, with lovely beaches and very laid back locals (perhaps ...

Groundhog Day
Jan 28, 2007 (7 photos)

... made the bus routes simpler, all two of them, clockwise or anti-clockwise. Wandering around the Saturday morning market the Cook Islands seemed better off than Fiji with a better overall infrastructure though not sure whether that is to do with more ...

Leaving Paradise
Feb 2, 2007 (5 photos)

Can you overdose on mangoes? Leaving Aitutaki behind this morning the flight back to Rarotonga was full but still getting a window seat to gaze out of at the lagoon below as we took off. Left my bag at the airport once we had touched down to take a ...

Chapter 3: "I was caught in the rain..."
Oct 12, 2003 (4 photos)

Kia Orana! Greetings from Muri Beach on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands! I can't tell you how happy I am to be back to using a standard keyboard again! When I last left off (Thursday), I was wrapping things up on Mo'orea; the ferry ride back to Papeete, ...

Cyclones, Cyclones and more Cyclones
Mar 17, 2005 (3 photos)

... the plane from Auckland to here it seemed a little odd that we were getting on a Jumbo Jet just for the short trip to the Cook Islands. It was only during the flight that we found out why. The guy sitting next to Liz on the flight explained that that all ...

Rainy Rarotonga
Nov 21, 2003 (12 photos)

They wouldn't let me stay any longer in Fiji so here I am in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands staying in Vara's Beach House right on the sea front overlooking the lagoon. There's quite a lot of islands in the Cooks but Rarotonga is the administrative centre ...

Next Pacific Island Group = Next Dive Site!
Dec 15, 2005 (10 photos)

... depart and miss the chance to get talking somehow. Ron from Canada, was a diver with some history of diving the islands. Oivand was a journalist (amonst a long varied history of other professions), from Norway, and was starting his open water dive course, ...

Wicked Island Time
Dec 20, 2007 (7 photos)

Nine and a half hour flight from LA and we found ourselves in the idyllic Cook Islands. Unfortunately it was cyclone season so our sunshine was brief and fleeting, but we had a comfortable place to sit our rucksacks and kick up our feet for five days at ...

Jumping ship and being deported
May 28, 2007 (6 photos)

... get to visit this part of the world? So we told Borat, packed our bags and jumped ship. THE COOK ISLANDS Arrival in Rarotonga airport was interesting. "We're putting you back on that plane to Tahiti" said the police and customs as they ...

Into the (Pacific) blue.
Oct 21, 2008 (9 photos)

A warm welcome Rarotonga is the main island in the Cook Islands with the biggest population and the capital town. I stayed in a great hostel right on a perfect beach with lots of young travellers. Swimming in the lagoon with colourful fish and kayaking ...

Raratonga. Not.
Sep 16, 2007

Rarotonga, west of Samoa and Tonga and East of Tahiti is the largest of the Cook Islands. The world has not spoiled this tropical paradise and neither has this cruiseship. We couldn't go ashore. The weather has been very rough and there were gale force 7 ...

Day 83 - Rainy Island Days
Mar 12, 2006

... Nights" last night. I'd been waiting for this all week. It consisted of an island style buffet with local foods being prepared and a Cook Island dance show. The food was awesome! The show was beautiful. There were dancers from the age of 4 to about 21. The ...

Relaxing in Rarotonga
Feb 16, 2007 (13 photos)

... after two weeks of searching for our South Pacific paradise I think we are still looking for perfection although the Cook Islands have been a very strong contender.  We have found some pretty awesome spots with crystal clear waters amazing scenery ...

Great Snorkeling
Aug 27, 2009 (10 photos)

Kited in minimal wind in the morning, gave up. Went snorkeling with KP around the backside of an island on local advice. AMAZING!!! Best snorkeling of my life. Lots of pufferfish, eels, tons of colour, and an octopus! Played beach chricket. Checked out " ...