How to Plan a Trip to Penrhyn Still proudly known by the locals as its traditional Maori name, Tongareva, Penrhyn is the northernmost of the Cook Islands. It’s also the largest lagoon in the cou

Island-Hopping in the Northern Group of the Cook Islands + How to Get Around on the Northern Group Islands Far-flung more than a thousand kilometres away from the Cook Islands’ capital, Rarotong

The Top Things to Do in Manihiki, Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Nassau, Rakahanga and Suwarrow Remote, rarely visited and unspoiled, the Northern Group is the final frontier of travel in the Cook Islands. Their

How to Plan a Trip to the Northern Group of the Cook Islands A real “Robinson Crusoe” experience, the islands of the Northern Group of the Cook Islands are sparsely scattered across the So

Everything You Need to Know About Visiting Suwarrow An almost hexagonal lagoon isolated from its Northern Cook Island brothers, Suwarrow is the Cook Island’s only national park and the final fr

How to Plan a Trip to Pukapuka The remotest of all of the Cook Islands, Pukapuka is as far as you can get from Rarotonga. It’s closer, in fact, to its South Pacific cousins of Tokelau and Samoa

How to Plan a Trip to Nassau Tiny, remote and unique amongst the Northern Group of the Cook Islands, Nassau is a small coral cay sitting 8.5m (28ft) above sea level. Unlike its “surrounding̶

How to Plan a Trip to Manihiki It’s the outer island that you’ll hear most about when exploring Rarotonga: Manihiki. But far from the hustle and bustle of the Cook Islands’ capital,

How to Plan a Trip to Rakahanga A rectangular coral atoll lying nearby Manihiki in the Cook Islands, Rakahanga is the remotest of the two islands, only accessible by boat from Manihiki. Whereas Manih