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All places →Aroa beachDon't missOutdoorsThe west coast is where the sun goes down and Aroa is where I kept ending up to watch it. Shallow, calm, coral rubble underfoot rather than pure sand, and a reef line close enough in that the water inside it barely moves. I have eleven photographs of one sunset here and I am not sorry about any of them. Bring reef shoes and go about an hour before it drops.AvaavaroaDon't missActivitiesThis is a dive site rather than somewhere you walk to, out past the passage on the south side where the lagoon drains out to the open sea. Big coral heads with sand between them, blue water going dark below, and enough current that you go when the boat says to go rather than when you feel like it. Two dives in a morning and I would have done a third.SailsDon't missFood & drinkA deck built out over the water with white tables on it and nothing between you and the lagoon. Lunch with your feet more or less in the sea. Book a table at the front or it is not the same thing. Highly recommend this restaurant!SandalsDon't missFood & drinkTables on the sand with the whole of Muri lagoon in front of them and a motu sitting in the middle of the view. The food was good and the view was doing most of the work, which on Rarotonga is a fair deal. Go at lunch when the lagoon is at its brightest.