Book an Airport Shuttle, our famous Progressive Dinner Tour or an unforgettable experience to enjoy while in Rarotonga
When you’re in a little paradise, we want to ensure you have the best experience right from the beginning, and believe we have the perfect, unique experience just waiting to be had.
Progressive dinner tour takes you to the homes of local Cook Islands families, to share their home and their stories over great food.
Get the most out of your holiday on Rarotonga by taking this tour soon after arriving on the island and learn about all the interesting spots that you can explore.
Put on your walking shoes & join us on this informative walking tour. The Avarua Historical Walking tour is a leisurely paced guided walk through the historical parts of Avarua, down town.
Enjoy learning from the Reefman how important our Beach to Reef ecosystem is to the people of Rarotonga. Fish with a rod, explore our wonderful marine ecosystem, stories, learn how to prepare one of our iconic seafood meal (earth oven or umu), beach hat weaving and enjoy local music as well.
The Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) is the first and oldest church in the Cook Islands. Its congregation perform a way of singing that combines traditional and choir singing to form a very unique blend of Cook Islands hymns.
There are small night food markets around Rarotonga where you will be enchanted not only by the cheerful atmosphere, but also by the mouth-watering local food!
Find all about our Private Tours options to feel safe while exploring Rarotonga.
Best of Raro pass offers a package that has all the best things to do on Rarotonga.
I started Cook Islands Tours as an inbound tour company in 2008 after two years operating the Progressive Dinner Tour for visitors. Cook Islands Tours, we are now an integrated inbound tour company. We have our own fleet of buses, vans and VIP cars. We run tours of our own, like the Progressive Dining Tour, the Rarotonga Orientation & Sites Tour, to name a few. We package and sell all other tours and accommodation available to visitors directly and we also act as a ground operator for overseas wholesalers, like AOT.
In all services Cook Islands Tours provide to visitors, as a locally owned and operated company – Cook Islands Tours strives to share the creative and unique experiences of the Cook Islands, we believe you will enjoy and remember us from your time in a little paradise.
Your feedback and stories are always welcome here at Cook Islands Tours because they keep us motivated to keep doing what we do at it’s best!
A wonderful glimpse behind the ‘tourist scene’ (Mar 2020)
Progressive Dinner is an essential tour. You meet the local family’s in their homes, as they share their stories and their cuisine. This experience will only enhance your holiday to the Cook Islands and will provide a complete experience which will ensure you take home with you an understanding of the people who make the Cook Islands what they are. A piece of paradise
Unforgetable (Sept 2019)
If you want to meet great people, have amazing local home cooked meal and learn more of their culture this is for you and you and you and you … We all had plenty to eat at each location as there was still plenty left over. We could all stay longer as there stories where amazing
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Amazing! (Feb 2020)
Favorite tour we did. Great food and so great to get off the tourist path and do something a bit different. Met some great people. Definitely recommend!
Fun Experience! (Mar 2020)
This was such a fun way to eat traditional Cook Island fare (delicious) and get to really know some of the locals and hear first hand about their culture. We enjoyed the music at each home and even had a sing along in the van. Such gracious people! Definitely recommend the Progressive Dinner tour!
Papa Ng
I booked the Avarua Historical Walking Tour (…) and it was the best surprise ever. Papa Ng is the village elder most of us ’90s have heard about but never had. He has the presence and knowledge of a Sensei with the kindness of a grandmother. The rich history of Avarua and how it came to be was explained with such ease (…) One of my highlights was the chanting at the Marae, I may not understand the language but the energy and mana that was entrenched in that chant still sits with me today. I would highly recommend this and the crew is so lovely they had prepared light refreshments (tropical fruit) for us.
Friendly and On-time Airport Transfer (Jan 2020)
Cook Island Tours handled my airport shuttle transfers to and from my hotel. They are friendly, careful, and on time. I will definitely use them again.
