The heart of the South Pacific. What: What many consider to be a cheaper and less touristy version of Tahiti, Rarotonga is the capital of the Cooks, a lovely volcanic island surrounded by a pristine ...

Here's a brilliant way to begin your day in Raro - take a slice of locally-grown pawpaw, peel one of the island's thin-skinned ladyfinger bananas, squeeze the juice of a segment of lime over it all, ...

Each time Trader Jacks gets torn down by a cyclone, locals pitch in to help build another bar. Maybe that says something about Rarotonga – locals help each other in times of trouble – or perhaps it ...

Around the world in 40 plates … that probably best describes how I like to travel. The most memorable stamps in my culinary passport so far include a caprese salad on the Amalfi Coast, silky smooth ...

Uncle Jimmy is an enormous fellow with a wispy tangle for a beard and permanently knotted brows. His cycle helmet perches atop his head as if crammed on as an angry afterthought, and he carries a big ...

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RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS — As the plane starts its descent to Rarotonga, the main island of the Cook archipelago, the range of blues around the scattered atolls shimmers before me. I grew up on the ...

Joseph visits Rarotonga and Aitutaki, the Cook’s most popular islands. While “paradise” is a word freely bantered about in the travel world, the Cook Islands is a traveler’s paradise. It is a genuine ...

Guests could wake up in the lap of luxury, enjoy breakfast with a view before meandering down to the calm shore. It was money in the bank, or so it seemed, before it all went horribly wrong. With a ...

Times are changing in this formerly overlooked paradise as tourists discover the food, snorkelling and distinct culture We’re just over the last crest of Maunga Pu when we see it. Here, at Aitutaki’s ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. RAROTONGA, Cook Islands — At certain times of the year, Puna Rakanui’s grandfather used to travel to a favorite fishing spot and return with his ...