Cook Islands – Every Island more beautiful than the Last

Experience the magnificent Cook Islands in combination with your trip around New Zealand. Located at only 3000 kilometres’ distance from Auckland, the Cooks are ideally located for your tropical seaside extension.

The independent Cook Islands stretch out over more than two million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean – an area as large as western Europe! Nevertheless, only 17 thousand people call the Cooks their home. The capital and largest city is Avarua.

Fifteen islands compose the “Paradise on Earth”. Then there is the famous, vast and beautiful Aitutaki Lagoon, which boasts incredibly clear, turquoise blue waters. Having formed around coral reefs reaching out of the sea, the Cooks’ fine sand beaches are blindingly white.

Compared to the French Polynesia islands, everything still moves slowly on the Cook Islands. Those in search of lonely, remote and stunningly beautiful beaches have certainly come to the right place!

Rarotonga is the Cooks’ most populated island, the vibrant heart of the Polynesian islands. A narrow coastal plain is flanked by soaring volcanic mountains looking down onto a calm, bright blue lagoon that lies protected by a ring of coral reef.

The islanders are delightfully cheerful people. Their hospitality is warm-hearted and sincere. Settle down to a local meal, join in a dance or just listen to the music or the old men telling the island’s many colourful legends.

Dancing is a form of life on the archipelago. Every island has developed its own trademark dances that are practised from childhood onwards. Of course, this calls for regular merry competitions.

The Cook Islands are especially popular with the New Zealanders, Australians, Canadians and Americans. Europe is also starting to discover the Cooks and recent numbers have topped 70,000 annual visitors.

However, the islands remain a charming, natural place of incomparable beauty. A combination with a trip around New Zealand is an excellent option. Talk to our experienced team: It is a pleasure for us to make arrangements for you!