The Cook Islands relaxed tranquil way of life is matched only by the people themselves. Their smiles are warm and spontaneous, their dancing is joyful and exuberant, and the general mood of the islands relaxed.

The Cook Islands consist of 15 islands scattered over some 2 million square km of the South Pacific Ocean.

They lie in the South Pacific Polynesian Triangle, flanked to the west by the Kingdom of Tonga and the Samoa’s and to the east by Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia.   The Cook Islands are in the same time zone as Hawaii and are the same distance South of the equator as Hawaii is north.