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Cook Islands

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The Cook Islands is an island country in free association with New Zealand, located in Polynesia, in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago of 15 islands spread over 2.2 million km2 of ocean.

Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Cook Islands". Source ยท CC BY-SA 4.0

CapitalAvarua
CurrencyCKD
LanguagesEnglish, Cook Islands Mฤori
Dial code+682
Time zonePacific/Rarotonga

Weather

Live

17ยฐC

Mainly clear ยท feels like 13ยฐC

  • 64%
  • 30 km/h
  • AQI 25
  • SunLight drizzle18ยฐ / 19ยฐ
  • MonLight drizzle18ยฐ / 20ยฐ
  • TueLight drizzle19ยฐ / 20ยฐ
  • WedLight drizzle20ยฐ / 21ยฐ

Measured at the country centroid, not a specific city.

Money

No exchange rate published for this currency.

Trip cost

What a trip to Cook Islands costs

Visas, flights, beds, food and everything in between, priced for your party and your dates. Every line shows its own arithmetic, so you can disagree with the parts you know better than we do.

Your trip

8 days on the ground

Hotel category
Flight class

Estimated cost

$4,210

$2,105 per person ยท $263 per person per day

  • Visa & entry

    $50 ร— 2 โ€” typical tourist visa or eVisa fee

    $100
  • Flights

    $1,036 return ร— 2 ยท 15,917 km

    $2,071
  • Accommodation

    $95/night ร— 7 nights ร— 1 room ยท Standard

    $662
  • Food & drink

    $30/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $480
  • Local transport

    $12/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $192
  • SIM & internet

    $12 per person, once ร— 2

    $24
  • Attractions

    $20/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $320
  • Travel insurance

    $3/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $50
Subtotal
$3,898
Miscellaneous (8%)
$312
Total
$4,210

Budget at a glance

Per day

$526

Per person

$2,105

Family of 4

$8,420

7 days

$4,210

14 days

$5,909

30 days

$9,792

The 7, 14 and 30-day figures re-price the whole trip at that length โ€” flights and visas do not repeat, so a month is far from four times a week.

A planning estimate, not a quote โ€” ground costs are modelled from a cost tier for Cook Islands, not scraped from live inventory. Your settings are saved to this device.

Cities

Where to go in Cook Islands