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General Description
Experience Rarotonga’s best beach resort. Slip off your watch, your shoes, your cares and immerse yourself in paradise at the renowned Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa on the island’s best beach and crystal clear lagoon. Here on the island’s sought-after southwest sunshine coast you’ll discover the Aroa Lagoon Marine Reserve, a snorkeller’s paradise and Rarotonga’s best snorkelling spot where you can play with the jewel-coloured reef fish to your heart’s content (at all tides!). Join the resort’s friendly Activities Team to hand-feed the fish, go on a Night Snorkelling Safari, paddle a vaka (outrigger), husk a coconut, dance the ‘ura (hula), or make an ei (lei) – all as part of the resort’s wealth of complimentary activities.
When you’re yearning for a true tropical island escape – complete with warm sun, sand, sea, and the incomparable spirit of the South Seas – the iconic Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa awaits you.
Ask about The Rarotongan’s beautiful Beachfront Suites, Honeymoon Bungalow with private pool, or new luxury 3-bedroom private pool villas. For couples in love, there’s a Personal Wedding Planner to create your dream island wedding, right beside Aroa Lagoon, the Lagoon of Love.
You can find a number of resorts on Rarotonga, but only at The Rarotongan can you truly find Rarotonga in your resort.
Overview
* Business Centre * Restaurant
* Cafe * Ice Cream Parlour
* Poolside Bar * Beauty Salon
* Fire Safety * Gift Shop
* Handicapped Facilities * Ice Machines
* In House Security * Lounge
* Luggage Storage * Non Smoking Rooms
* Outdoor Parking * Safety Deposit Box
Exterior
Low rise building, with a Spa. Tennis courts, 3 beach volleyball courts and a 9-hole golf course as well as a bowling green. Marine sanctuary directly in front of hotel.
Lobby
Medium size lobby, with a shop and tour desk. Games room with pool table and table tennis.
Experience Rarotonga’s best beach resort. Slip off your watch, your shoes, your cares and immerse yourself in paradise at the renowned Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa on the island’s best beach and crystal clear lagoon. Here on the island’s sought-after southwest sunshine coast you’ll discover the Aroa Lagoon Marine Reserve, a snorkeller’s paradise and Rarotonga’s best snorkelling spot where you can play with the jewel-coloured reef fish to your heart’s content (at all tides!). Join the resort’s friendly Activities Team to hand-feed the fish, go on a Night Snorkelling Safari, paddle a vaka (outrigger), husk a coconut, dance the ‘ura (hula), or make an ei (lei) – all as part of the resort’s wealth of complimentary activities.
When you’re yearning for a true tropical island escape – complete with warm sun, sand, sea, and the incomparable spirit of the South Seas – the iconic Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa awaits you.
Ask about The Rarotongan’s beautiful Beachfront Suites, Honeymoon Bungalow with private pool, or new luxury 3-bedroom private pool villas. For couples in love, there’s a Personal Wedding Planner to create your dream island wedding, right beside Aroa Lagoon, the Lagoon of Love.
You can find a number of resorts on Rarotonga, but only at The Rarotongan can you truly find Rarotonga in your resort.
Overview
* Business Centre * Restaurant
* Cafe * Ice Cream Parlour
* Poolside Bar * Beauty Salon
* Fire Safety * Gift Shop
* Handicapped Facilities * Ice Machines
* In House Security * Lounge
* Luggage Storage * Non Smoking Rooms
* Outdoor Parking * Safety Deposit Box
Exterior
Low rise building, with a Spa. Tennis courts, 3 beach volleyball courts and a 9-hole golf course as well as a bowling green. Marine sanctuary directly in front of hotel.
Lobby
Medium size lobby, with a shop and tour desk. Games room with pool table and table tennis.
Luxury Hotel Accommodation
Rooms
Garden Room - At The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa, our 54 Garden Rooms are nestled within the lush tropical gardens, and offer the full range of standard features and services. Half of these standard guest rooms are on ground level, the other half are on a second storey – but still no taller than a coconut tree! The Garden Rooms are located in our 400 and 500 villages, and are decorated in a contemporary Pacific style. Garden Rooms – despite being set within the gardens amidst hibiscus, banana and coconut palms – are about 30 seconds walk from the water’s edge of Aroa Beach and Marine Reserve! All Garden Rooms are interconnected, affording great flexibility for families and groups.
Beachfront Room - The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa is Rarotonga’s most beachfront resort, with an enviable location right along the island’s best beach, Aroa Beach, overlooking the sparkling blue waters of Aroa Lagoon, the Lagoon of Love. The 24 Beachfront Rooms are standard guest rooms located on absolute beachfront, enjoying views across the white sandy beach and blue lagoon, as well as excellent views of the island’s stunning tropical sunsets.
The Beachfront Rooms offer the full range of our standard features and services, and are located in our 300 village at the western end of Aroa Beach. Half of these standard guest rooms are on ground level, the other half are on a second storey. Which one is better depends on whether you prefer direct access to the beach from your verandah, or a vaulted ceiling and views across the beach and lagoon from your upper-storey deck.
Interconnected Beachfront Rooms are also available on request but subject to availability.
Deluxe Beachside Suite - Located beachside on the white sands of Aroa Beach, close to the water’s edge (but without a full direct ocean view), the Deluxe Beachside Suites are spacious, modern accommodations with a delightful tropical ambience. All Deluxe Suites in the 100 and 200 villages are at ground level and feature a spa bath and private open-air outdoor shower.
The Deluxe Beachside Suites differ from the Deluxe Beachfront Suites in their aspect to the lagoon, with the Deluxe Beachside Suites being close to the beach but at an angle not affording a full direct sea view. The Rarotongan offers 18 Deluxe Beachside Suites, and these are located in our 100 and 200 villages, with three other Deluxe Beachside Suites nestled within each of the 400, 500 and 600 villages.
The Deluxe Beachside Suites are ideal for guests seeking the comfort and convenience of extra space and amenities, plus closer proximity to the resort’s central facilities, whether couples or families.
Beachfront Suite - Situated directly on the white sands of Aroa Beach with superb lagoon views, the Beachfront Suites are The Rarotongan’s premier suites and offer a distinctive island experience with beautiful appointments including a fabulous Italian tiled bathroom with black pearl accents, rain tree vanity top with over-size designer porcelain basin, commissioned lighting and artwork, cane furniture, tropical kauri wardrobe and desk, and excellent indoor-outdoor flow through wide-opening sliding doors framed in tropical kauri.
And with their rattan-lined walls and thatched roof, staying in a Beachfront Suite feels like being in your own Polynesian paradise – complete with all the creature comforts, of course. Set within our 600 and 700 villages, The Rarotongan’s Beachfront Suites are a stylish, stunning new suite complete with an absolute-beachfront location on the secluded eastern end of Aroa Beach, for added privacy. Beachfront Suites are larger than standard Beachfront Rooms.
Deluxe Beachfront Suite - Located beachfront on the white sands of Aroa Beach with a direct sea view, the Deluxe Beachfront Suites are spacious, modern accommodations with a delightful tropical ambience. All Deluxe Beachfront Suites are located in our 200 village at ground level and feature a spa bath and private open-air outdoor shower. The Rarotongan offers just 6 Deluxe Beachfront Suites, ideal for guests seeking the comfort and convenience of extra space and amenities, along with an absolute beachfront location and views of the eastern end of Aroa Beach and Lagoon – along with those dazzling tropical sunsets.
Grand Beachfront Suite - The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa offers just 4 Grand Beachfront Suites offering absolute beachfront locations directly on Aroa Beach overlooking the Marine Reserve and located at ground level in our 100 and 200 villages. They feature very large, spacious open-plan interiors with cool terracotta tiles throughout, a Californian super king bed, bathroom with spa bath / shower, private open air shower, dining and sitting areas (with sound system and LCD TV). All 4 Grand Beachfront Suites are fully self-contained, with a kitchen featuring breakfast bar, microwave, stovetop, refrigerator with freezer, and coffee maker. The expansive verandah offers excellent indoor-outdoor flow and leads directly onto Aroa Beach. Each Suite also features a private upper sundeck with bird’s eye views of the beach and lagoon. Suites accept up to 3 adults (with the third person charge), or up to 2 adults and 4 (four) children, making them ideal for larger families.
Honeymoon Bungalow - Nestled in its own completely secluded, lush tropical garden, this is your own personal paradise, complete with your own ‘water features’ including private swimming pool, luminous open-air shower, outdoor ‘starlet’ spa bath on the verandah, and couple’s sauna! Featuring elegant polished tropical wooden floors, rattan-lined walls, chocolate-coloured water-hyacinth furniture, LCD TV, privately-commissioned lighting laced with black pearl shell, and spacious bathroom with raintree vanity top and over-sized double basins, the Honeymoon Bungalow offers an incredible sense of freedom with spectacular indoor-outdoor flow through four wide openings onto the verandah. The Honeymoon Bungalow features a unique design with a broad wraparound verandah and a high, thatched roof providing a fabulous sense of space and island romance, and the broad encircling deck means that sun-lovers can follow the sun all day in complete privacy.
Two bedroom Beachside Suite - The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa offers just 2 x Two-Bedroom Beachside Suites, and these are in very high demand. They feature a sitting and dining room which opens out onto a spacious verandah. a master bedroom (with king bed) which also opens out onto the verandah, a second bedroom with two single beds, a full kitchen,a tiled bathroom with spa bath/shower, and a separate toilet. The sitting room is equipped with LCD TV and DVD, sofa, armchairs, and dining table and chairs that can be used for dining inside or al fresco. These Suites accept up to 4 adults (at no extra room charge), or 2 adults and up to 4 children. The second bedroom can be configured to best suit your requirements, whether that be as two single beds, as two bunk beds (ie 4 beds), or as a double bed for a couple. And the master bedroom can be converted from one king bed to two single beds, in the case of 4 adults who need to be accommodated as 2 x twin share.
Taira Taparo "Lime Blossom" Villa Estate - Set on Rarotonga’s sunshine coast, the Cook Islands’ only private luxury villa estate occupies a vast 1300 square metres. A heritage home hand-built by the legendary Captain Andy Thompson and named after his trading schooner the ‘Tiare Taporo’ (Lime Blossom), today it offers a vast swimming pool, entertainment deck with surround-sound, mobile BBQ, outdoor spa, poolside pavilion with daybeds, luxury Blue Bathhouse, sauna, spacious living / dining room, kitchen with casual dining, laundry, four flat screen TVs, broadband and WiFi, iPod Docking Stations, and PlayStation3 consoles. All three bedrooms offer stunning four-poster, super king beds draped with romantic canopies, in-room safes and private ensuite bathrooms.
A stunning private retreat ideal for wedding, family or corporate groups.
Villa Onemaru 'Soothing Sands' Villa - . This is a 3-bedroom villa complex complete with its own large freshwater swimming pool, ensuites, spa bathroom, outdoor shower, living / dining room, home theatre system, full kitchen as well as outdoor mobile BBQ kitchen, great sunning and entertainment deck - and the piece de resistance, its very own Games Lounge complete with pool table, table soccer, table tennis, board games and card table. There’s even a thatched Pool Pavilion which is so flexible it can be used for the villa’s daybeds, for private dinners, for cocktail parties, birthday parties, Christmas parties, casual alfresco dining or even as a great space for small conferences or breakout meetings. Villa Onemaru, a superb new facility for groups wanting to enjoy being together in a deluxe setting complete with everything a full service resort offers – but all contained within your own private villa resort paradise!
Pamper Package! FREE Upgrade from Beachfront Room - Recieve when staying 7 nights:
FREE! Upgrade from a Beachfront Room to a Beachfront Suite
FREE! 1/2 Hour His & Her Aromatherapy Massage
FREE! Bottle of Fine NEw Zealand Wine
FREE! His & Hers Island Pareus (Sarongs)
Room Facilities
Air-Conditioning, Balcony, CD Player, Colour Television, Ensuite (Private Bathroom), Hairdryer, Iron / Ironing Board, Minibar, Modem / Data Port Connection, Non Smoking Rooms, Radio, Refrigerator, Room Service, Safe in Room, Shaver in Bathroom, Tea / coffee making facilities, Telephone, Voicemail, Laundry Service, Pay TV, Spa, Guest Laundry, Safe Deposit Box, Self Catering (Full Kitchen), Microwave
Check-in Time
2:00 PM
Check-out Time
10:00 AM
Garden Room - At The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa, our 54 Garden Rooms are nestled within the lush tropical gardens, and offer the full range of standard features and services. Half of these standard guest rooms are on ground level, the other half are on a second storey – but still no taller than a coconut tree! The Garden Rooms are located in our 400 and 500 villages, and are decorated in a contemporary Pacific style. Garden Rooms – despite being set within the gardens amidst hibiscus, banana and coconut palms – are about 30 seconds walk from the water’s edge of Aroa Beach and Marine Reserve! All Garden Rooms are interconnected, affording great flexibility for families and groups.
Beachfront Room - The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa is Rarotonga’s most beachfront resort, with an enviable location right along the island’s best beach, Aroa Beach, overlooking the sparkling blue waters of Aroa Lagoon, the Lagoon of Love. The 24 Beachfront Rooms are standard guest rooms located on absolute beachfront, enjoying views across the white sandy beach and blue lagoon, as well as excellent views of the island’s stunning tropical sunsets.
The Beachfront Rooms offer the full range of our standard features and services, and are located in our 300 village at the western end of Aroa Beach. Half of these standard guest rooms are on ground level, the other half are on a second storey. Which one is better depends on whether you prefer direct access to the beach from your verandah, or a vaulted ceiling and views across the beach and lagoon from your upper-storey deck.
Interconnected Beachfront Rooms are also available on request but subject to availability.
Deluxe Beachside Suite - Located beachside on the white sands of Aroa Beach, close to the water’s edge (but without a full direct ocean view), the Deluxe Beachside Suites are spacious, modern accommodations with a delightful tropical ambience. All Deluxe Suites in the 100 and 200 villages are at ground level and feature a spa bath and private open-air outdoor shower.
The Deluxe Beachside Suites differ from the Deluxe Beachfront Suites in their aspect to the lagoon, with the Deluxe Beachside Suites being close to the beach but at an angle not affording a full direct sea view. The Rarotongan offers 18 Deluxe Beachside Suites, and these are located in our 100 and 200 villages, with three other Deluxe Beachside Suites nestled within each of the 400, 500 and 600 villages.
The Deluxe Beachside Suites are ideal for guests seeking the comfort and convenience of extra space and amenities, plus closer proximity to the resort’s central facilities, whether couples or families.
Beachfront Suite - Situated directly on the white sands of Aroa Beach with superb lagoon views, the Beachfront Suites are The Rarotongan’s premier suites and offer a distinctive island experience with beautiful appointments including a fabulous Italian tiled bathroom with black pearl accents, rain tree vanity top with over-size designer porcelain basin, commissioned lighting and artwork, cane furniture, tropical kauri wardrobe and desk, and excellent indoor-outdoor flow through wide-opening sliding doors framed in tropical kauri.
And with their rattan-lined walls and thatched roof, staying in a Beachfront Suite feels like being in your own Polynesian paradise – complete with all the creature comforts, of course. Set within our 600 and 700 villages, The Rarotongan’s Beachfront Suites are a stylish, stunning new suite complete with an absolute-beachfront location on the secluded eastern end of Aroa Beach, for added privacy. Beachfront Suites are larger than standard Beachfront Rooms.
Deluxe Beachfront Suite - Located beachfront on the white sands of Aroa Beach with a direct sea view, the Deluxe Beachfront Suites are spacious, modern accommodations with a delightful tropical ambience. All Deluxe Beachfront Suites are located in our 200 village at ground level and feature a spa bath and private open-air outdoor shower. The Rarotongan offers just 6 Deluxe Beachfront Suites, ideal for guests seeking the comfort and convenience of extra space and amenities, along with an absolute beachfront location and views of the eastern end of Aroa Beach and Lagoon – along with those dazzling tropical sunsets.
Grand Beachfront Suite - The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa offers just 4 Grand Beachfront Suites offering absolute beachfront locations directly on Aroa Beach overlooking the Marine Reserve and located at ground level in our 100 and 200 villages. They feature very large, spacious open-plan interiors with cool terracotta tiles throughout, a Californian super king bed, bathroom with spa bath / shower, private open air shower, dining and sitting areas (with sound system and LCD TV). All 4 Grand Beachfront Suites are fully self-contained, with a kitchen featuring breakfast bar, microwave, stovetop, refrigerator with freezer, and coffee maker. The expansive verandah offers excellent indoor-outdoor flow and leads directly onto Aroa Beach. Each Suite also features a private upper sundeck with bird’s eye views of the beach and lagoon. Suites accept up to 3 adults (with the third person charge), or up to 2 adults and 4 (four) children, making them ideal for larger families.
Honeymoon Bungalow - Nestled in its own completely secluded, lush tropical garden, this is your own personal paradise, complete with your own ‘water features’ including private swimming pool, luminous open-air shower, outdoor ‘starlet’ spa bath on the verandah, and couple’s sauna! Featuring elegant polished tropical wooden floors, rattan-lined walls, chocolate-coloured water-hyacinth furniture, LCD TV, privately-commissioned lighting laced with black pearl shell, and spacious bathroom with raintree vanity top and over-sized double basins, the Honeymoon Bungalow offers an incredible sense of freedom with spectacular indoor-outdoor flow through four wide openings onto the verandah. The Honeymoon Bungalow features a unique design with a broad wraparound verandah and a high, thatched roof providing a fabulous sense of space and island romance, and the broad encircling deck means that sun-lovers can follow the sun all day in complete privacy.
Two bedroom Beachside Suite - The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa offers just 2 x Two-Bedroom Beachside Suites, and these are in very high demand. They feature a sitting and dining room which opens out onto a spacious verandah. a master bedroom (with king bed) which also opens out onto the verandah, a second bedroom with two single beds, a full kitchen,a tiled bathroom with spa bath/shower, and a separate toilet. The sitting room is equipped with LCD TV and DVD, sofa, armchairs, and dining table and chairs that can be used for dining inside or al fresco. These Suites accept up to 4 adults (at no extra room charge), or 2 adults and up to 4 children. The second bedroom can be configured to best suit your requirements, whether that be as two single beds, as two bunk beds (ie 4 beds), or as a double bed for a couple. And the master bedroom can be converted from one king bed to two single beds, in the case of 4 adults who need to be accommodated as 2 x twin share.
Taira Taparo "Lime Blossom" Villa Estate - Set on Rarotonga’s sunshine coast, the Cook Islands’ only private luxury villa estate occupies a vast 1300 square metres. A heritage home hand-built by the legendary Captain Andy Thompson and named after his trading schooner the ‘Tiare Taporo’ (Lime Blossom), today it offers a vast swimming pool, entertainment deck with surround-sound, mobile BBQ, outdoor spa, poolside pavilion with daybeds, luxury Blue Bathhouse, sauna, spacious living / dining room, kitchen with casual dining, laundry, four flat screen TVs, broadband and WiFi, iPod Docking Stations, and PlayStation3 consoles. All three bedrooms offer stunning four-poster, super king beds draped with romantic canopies, in-room safes and private ensuite bathrooms.
A stunning private retreat ideal for wedding, family or corporate groups.
Villa Onemaru 'Soothing Sands' Villa - . This is a 3-bedroom villa complex complete with its own large freshwater swimming pool, ensuites, spa bathroom, outdoor shower, living / dining room, home theatre system, full kitchen as well as outdoor mobile BBQ kitchen, great sunning and entertainment deck - and the piece de resistance, its very own Games Lounge complete with pool table, table soccer, table tennis, board games and card table. There’s even a thatched Pool Pavilion which is so flexible it can be used for the villa’s daybeds, for private dinners, for cocktail parties, birthday parties, Christmas parties, casual alfresco dining or even as a great space for small conferences or breakout meetings. Villa Onemaru, a superb new facility for groups wanting to enjoy being together in a deluxe setting complete with everything a full service resort offers – but all contained within your own private villa resort paradise!
Pamper Package! FREE Upgrade from Beachfront Room - Recieve when staying 7 nights:
FREE! Upgrade from a Beachfront Room to a Beachfront Suite
FREE! 1/2 Hour His & Her Aromatherapy Massage
FREE! Bottle of Fine NEw Zealand Wine
FREE! His & Hers Island Pareus (Sarongs)
Room Facilities
Air-Conditioning, Balcony, CD Player, Colour Television, Ensuite (Private Bathroom), Hairdryer, Iron / Ironing Board, Minibar, Modem / Data Port Connection, Non Smoking Rooms, Radio, Refrigerator, Room Service, Safe in Room, Shaver in Bathroom, Tea / coffee making facilities, Telephone, Voicemail, Laundry Service, Pay TV, Spa, Guest Laundry, Safe Deposit Box, Self Catering (Full Kitchen), Microwave
Check-in Time
2:00 PM
Check-out Time
10:00 AM
Facilities
Dining
Treetops Verandah serves buffet dinners, Waterfalls Pool Terrace, Cafe and Bar for a casual lunch or light meal and for a relaxing dinner. Room service is available.
Treetops Verandah serves buffet dinners, Waterfalls Pool Terrace, Cafe and Bar for a casual lunch or light meal and for a relaxing dinner. Room service is available.
Location
Transportation
The international airport for the Cooks Islands is located on the main island of Rarotonga. Scheduled carriers are: Air New Zealand, Pacific Blue and Air Tahiti. Air Rarotonga provides daily services to the island of Aitutaki and other outer islands.
The international airport for the Cooks Islands is located on the main island of Rarotonga. Scheduled carriers are: Air New Zealand, Pacific Blue and Air Tahiti. Air Rarotonga provides daily services to the island of Aitutaki and other outer islands.
