Written by nofootprint on August 26, 2009
- For a truly romantic island get a way, head to the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands comprises 15 islands smack in the middle of the South Pacific. We spent a week here on the tiny...
Written by Pappa Mike on April 4, 2004
- It is said that Cook Islanders are the friendliest people in the world. While this may indeed be true, it is but one element of a culture that has remained virtually unchanged over the...
Written by ricardo on July 1, 2000
- Motus are tiny, usually uninhabited, islands – sometimes only piles of sand with a few palms – that build up around reefs or islands in the South Pacific. (Most of the sand is probably produced...
Written by Jolantka on June 4, 2008
- AITUTAKIESCAPE TO PARADISEAitutaki is one of the 15 islands in the Cook Islands group. Well, it really is a shining pearl of Cook Islands. It is much more than just a tropical island with its...
Written by ImN2Fun2 on March 23, 2006
- Ah, The Cook Islands. A truly awesome location. Some might call it Paradise found, and it looks like it surely will be because Survivor is scheduled to shoot on Aitutaki later in 2006.We found the...
Written by ricardo on July 1, 2000
- I just want to make a note here for anyone contemplating a visit to the Cooks. It’s illegal to land in the islands without reservations for a place to stay. (They don’t want 'hippies' camping...
Written by ricardo on July 1, 2000
- The people of the Cooks call themselves Cook Island Maoris. Their language is almost identical to that of the Maoris of New Zealand. This is because Rarotonga is believed to be the island from which...
Written by ricardo on July 1, 2000
- The reefs on Aitutaki and Rarotonga have been so decimated by overuse that Rarotonga now has raui (protected) areas in parts of the lagoon where fishing and harvesting are forbidden. After only five years the...
Written by ricardo on July 1, 2000
- As do many tiny countries, the Cook Islands derive a substantial chunk of their national income from the sale of stamps and coins. So the Philatelic/Numismatic Center in town (Avarua) is the place to stop...
Written by ricardo on July 1, 2000
- Rarotonga, the most populous of the Cook Islands, is an extinct volcano in the middle of the Pacific. It peaks in the center, slopes steeply downward to the beach, is covered with tropical forest, and...
Cook Islands
Tourism and Travel Guide