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Why Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
The Aitutaki lagoon is regularly called the most beautiful on earth — a vast triangle of electric blue dotted with deserted sandbar motus.
Rarotonga, the main island, wraps a lush volcanic interior; the cross-island trek to the Needle rewards with jungle and sea views.
No building stands taller than a coconut palm — a law that has kept the islands low-key, authentic, and gloriously undeveloped.
Polynesian culture is living and warm — island-night feasts, drumming, and dance, with English widely spoken (the islands are linked to New Zealand).
It offers Bora Bora beauty at a fraction of the price and pretension — the South Pacific as it used to be.
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