Welcome to Te Vakaroa Villas, adults-only award-winning beachfront Luxury Villas

Escape to an idyllic paradise

The Cook Islands were first settled in the 6th century by Polynesian people who migrated from Tahiti, an island 1154 km to the northeast of Cook Islands. The first European sighting of Pukapuka (northern islands) by Spanish sailor was in 1595. A Portuguese captain, made the first European landing on Rakahanga (northern islands) in 1606, calling it Gente Hermosa (beautiful people).

British navigator Captain James Cook arrived in 1773 and 1777 and named the islands the Hervey Islands; the name “Cook Islands”, in honour of Cook, appeared on a Russian naval chart published in the 1820s.

Experience luxury like no other

Absolute beachfront on the famed blue water and white sands of Muri Beach, on the island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands Te Vakaroa Villas welcome you to a remarkable adults only luxury gated haven, offering unsurpassed views of Muri Lagoon and beyond the reef to the South Pacific Ocean from all villas.

Sophisticated design

Te Vakaroa (meaning the long canoe) sets new accommodation standards in the Cook Islands with the sophisticated contemporary design of the six x 5 star beachfront one and two bedroom villas by New Zealand based multi award winning and leading architect Lawrence Sumich. We too most recently were awarded World Luxury Hotels, ‘Best Architecture & Design’ Australia and Oceania.