Shipwrecked | Moturakau

fran

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« on: May 2, 2009, 02:24 »

Questions for Mark and Andrew

How big is the Island and are there any inhabitants or is it truly deserted?
Also I see there are tourist there, can people go over for day trips?

Do you get backpackers or only rich tourists, staying at the resorts nearby?

Is it alot smaller than Rapota?

Also how long does it take to fly to the cook Islands from LA?
(I see air newzealand flies once a week) - I guess neither AA or UA fly to the cook Islands.

I thought one would have to go to New Zealand first and then go onto the Cook Islands, but I have heard there is a 6 hour flight from LA, I thought the Cook Islands were alot further away than that.

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Re: Moturakau - Shark Island

« Reply #1 on: May 2, 2009, 19:31 »

Crickey Fran... I dont work for Cook Islands Tourism

heres the map i drew so you can see how big the island is.... http://andrewdearling.weebly.com/3/post/2009/04/final-shark-island-map.html

and here's the google maps link so you can see it in relation to Tigers and other islands: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cook+islands&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=21.698821,57.128906&ie=UTF8&ll=-18.927012,-159.752176&spn=0.016888,0.027895&t=h&z=16

It is actually deserted no one lives there. 2000 people live on the northern island at the top of the lagoon.
the islands are privatly owned and hired out.
you can go for day trips. but not when the shipwreckers are there... you could probably go now, and the stuff we built usually get left on the island until just b4 the next series.

it is smaller than rapota but you can use more of Moturakau because Rapota is mostly rocks. Moturakau is almost entirely made up of sand.

i think it tool me 9 hours from La to rarotonga and 45 mins from raro to aitutaki
we flew with air NZ