Tropical magic of Cook Islands Holidays
There are fifteen beautiful islands in the Cook Island group, scattered over some 2 million square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean. The main island of Rarotonga is the largest with Avarua as its capital.
Rarotonga boasts a good range of accommodation from resort style hotels to self catering units. Tourism opportunities include swimming, snorkelling, nature walks, sailing and fishing. The small island of Atiu is riddled with amazing limestone caves, which can be explored with guided assistance and underground swimming in fresh water caves is a popular activity. Exploring the coffee plantations, churches and art studios are popular pursuits and Cultural Village Guided tours worth the effort. The Wigmores Waterfalls are good for a visit and an Aroa Pony Trek provides fun for all the family. No holiday is complete without a visit to the beautiful outer island of Aitutaki with its lush green volcanic mountains and pristine sandy beaches and lagoons. Teking Lagoon Tours offer a number of different tours, taking in the spectacular Aitutaki Lagoon. There is also a three hour 4WD tour around the island visiting the local villages and Mt Maunga Pu.
Travelling to a country for the first time, especially with a young family, package deals take the stress out of familiarising yourself with a new environment, finding accommodation and making travel arrangements from destination to destination. Holiday packages are a great alternative if travelling on a budget with some fantastic deals available from many travel agencies.
Most holiday packages to the Cook Islands are resort style holidays and there really aren't any touring holiday packages available.
Fiji and Pacific Specialist Holidays, a leading Australian travel agent specialise in holidays to the Cook Islands with packages offering extra bonuses.
Online travel agent, GINZ, specialises in package holidays and deals to the Cook Islands; their website is well worth checking out.
Hideaway Holidays have an extensive website with packages available to most resorts throughout the Cook Islands and offer packages allowing tourists to stay at different resorts during their holiday.
Newmans Holidays offer some of the best deals for holidays in the Pacific and their Cook Island packages are comprehensive with good bonus offers and discounts catering for families, honeymooners and the young at heart.
Escape Travel has a good website and offer plenty of bonuses with their holiday packages to many of Cook Islands resorts with extra nights and food and beverage credits for room upgrades.
Other companies offering packages to the Cook Islands include Costless Holidays, Orient Pacific and Relaxaway. Major travel agents such as Harvey World Travel and Flight Centre offer seasonal specials to many of the regions resorts.
Like travel to any foreign country tourists need to be alert to their own security, especially on the Cook Islands because Australia does not have an Embassy or Consulate there.
