We have just returned from the Cook Islands and feel that we have discovered a South Pacific paradise!  The Cook Islands are 15 unspoiled islands lying in the center of the Polynesian Triangle of the South Pacific.  The main island, Rarotonga, shown below, is only 22 miles around but is a beautiful volcanic island.  But what makes the Cook Islands different from the other islands in the South Pacific is that there are no chain resorts and no chain fast-food restaurants but instead wonderful places to stay that are owned by the locals - Cook Islanders, Kiwis, Aussies and an occasional American.  These are people who came to the Cooks and fell in love with the island and are willing to share their little bit of paradise with you.   There is only one road circling Rarotonga and there isn't a stoplight on it.   The Cooks are the way the South Pacific used to be!  Click on the buttons above to discover more about this wonderful South Pacific island.

KIA ORANA (Welcome)!

Rarotonga is surrounded by a coral reef (shown at the right) which creates a lagoon around the island.  The wonderful thing is that the reef is close in so you have large waves that fall into the lagoon and the wonderful sound of the ocean plus the tranquility of the lagoon and beautiful white sand beaches. 

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