Plan a trip to Cook Islands

Places to see in Cook Islands

Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Avarua

  Town · Rarotonga

  Avarua is a district and township in the north of the island of Rarotonga, the largest island of the Cook Islands. It serves as the capital of the country and is divided into 19 tapere (sub-districts).

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  Rarotonga

  Island · Rarotonga

  Rarotonga is the largest and most populous island of the country of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of 67.39 km2 (26.02 sq mi), and is home to 72% of the country's population, with 10,898 of a total population of 15,040.

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  Aitutaki

  Island · Aitutaki

  Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araʻura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island.

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  Mangaia

  Island · Mangaia

  Mangaia is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga. It is a roughly circular island, with an area of 51.8 square kilometres (20.0 mi2), 203 kilometres (126 mi) from Rarotonga.

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  Atiu

  Island · Atiu

  Ātiu, also known as ʻEnuamanu, is an island of the Cook Islands archipelago, lying in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. Part of the Nga-pu-Toru, it is 214 km (133 mi) northeast of Rarotonga.

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  Te Manga

  Mountain · Rarotonga

  Te Manga is the highest point on Rarotonga with an elevation of 652 metres (2,139 ft) above sea level. The island is part of the Cook Islands, a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand.

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  Te Rua Manga

  Te Rua Manga / The Needle

  Mountain · Rarotonga

  Te Rua Manga or the Needle is a mountain peak on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It has an elevation of 413 metres above sea level. The spire itself is a breccia structure.

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  Raemaru

  Mountain · Rarotonga

  Raemaru is a mountain on the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. The peak of Raemaru is 357 meters above sea level, and is located in the central part of the country, 5 km southwest of the capital Avarua. Raemaru is part of the Pouraa Mountains.

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• Amuri

  Town · Aitutaki

  Amuri is a town on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, situated at 18°52'0S 159°46'0W. By population, it is the second-largest settlement, after the capital, Avarua, in the Cook Islands.

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• Lake Tiriara

  Lake · Mangaia

  Lake Tiriara is a lake located on the southern end of the island of Mangaia, a part of the Cook Islands. It is the largest freshwater lake in the island chain. Poor pollution management and agricultural processes in the area have put the biodiversity of the lake at risk.

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