Oceania
127
Documented species
1
Parks and reserves
2
Dive sites
127 species found
Based on what we already know about Cook Islands.
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It saved the Rarotonga monarch, a bird down to just 29 individuals in 1989, from total extinction
A lagoon reckoned one of the most beautiful in the South Pacific, with the chance to swim with humpback whales in season.
The archipelago's main island, with a barrier reef ringing the whole coast, accessible at every level.
Giant Clam
Tridacna gigas
Staghorn Coral
Acropora cervicornis
Great Hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Giant Manta
Mobula birostris
Humphead Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Killer Whale
Orcinus orca
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Grey Reef Shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Basking Shark
Cetorhinus maximus
Critically Endangered
