Cook Island Adventures

The thought of travelling for two days to visit family in New Zealand without adding on a South Pacific island trip was now only a thought! After spending a little over a week in Niue on our previous trip where would we go this time? Whilst my mum had already been to the Cook Islands this was still an option, the other being Samoa. Samoa was huge in comparison to the Cooks main island of Rarotonga whereas Raro was quite a bit smaller than Nuie – maybe we’d get bored after ten days on a tiny island!

Both were around 4 hours flight time from Auckland. Whilst the Cook Islands are tied closer to New Zealand; same currency, etc.. Samoa was its own country and looking far less commercialised. After a lot of research, jumping back and forth, in the end the Cooks won out. As well as the main island of Rarotonga we’d head to Aitutaki too.

Rarotonga seemed to pack a big punch; snorkelling, diving, beaches, whale watching (in season), markets, and a highpoint soaring 652m above sea level, pretty impressive on an island that is only 32km around! Aitutaki on the other hand was around a quarter of the size with everything being about its famous lagoon.

TBC