Aitutaki Lagoon Private Island Resort

Where the lagoon meets the infinite Pacific, a barefoot island unto itself

Akitua Island, Aitutaki, Cook Islands

The approach alone changes something in you. A small boat crosses water so luminous it barely seems real, turquoise shading into sapphire, the lagoon of Aitutaki stretching in every direction like a secret the South Pacific has been keeping. Then the island appears, small and lush and entirely yours to share with remarkably few others. Aitutaki Lagoon Private Island Resort occupies its own motu, a slender coral islet fringed by white sand and coconut palms, connected to the mainland only by wate...