• Car Parking
• Bar
• Room Service
• Laundry Service
• Boutique
• Internet Access
• Two Restaurants
• Swimming pool
• Spa

• Television/DVD player
• Air conditioning, ceiling fan
• Tea/coffee maker
• Refrigerator
• Kitchen area
• Bed robes
• In room safe
• Radio/CD player
• Turndown service
• Direct dial international telephone service
• Iron and ironing board
• Hairdryer

• Kayaks (free)
• Scuba diving centre
• Snorkel equipment (free)
• Activity centre
• Car and Scooter hire

Currently, there are very limited International flight connections to and from the Cook islands.  All international flights operate into Rarotonga and there are domestic connection flights into Aitutaki, Atiu and Mangaia.

The main international carrier is Air New Zealand, with direct air service provided six days a week  from and to Auckland (currently there is no flight on a Friday), and once a week to and from Los Angeles, currently departing Rarotonga on a Friday arriving LA on the Saturday.  The return flight leaves LA on Saturday and arrives Rarotonga on Sunday morning. They operate on a new B777-200ER aircraft, with 26 Business, 40 Premium Economy and 246 Economy seats.  The Premium Economy seats are the first to be offered on this route.

There is also a year round once a week flight with Air New Zealand between Rarotonga and Sydney, departing Rarotonga on Thursday arriving Sydney on Friday and departing Sydney on Friday arriving in Rarotonga on Friday, operating on a B767-300 aircraft, with 24 Business and 206 Economy seats.

There is also a year round once a week flight with Air New Zealand between Rarotonga and Sydney, departing Rarotonga on a Friday arriving Sydney on Saturday and departing Sydney on Saturday arriving in Rarotonga on Saturday.  From November 2016, the schedule will change to  opertaing ex Rarotonga on a Thursday and returning from Sydney on Friday, operating on a B767-300 aircraft, with 24 Business and 206 Economy seats.

Virgin Australia operate 3 days a week from Auckland to Rarotonga, using a 737 aircraft, departing Auckland on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday,arriving in Rarotonga the previous day (as you cross the International dateline), and returning flights Tuesday, Thursday and Friday arriving two days later (cross the International dateline again in the other direction adding a day, plus arriving after midnight into the next day).

Also, for the winter months, (June-October 2016), they will be operating a direct flight Christchurch, on New Zealand's South Island, to Rarotonga.  Departing on Saturday and arriving in Rarotonga on Friday (cross the date line), and returning the same day, Friday to arrive back in Christchurch on Sunday (date line and midnight time crossing), this will save visitors having to travel up to Auckland to get to the Cook Islands.

Jetstar, a new airline starting in New Zealand, started a new flight schedule from Auckland to Rarotonga in March 2016.  At present, they are planning to operate from and to Auckland on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, with the return flight being the same days, due to arriving and departing after midnight, and will arrive back in Auckland the following days, due to crossing the international dateline.

Air Tahiti operate up to twice weekly flights from Papeete, Tahiti to Rarotonga, currently on a Saturday and Thursday.  However, on most weeks they only operate the Thursday flight!

All domestic flights within the Cook islands are operated by Air Rarotonga. Their main route is Rarotonga to Aitutaki, on which they operate up to five daily services, except Sunday, when only one is operated (up till the end of 2009 no flights were permitted to operate domestically on a Sunday).

They also provide frequent services to the other main islands in the Southern group.  However, air access to the Northern group is currently very restricted, to the point where it is almost impossible for tourists to book flights, due to the limited seats that are offered.  Quite a lot of the time, the seats are reserved for Government officials and the local residence of the Northern islands.

Airline Seat Maps

For most airlines, we can pre-reserve seats for you once your flight booking is confirmed, and will do so as a matter of course.  If you would like to have a look at a seat plan for your aircraft, you can check the airlines' own website, or one of the best independent websites for this information is SeatGuru.com, which is part of the Tripadvisor group.  Click Here to find information on your particular airline.