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Moon Handbooks
South Pacific (8th Ed.)

Cook Islands Vacation Guide

The Cook Islands is a group of islands and small atolls located between Fiji in the west and French Polynesia in the east. The islands are scattered over an expansive area of the South Pacific and the islands in the extreme north are therefore quite different from the islands in the far south. The Northern Cook Islands consist of Manihiki, Rakahanga, Palmerston Island, Penrhyn Island, Nassau, Pukapuka and Suwarrow Island with Aitutaki, Rarotonga, Atiu, Mauke, Mangaia, Mitiaro, Manuae, and Takutea island in the Southern Group of Islands.

The two primary tourist destinations in Cook Islands are :

• Rarotonga
• Aitutaki Lagoon

Cook Islands Main Attractions

So what makes Cook Islands special?

• Rarotonga, the main island, is easily accessed via Air New Zealand on its cross-Pacific route
• Great beaches close to the International Airport - convenient stopover holidays
• Air Rarotonga offers domestic flights to Aitutaki lagoon and other islands
• Strongly influenced by New Zealand, currency is NZ dollars
• English is spoken everywhere so there are no language barriers.
• Polynesian cultural entertainment
• World-famous Aitutaki lagoon - location for Survivor Cook Islands TV series