Cook Islands > Cook Islands Experience

Advantages: great info, well written, trusted reveiwer
Disadvantages: none

...honest ive been to the cook islands last october and this review is so much better than a lot of the guide books, definatley informative, i would put it on par with lonely planet, simply because, lonely planet sometimes gives you too much information, which in some cases is a hindrence, but they are the leaders in such areas. rough guides are also good but this one give you the info needed to have a well informed choice, with great links to the correct ... Read review

Advantages: Absolutely stunning scenery, friendly people
Disadvantages: Long time travelling

...for our honeymoon in the Cook Islands. Altogether, the trip lasted twelve days - we spent four nights on the main island of Rarotonga, then two nights on Aitutaki, one of the outer islands, before returning to Raro for two nights and finally spending two nights in Auckland on the way home. We had booked all this through a travel agent which took a lot of the hassle out of it, and she also managed to get us some great deals since we were on honeymoon! ...
...For the people of the Cook Islands, tourism is their main source of income. For this reason, the place is extremely tourist-friendly and we found it very easy to organise things to do. One of the things we had wanted to do from the start was to scuba dive off Rarotonga. There are a couple of dive companies on the island, but we went with Cook Island Divers. They were extremely friendly, professional and took us to the caves area just near the harbour ... Read review

Advantages: The most relaxing place with a unique quality
Disadvantages: Hard to think of any although some beaches are not clean as others.

We stayed at Raratonga as part of a stop over on our round the world trip we were suppose to be staying in Hawai but it got changed at the last minute and thank god it did!!! Raratonga really is a wonderfully unique place which I will never forget. The momnet we arrived at Raratonga airport I knew I was going to love it. We arrived at 3am and we were picked up by a courtsy taxi provided by our hotel (The Raratonga Sunset) the lady was just lovely ...
...and was warm and friendly. I could not wait unitl daylight when I could explore the Island. The moment it was light enough I was straight out of the hotel to view the wonderful beach which was literally outside our room it really was beautiful and I knew I was going to really enjoy my short time on the Island. We decided to hire mopeds for a couple of days and it was a great way to get around the Island and very cheap. We manged to explore as much ... Read review

Advantages: romantic hideaway
Disadvantages: remote

...quiet day in all the Cook Islands, there are also packages together with hotel accommodation. I had a special Round-the-World ticket from Star Alliance, that was around € 1800 and from the many miles flown we had our next trip to Spain earned already. Infos on accommodation and flight schedules can be found in the web, just fill in "Cook Islands" in your Google search engine and you´ll find yourself in an instant in the ever romantic South Pacific. ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful weather, beaches, food, people, culture etc
Disadvantages: You can only stay for 6 months a year unless you're a resident

Rarotonga in the Cook Islands is simply heaven on earth. Whether you are a backpacker a honeymoon couple or a family all are catered for on this fantastic island. The people are simply the most friendly I have ever met and after travelling the world I have met quite a few. I stayed in Tiare Village, Rarotonga which offers budget dorm style accomodation through to deluxe pool side apartments at excellent prices. The owner and manager go out of their ...
...not stay longer in the Cook Islands. No trip to the Cook Islands , unless you want an excuse to return, is complete without a trip to Aikitaki, a smaller island an hour by plane from Rarotonga with even more spectacular beaches, views and peacefullness with all accomodation needs again catered for. At the moment the only way to get to Rarotonga is with Air New Zealand from either Auckland, New Zealand; Fiji; or Los Angeles which means that those ... Read review