Cook Islands' Best

About Cook Islands' Best

COOK ISLANDS’ BEST is the ideal digital travel guide to this Pacific paradise. Written by a pro-author, it explores key ISLANDS; suggests ITINERARIES; details dozens of SIGHTS and ACTIVITIES; and suggests many great spots to EAT. All content (100+ points-of-interest/200+ pics) is original.

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*** Published by TouchScreenTravels.com: independent travel guides for the digital age. Our Touch, Your Travels. ***

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COOK ISLANDS’ BEST starts with essential TRIP-PLANNING information – including tips on ACCOMMODATION, FESTIVALS and TRANSPORT.

The following ISLANDS section then provides orientation to all the key islands – particularly RAROTONGA and AITUTAKI.

Next, a hand-crafted ITINERARIES & TOURS section suggests a couple of easy-to-follow routes for first-timers to explore the main islands on BICYCLES or SCOOTERS. There’s also an extensive selection of companies who organise the full variety of TOURS on sea or land.

Or, if you have more specific interests, you might dive straight into INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES, the next section of the app. This provides the heads-up on various topics: travelling with KIDS; looking for ART; exploring island HISTORY and CULTURE, including the lowdown on exploring local MARKETS and attending upbeat local church services. Other topics include thorough rundown of the many OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES and a section on WEDDINGS.

Finally, the app gathers together a reliable selection of RESTAURANTS, CAFES and BARS along with a little on SHOPPING to help with souvenir hunting.

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APP FEATURE: TRIP ESSENTIALS
Key before-you-go information, including:
• Accommodation
• Money & Costs
• Health & Safety
• Info, Media & Communications
• Seasons, Festivals & Events
• Transport

ISLANDS
Meet the destinations:
• Aitutaki
• Atiu
• Other Islands
• Rarotonga

ITINERARIES & TOURS
Easy-to-follow itineraries & the full heads-up on tours:
• Aitutaki Tours
• Rarotonga Tours
• Aitutaki In-A-Day
• Rarotonga In-A-Day

APP FEATURE: INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
Backgrounders and practical advice on:
• Art
• Culture
• History
• Kids & Families
• Outdoor Activities
• Weddings & Honeymoons

APP FEATURE: LISTINGS
Where best to eat, drink, shop & more:
• Bars, Pubs & Nightlife
• Cafes & Takeaways
• Entertainment
• Restaurants
• Shopping

APP FEATURE: TECHNICAL
• One-click website LINKS.
• One-click PHONE CALLS (on phones).
• NAVIGATE quickly using the app's global search; internal hyperlinks, and its many images.
• LOCATION info (using your device's GPS).
• Detailed MAPS and the ability to ADD YOUR OWN markers.
• Save and share FAVOURITES.
• Easily CONTACT the author.

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IN-APP PURCHASE:
• The entire contents of Cook Islands' Best is available by installing it above. The only restrictions are that this will only work when you’re online and only with intermittent ads.
• A single, one-off IN-APP PURCHASE eliminates all ads and allows you to take all content (except maps) offline.

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CREDITS
• AUTHOR: A born and bred Kiwi, Craig McLachlan has been writing guidebooks since the late 1990s for Lonely Planet (over 50 editions), including multiple editions of ‘South Pacific’. An ‘island guy’, he specifically loves Polynesia. He lives in NZ, at the southern end of the Polynesian triangle, has an MBA from the University of Hawai’i at its northern end, and has travelled extensively throughout the Pacific.
• ICON: Mitchell Hall@flickr
• FEATURE GRAPHIC: Ron Caswell@flickr

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