Ignite Cook Islands

Exciting win! 🥳🥳🏆🥳🥳 Privileged to be a team member of this wonderful magazine! 😍

✨ Celebrating Success at the Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards 2025 ✨

What a fantastic and wonderful evening filled with heartwarming Cook Islands flavour. We are truly humbled to receive this recognition! Thank you to the everyone who has made Escape Magazine possible. By sharing local stories, photos, art and insights – you make this magazine a truly authentic CI read, and inspire us with every issue.

Thank you to our all our advertisers. And especially, partnerships with , and Bergman Gallery. To every person who has picked up a copy, or shared a kind word – Meitaki Ma’ata.

This is your magazine as much as it is ours.

The Edgewater Resort & Spa - Cook Islands MOTU .adventures
Captain Tama's Lagoon Cruizes Lagoon Breeze Villas Club Raro Resort Nautilus Resort Rarotonga Pacific Resort Hotel Group Moana Sands Group

💥 AUCKLAND TRAVEL SHOW - LUCKY DRAW WINNERS 💥

Congratulations to all our lucky Winners who won tickets for these AMAZING experiences in Rarotonga!

🔥 2 X CAPTAIN TAMA'S LAGOON CRUISE - Shane H

🔥 HALF DAY SHARED CHARTER AKURA FISHING CHARTERS - Anita H

🔥 $200 VOUCHER KITESUP WATER SPORTS - Racesa D

🔥 2 X PREMIUM SEA SCOOTER TURTLE ADVENTURE with ARIKI ADVENTURES - Kayleigh T

All lucky winners have been notified by email.

We look forward to seeing you in our little paradise soon! 🩵🏝🩵

Check out my latest story in the wonderful Escape magazine 🥰

Embark on a culinary adventure in the tropical paradise of Rarotonga, where the island's rich and diverse, delicious cuisine awaits to tantalize your taste buds.

Rarotonga, the vibrant heart of the Cook Islands, is a food-lovers’ haven, offering a delightful and astounding range of dining experiences tantalising the taste buds of visitors and locals alike. One will never go hungry in paradise, that’s for sure!

See page 26 for some of the delicious culinary experiences Cook Islands have to offer.

It's a New Year - so that brings exciting new ideas to bring forth and develop into fruition! 😁💖👌🌴🏝🙏

Highland Paradise making history! 🖤❤️🖤
Huge congratulations to Tutu and her team. Such dedication and passion!!!

💖❗️EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT

It's official - Highland Paradise has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List of the Cook Islands! 💥❤️

On behalf of our family and our Tinomana tribe, we wholeheartedly thank everyone involved for all the hard work so far, in successfully achieving this important listing for our people of the Cook Islands!

Highland Paradise is SO MUCH more than another island night in Rarotonga!

❤️🖤 It's the heartbeat ... the essence of our culture, our history, our people. 🖤❤️

Come up our mountain and join descendants of our tribe for the most
🖤 AUTHENTIC
🖤 REAL &
🖤 RAW
cultural experience in Rarotonga!

Island Nights & Cultural Day Tours

👉 Free return transfers from around the island!

Call us on +682 21924 to book your AUTHENTIC RAROTONGAN experience today!

Why I ❤️ Raro!
No road rage here ... out of a very near miss on the road, you make friends and chat the next day on the phone! 😍
Yesterday a van pulled out, very nearly hitting my car... I carried on driving with the other car behind me, then put indicator on to turn off, which he also did. Random thoughts went thru my mind about road rage, but I was in the right, but had I done something wrong etc etc. The driver pulled up beside me, mouthed a huge 'I'm so sorry' thru the window and got out. We both hugged, chatted and more hugs... and now we're friends! Only in Raro! 😀
He even called me this morning to check I was OK.
Gotta love Raro! I now have a new lovely friend. 😀

💜 I'D LOVE YOUR VOTE! 😍
Finalist in People's Choice Awards - Individuals category.

Very surprised & honoured to have made it thru as a finalist. Would so LOVE your vote! 🥰

➡️ HOW TO VOTE

1. Click on my photo below
2. Like or react
Done! 😁

Whilst there's absolutely no chance of winning with so many amazing and well established industry members here, every vote means SO much to me! Plus it would be nice not to come 25th out of 25 finalists lol (but great to be in top 25 of course). 😅

It's a great feeling to be recognised for service to the industry, feel so blessed.

A huge meitaki maata for your support, means a lot. 🥰

Voting for the 2023 Cook Islands People's Choice Awards has now closed. Meitaki Ma'ata to everyone who nominated and voted! 🌺

For terms and conditions and more info visit: https://cookislands.travel/PCA

To all my Aussie friends out there ... paradise isnt far away! 🏝
Just sayin' 😍

$33 million boost : Jetstar to add fourth weekly flight from Sydney to Rarotonga - Cook Islands News The Cook Islands is set to earn an additional $33 million annually from the fourth weekly direct flight from Sydney to Rarotonga, which will commence from March next year.

Had help from a couple of local dogs promoting our awesome client tour operators at the market today! 😍

🌴 Exciting News! 💥 Nominations are OPEN for the 2023 Cook Islands People's Choice Awards!
Closing 11 Oct.

Anyone who has visited the Cook Islands can submit a nomination to recognise and celebrate members of our tourism community who provide outstanding and memorable experiences for our valued visitors.

If you have ever enjoyed our services whilst on our magical island (escorted tours, weddings assistance, help with day tours & experiences, and perhaps just helpful advice with things to see and do), we would SO love your nomination! 💖 Sharing our beautiful island and delivering customer service excellence are our driving passions!

Simply follow the link if you'd like to nominate us.

A huge meitaki maata from Claire 🥰

https://form.jotform.com/232626013679054?fbclid=IwAR11Y-IPBSrQAeW3h4ZFETjlx-5pBJtBAFMes1mFjKqav2qGye04jixEoEM

2023 COOK ISLANDS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS | Cook Islands Did you have an amazing experience in our little paradise? Nominate your pick for the People's Choice Award today!