TouchScreenTravels

Our Touch, your Travels…

This is a preview of the full content of our Cook Islands’ Best app.

Please consider downloading this app to support small independent publishing and because:

All content is designed for mobile devices and works best there.
Detailed in-app maps will help you find sites using your device’s GPS.
The app works offline (one time upgrade required on Android versions).

The app will also allow you to:

Add custom locations to the app map (your hotel…).
Create your own list of favourites as you browse.
Search the entire contents using a fast and simple text-search tool.
Make one-click phone calls (on phones).

Money & Costs

Currency

The Cook Islands use the NZ$, but also have their own coins. You’ll be able to use all NZ coins and notes, but might get Cook Island coins in return that you won’t be able to use or exchange back home (although these make excellent souvenirs of your trip).

You’ll find Cook Island 10, 20, and 50-cent coins, plus interestingly shaped $1, $2 and $5 coins. The $1 coin has ‘pie crust’-type curls around the outside, the $2 coin is a triangle and the $5 coin has 12 flat edges around the outside.

Coin photography - 1992 Cook Island 2 dollars

Value-added Tax (VAT)

15% VAT has already been included in the price you see for goods and services – unless stated otherwise.

Costs

The strength of the NZ$ will make perhaps the biggest difference to foreign visitors, but even then the Cook Islands are fairly expensive.

Read the full content in the app

Credit Cards & ATMs

Easy on the main islands

Tipping & Haggling

Not necessary

Images by Craig McLachlan, Kevin Dooley