The Aitutaki Lagoon Private Island Resort in the Cook Islands is on the market — and if you have $23 million to spare, it looks pretty stunning. The 27-acre private island resort — which claims to be ...

Standing on the bow of our boat, gently cruising across the lagoon, everything suddenly feels unreal. How can water possibly be so clear? How can these tiny desert islands we're passing by exist ...

The Cook Islands more than live up to the South Pacific dream. No wonder Captain Bligh's men took the mutinous decision to stay. On April 11 1789, His Majesty's ship Bounty came across a supremely ...

Fancy quitting your job, packing it all in, and moving to a stunning island? Do you also happen to have a spare £17 million? If the answer to both questions is yes, you’re in luck. If the answer to ...

Forget Hawaii or Tahiti, when it comes to hip-swinging sex appeal. The Cook Islanders insist that they're the best dancers in the Pacific, and there's no better place to catch an "island night" ...

Aboard Richard Story's Marguerite cruise, Aitutaki. Photo / Jonathan Milne Aitutaki's world-famous lagoon has never been so calm and unruffled as this year. As we walk across the sand bar across from ...

This year's World Travel Awards has uncovered one of the best-kept secrets of the South Seas: a paradise of lazy days and lively evenings Anna Selby has been a journalist for 30 years, covering travel ...