When I told my neighbors last month I was going to Rarotonga, the universal reaction was, “Where?” It didn’t help when I explained it was the main island in the Cook Islands group.

Where: The largest of the fifteen-island Cooks archipelago, Rarotonga lies smack-dab in the center of the South Pacific, surrounded by Tokelau, Samoa, Nuie, and Tahiti. What: What many consider to ...

One real-life water world in Polynesia travelers can dive into is Rarotonga, the largest of the 15 islands that make up the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. National Geographic Explorer and ...

A lot of people say Trader Jacks is the best bar in the South Pacific – but on Rarotonga, it has stiff competition. No other island in the Pacific has so many options (excluding resort bars ...

I'm in Rarotonga, the most important of the Cook Islands, and about to embark on an eco-cycle that will take us away from what is usually considered the whole point of visiting Pacific islands ...