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Cook Islands tourist information with details about travel to and around the islands. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with insider tips and hand-selected Cook Islands links, by dedicated editors and visitors to TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel.

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Cook Islands Information

The Cook Islands are self Governing; in free association with New Zealand.

Consisting of 15 islands in the South Pacific, the administrative centre is the port of Avarua, on Rarotonga.

The population of an average provincial town peoples an area the size of a sub-continent.

Although these friendly Polynesians share the same language, their islands are very different.

Even with 50,000 foreigners a year visiting the capital island, Rarotonga, the Cook Islands have not been prostituted to tourism.

Urban dwellers may well be in for a shock here. The pace is slow, and you can forget about hailing a cab.

History:
Oh to have lived on the islands in innocence, before the arrival of the Europeans. Did the Maori migrations to New Zealand start from Rarotonga?

Kia Orana:
An informative and graphical look at the Cook Islands, colourfully presented and maintained by Verge On Screen Presentations.

Southern Cook Islands

The Southern Group of the Cook Islands are mostly mountainous and volcanic in origin.

These are: Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Mauke, Mitiaro, Manuae, and Takutea.

Cook Islands Geographically:
Find out where they are in the world, and where the outlying islands are in relation to Rarotonga.

Cook Islands Weather:
View a graphical weather forecast for the week ahead in Rarotonga.

How to Get There:
Flying in is the choice of many, although a sea voyage is the stuff of legends.

Rarotonga:
The capital island is the one most visitors arrive at.

Sea Change Rarotonga:
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Northern Cook Islands

The Northern Group are more low-lying coral islands and include: Pukapuka, Tongareva (also called Penrhyn), Manihiki, Palmerston, Rakahanga, Suwarrow, and Nassau.

Cook Islands Accommodation

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Accommodation in Rarotonga

Hotels in Rarotonga:
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Cook Islands Travel Guides

Books on Cook Islands Travel:
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