1. Realizing where to go

It very well may be somewhat befuddling planing your outing to the Cook Islands when contrasted with different spots it is genuinely immaculate. Contingent upon the measure of time you have, the two islands you need to venture out to are Rarotonga (the principle island) and Aitutaki (heaven). Trust me, you will kick yourself on the off chance that you don’t get to Aitutaki. Rarotonga is extraordinary and has a heap of stuff going on, however Aitutaki is the paradisiacal spot you see on postcards, in any photographs of the Cook Islands and so forth In the event that you’re doing both, an even split between the two would work best.

2. Realizing how to sort interior flights

These are supppperrrrr costly so the subsequent you realize you will be making a trip to the Cook Islands, book your interior flights. There can be set up for Air Rarotonga’s site. They’re TINY planes. Ensure you pay special mind to whales beneath when you take off and land – we saw whales penetrating from the plane window. Magicallllll.

3. Monitoring island time

Goodness. My. God. Island time is genuinely a thing here folks and you simply need to accept it or it’ll eat at your excursion. Nothing happens when it says it will, transports aren’t dependable, individuals expect wrongly and give you some unacceptable data, inside flight times change immediately, there is next to zero client support (particularly on Aitutaki), eatery appointments get dropped last min, cafés close at like 8pm for supper, shops have restricted supplies. It very well may be baffling I’ll tell ya that yet great… just gotta remember they are a tiiiiiny island in the pacific I presume.

4. Knowing the arrangement with the web

Likely quite possibly the most helpful hints for visiting the Cook Islands – there is no free web on the island. You can’t get it in bistros or resorts as it’s absurdly costly for them. The best and most effortless thing to do is visit the Blue Sky office (either in Muri or Avarua) to purchase a sim card that gives you minutes and information (this expenses $50 NZD for 3GB). We attempted to keep away from this as we needed to be totally off the network yet it turned out it was really vital for specific things.

For instance loads of eateries require appointments so it’s valuable to have minutes so you can call up, and furthermore call different spots like visit organizations and so on too. Because of island time it’s helpful to have a number so individuals can reach you on the off chance that anything changes. You can utilize these sim cards in both Rarotonga and Aitutaki.

5.Knowing about the transport

The transport goes both enemy of clockwise and clockwise around the island. There is a plan yet because of island time (course) they are regularly late so don’t depend on it. The beneficial thing is the transport will get you from anyplace out and about – the terrible thing is it costs $5NZD per single outing ($8 for a return) and an extra $2 per sack. Assuming you don’t drive/don’t lease a bike or vehicle, say farewell to all your well deserved money and simply give everything over to that conductor.