Suwarrow Cook Islands Northern Group

The treasures of Suwarrow are not only on land.....Dr Graham Wragg runs the only company operating tourist trips to the island. More accurately, these are eco tours because Graham - more usually called Captain G - skippers a research vessel, the Bounty Bay which is based in Rarotonga. You can find out more at his web site Pacific Expeditions Ltd.

No problems finding a space on the beach
on Home Island!

All but the whale picture are from a stunning collection on the web site of Summerfield Systems, an IT business solutions company in Rarotonga. Marcus Gleinig is the one with the talent for photography as well as computers, and I am grateful for his permission to use his pictures on this site. He took them on a trip with Captain G. (The whale picture is courtesy of Pacific Expeditions Ltd) Click here to see more of his work, and here to find out about the company he works for

Anchorage Island

False Killer Whale (above) and Manta Ray in the waters off Suwarrow

The lagoon is teeming with colourful life.
Left to right are batfishes and a moorish idol, starfish and grouper.

East Island...features include pink sand and a natural hot pool

"The highlight for me was videoing pods of false killer whales - they are very big animals (about the size of a good sized bull) and very, very inquisitive.

We discovered another dive site on the same trip that I have named "predator point". It has 30 grey reef sharks in residence, 200 golden trevally, 10 chevron barracudas, plus white-tip and black-tip reef sharks, black coral and at the time I was there, five very incredulous scuba divers (actually that is four divers from my boat, plus me). Now a little advice for novice divers...it is not a good idea to open your mouth in amazement when underwater!

Did I also mention discovering the only site in the Cook Islands with Manta rays - gentle giants that you can touch as they fly by?"

Log of Captain G, skipper of the RV Bounty Bay