We took a vacation to the Cook islands between Tahiti and Fifi, and a little south. Seven nights on Rarotonga at Little Polynesian and 5 nights on Aitutaki at Tamanu beach resort.
View from the restaurant at Little Polynesian. The tables over look the pool and beach.
There was one good sunset while we were there
The free breakfast was a fruit plate and toast with coffee and orange juice.
Another fruit plate. They were different everyday.
The beach in front of the pool had these lounge chairs.
Front porch of our cabana was right on the beach.
Later on Aitutaki we were in one of these cabins.
Across from the Little Polynesian there was a botanical garden with a few flowers.
On Aitutaki we took a snorkeling tour and stopped on this island where the red tail tropic birds nest.
The cruise boat.
On Atituki our resort put on a small isand night show with a buffet.
Fire dancers
View of the lagoon in front of Aitutaki's Tamanu beach resort. All the dark areas in the water are coral where we snorkeled and saw many fish.
This is from the restaurant near the airport before we flew out. It was my best chance to get a gecko photo.
Following are many of the fish we saw while snorkeling.
Spotted Box fish.
Yellow Spotted Box fish.
Sea Turtle
Crochet butterflyfish
School of Convict Tang and White spotted Surgeonfish.
White spotted Surgeonfish
Bannerfish
Striped Large-eye Bream
Yellow Goatfish
Humbug Damsel fish
Green puffer
Redfin Butterfly
Redfin Butterflyfish
Longnose Butterflyfish
Racoon Butterflyfish
Sunset Wrasse
Sunset Wrasse
Yelllow Goatfish, Blue cleaner Wrasse, Parrot fish, and Sunset Wrasse
Adorned Wrasse
Checkerboard Wrasse
Bird Wrasse
Six barred Wrasse
3 spot Wrasse?
Blue starfish
Moorish Idol
Christmas tree worm
Sailfin tang
Saddle Butterfly fish, Parrotfish, dark tangs?
Parrot fish
Parrot fish
Orange spined Surgeon fish, Blue cleaner wrasse
Blue cleaner wrasse
Harlequin Bass
Lemonpeel Angelfish
Imperial Angelfish Juv
Picasso Triggerfish
Pink coral
Blue-green Chromis
Redfin Butterfly fish and Lemonpeel Angel fish
3 barred pennant fish
Spot-stripped Butterfly fish.
Chevron Butterfly fish
Threadfin Butterfly fish, Juv
Giant white spotted puffer fish
Porcupine puffer fish
Giant Clam
Giant Clam
Giant Trevally
Blue-green Chromis
Double saddle Butterfly fish
Double saddle Butterfly fish
Purple coral and 3 spot wrasse
Blue coral
Blue chromis
Moray eel
Bennets Butterfly fish
Chevon butterfly, Reticulated butterfly, and red fin butterfly.
Blue spotted grouper and recticulated butterfly
Recticulated Butterfly fish
Ornate Butterfly fish.
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