travel42 Port Guide: Atiu

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This island has nice beaches, limestone caves, marae (temple) ruins and a good lagoon for shelling. It's relatively easy to get to: It's served daily by flights on Air Rarotonga. Even so, you'll often have Atiu pretty much to yourself. Accommodations there—and on all outer islands except Aitutaki—should be arranged in advance through a Rarotonga-based travel agent.

Explore the networks of underground caves, but be sure you have a guide: They are as complex as they are interesting. Takit...