We celebrated our 10th anniversary in the Cook Islands, in the heart of the South Pacific.
On the island of Aitutaki we found romance, ancient history and a slew of all-but-deserted islets.
On Rarotonga, we found an impossibly thick jungle, a steep mountain spine,
and beaches heaped with coral.
With two million square miles to explore, you could
travel around this deceptively small chain for months.
We’d like to volunteer.
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to the Cook Islands.
Travels With Two
Posts on the Cook Islands
COOK ISLANDS – GENERAL
Guides
Official Tourism Guide
New York Times
Frommers
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RAROTONGA
Guides
Conde Nast Traveller
Islands Magazine
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AITUTAKI
Guides
Islands Magazine
Rarotonga - Photo by Rchard (flickr)
Travel Agents & Tours
Cook Islands Travel
Kleon Howe – The Art of Travel
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Much valuable work has been done recently to conserve and protect native flora and fauna by the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Project. Funded by the Government and the South Pacific Regional Environment Program, its main aim is to educate people about the need for conservation. One of the main attractions of Rarotonga is that it is a real place, not a manufactured destination point for tourists. Real people live there and wrestle with all the problems that tiny countries face trying to cope with the modern world of instant communications and jet travel. It is an idyllic place for travellers seeking lost horizons and for those interested in the ways of Polynesia.