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Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araʻura and Utataki, [3] is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is 18.05 km 2 (6.97 sq mi), and the lagoon has an area of between 50 and 74 km 2 (19 and 29 sq mi).
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Load More. A little paradise means Aitutaki, home to approximately 1800 people and the world’s most beautiful lagoon. It's only 220 kilometres or a 50-minute flight from Rarotonga. Secluded and romantic, 15 motus (islets) are sprinkled across this huge turquoise, sunlit lagoon.
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Aitutaki (Aye-too-tah-ki) is an island in the Southern Cook Islands. Aitutaki lagoon and its islands are breathtakingly beautiful. The classic picture postcard of small palm tree fringed tropical island, with shallow, warm turquoise waters, corals, tropical fish and blue skies is taken here.
The name Aitutaki comes from utauta, to load, and taki, to lead, and so it refers to Ru leading his precious human cargo in search for land. Now, all local Aitutakians trace their ancestors to one of those 20 women that came along with Ru.
Aitutaki. Aitutakians believe they are descended from Ru, the famous seafaring warrior who arrived from Avaiki, the legendary homeland of the early Polynesians, on a double-hulled canoe. Ru settled in Aitutaki with his four wives, attendants of warriors and beautiful maidens of noble birth. History plays a vital part in island life.
Aitutaki lies in the Southern Group of the Cook Islands, some 220km (137 miles) from Rarotonga and the Cook Islands’ international airport. The only real way to get to Aitutaki is via domestic flight from Rarotonga. Regular flights are available between Rarotonga and Aitutaki multiple times a day, six days a week and once on a Sunday.
Where to eat: Aitutaki restaurants and island nights. There are a few ‘island nights’ on Aitutaki – a buffet dinner followed by a Polynesian music and dance show. The biggest are at the Pacific Resort on Wednesdays ($85 per person) and Tamanu Beach Resort on Thursdays ($75 pp).
