Nine of the 15 tiny islands in the Cooks are designated as the Southern Group, and they're home to nine out of 10 islanders according to the latest census.
They include the capital island, RAROTONGA where 72% of the total population of the Islands live. Avarua is the administrative and commercial centre (locals just call it "town"). Raro's nearest neighbour is the breathtakingly beautiful AITUTAKI whose turquoise blue lagoon includes the mini island or motu, One Foot Island - voted by travel agents worldwide as having the best beach in the Australia-Pacific region.
The other islands in the group are MANGAIA, ATIU, MAUKE, MITIARO, PALMERSTON, and uninhabited TAKUTEA and MANUAE .
They include the capital island, RAROTONGA where 72% of the total population of the Islands live. Avarua is the administrative and commercial centre (locals just call it "town"). Raro's nearest neighbour is the breathtakingly beautiful AITUTAKI whose turquoise blue lagoon includes the mini island or motu, One Foot Island - voted by travel agents worldwide as having the best beach in the Australia-Pacific region.
The other islands in the group are MANGAIA, ATIU, MAUKE, MITIARO, PALMERSTON, and uninhabited TAKUTEA and MANUAE .
The lagoon atoll of MANUAE is owned by the people of Aitutaki. TAKUTEA is tiny sand cay owned by the people of Atui. PALMERSTON - 300 miles west of Rarotonga - is a lagoon atoll populated by the descendants of one English settler and his four wives! Few tourists visit these islands as they are accessible only by sea, and sailings are very infrequent.
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OR FIND YOUR OWN PIECE OF PARADISE USING THE MENU ON THE LEFT