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Ariki Adventures
Ariki Adventures
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Scuba & SnorkellingWater SportsStand Up Paddleboarding
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
About
ARIKI ADVENTURES offers you a range of fun activities including Lagoon, Ocean and Turtle Sea Scooter Safaris, Snorkel Tours and our world famous Night Paddle SUP & Kayak Tours. All Ariki Bungalows guests receive a 10% Discount on all Ariki Adventures. We also offer tour combinations to suit your adventurous spirit
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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Sue M
Gore, New Zealand36 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
This was a great tour. The scooters enabled us to go further out than the other tour companies. We had a guide on a paddleboard with spare equipment plus 2 guides swimming. Our guides found and pointed out the turtles, manta rays and other fish & corals. I had trouble with my mask so would rcommend taking your own if you have one. Scooters were easy to operate. Go pros can be attached to the scooter.
While I enjoyed it, our adult kids did the Go Local tour, which was cheaper and provided underwater photos of their trip for free plus a breakfast of tropical fruits when they got back to shore.
Written 25 June 2022
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Thanks for the review Sue. Great to hear the kids had a tour with our mates at Go Local. Kia Manuia
Written 1 July 2022
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Natalie Donovan
10 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022
I did the open sea scooter ship wreck tour. Truly magical experience. We went beyond the reef and was able to see the spectacular views of the sun rays streaming through the crystal clear deep blue ocean to the coral reef 15-20 metres below us. One of the guides (Leah?) free dove down to pick up a pineapple sea cucumber off the ocean floor for us to touch and hold which was pretty special and incredible creature, before returning it back to the ocean floor.
Stopped regularly in the water to marvel back at the island and to take in the surrounding including the coral and fish below us.
We travelled over the ship wreck that sits just past the reef and held of the story about how it got stranded. All the different features that were still visible were pointed out to us. The ship was much larger than expected. Never been so close to a ship wreck before so that was cool.
The guides were amazing and had great knowledge. Very confident in the open water too which was comforting.
Highly recommend the experience!
Written 17 April 2022
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We think the Shipwreck is pretty amazing too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We have some exciting developments coming for our ocean sea scooter safaris in the not too distant future. See you back again soon.
Written 12 May 2022
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Adrienne
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Couples
An absolute must do if your wanting to tick a close turtle encounter off your bucket list. The scooters also provide a fun, unique touch which allowed us to drive deeper and faster, further enhancing our already close turtle encounters. The staff were welcoming and knowledgeable. They even went above and beyond, providing us a classic Raro-style ride back to our resort after the tour as we were unable to organise vehicle hire the previous day. This exceptional service in addition to an amazing turtle encounter is why we would absolutely recommend Ariki Adventures to our friends and family for future visits.
Written 16 November 2022
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Metaki maata for the review guys. It was a pleasure hosting you and we hope to see you again soon. Kia Manuia
Written 20 November 2022
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Cheryl B
Denver, CO130 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Solo
This tour was definitely more positive than negative. Most of my group were doing the scooter tour, but I was doing the snorkeling tour only which netted me a private guide so that was a win. The water was clear enough and I saw fish, at least a dozen turtles, rays and even an eel. So that was all good fun. The guide picked up a sea cucumber and a starfish for me to check out. The reason I’m knocking a star off was that the guide spent a lot of time bad mouthing the other companies, and I’m not sure if it was a language barrier, or just disinterest, but sort of dodging my questions about the environment and the things I was seeing. Once on shore he quickly turned his attention to the next group without so much is a good bye or Thank you. also, all of the scooter people seem to be having their picture taken for purchase, but I never did.
Written 24 October 2023
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Sara K
Clayton, MO13 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Couples
We did the sea scooter turtle safari. It was amazing! We met up at Ariki Adventures in Muri and then were brought to the snorkeling location (those with a car met up and then drove separately). The guides were all friendly and very knowledgeable. You can attach your go-pronto the sea scooter to take pictures when snorkeling. We saw turtles, eels, beautiful fish and starfish. I believe kids have to be 12 and up to participate but this would be a great activity with kids that age provided they are comfortable swimming and snorkeling.
Written 19 January 2020
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Thank you Sara for the review. We're happy you enjoyed coming out with us!
Written 29 January 2020
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Mark
8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2022 • Couples
We went out for the Night SUP Tour in the Muri lagoon. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Amazing friendly staff, the lights under the boards lit up the lagoon nicely and the view from a Stand Up Paddleboard is hard to beat.
Also the day before we stopped in at the new Ariki shop location, purchased a flash new rashy and grabbed a delicious smoothie from the Flying Turtle Cafe.
BTW on our previous visit we did the Turtle Scooter Tour which was super amazing as well. Might do it again.......
Highly recommend Ariki Adventures
Written 1 April 2022
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Thanks so much for the review Mark. See you again soon. All the best for 2022!
Written 16 April 2022
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tarah64
Auckland, New Zealand12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
Initially we were booked in to do the Sea Turtle Safari (we'd done it 4 years earlier with Ariki Adventures and just loved it) but due to rough sea conditions where the Turtle Safari is done we were given the option to do the Shipwreck Safari instead. We were able to see a truly beautiful array of coral and sea life that isn't possible from snorkelling inside the lagoon (they take you out past the lagoon) and the water was just so beautiful and clear. And we saw a sea turtle, which was great, as that's what we had wanted to see. Unfortunately the visibility around the shipwreck wasn't too good so I can't really comment on that part of the tour. Safety is huge with this company The staff are amazing too, they are the nicest bunch of people.
Written 16 August 2022
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Tara B
2 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 • Family
Such an awesome tour. This is the 2nd tour we’ve been on and this was the best. The scooters give it the edge over all other turtle tours and so worth it. Friendly guides make the tour great. Such good value for money. an awesome experience. A must do. Would definitely do again!!
Only downfall was the go pro we paid for to capture our footage wasn’t charged so we couldn’t get as many pics as we would’ve liked. We did get a refund but would’ve preferred our own personal go pro to capture all pics we wanted. Other then that, no issues!
Written 12 March 2023
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Kia Orana and thank you so much for your lovely review. Sorry to hear about the GoPro situation, glad that it all got sorted. Look forward to seeing you again. Kind Regards Jane
Written 14 March 2023
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Suelikesbikes
Blenheim, New Zealand30 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022
Loved the whole experience. Thoughtful and thorough introduction to the scooters. felt quite safe as we practiced with the scooters before heading out. we had 4 staff with us , lead guide, another guide herding the stragglers, a guide in the inflatable who stayed close at hand, and a cameraman who took some great photos of us, and more importantly, the turtles.
Written 10 November 2022
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HappyMum1999
Hamilton, New Zealand75 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Family
Excellent communication from Ariki Adventures, fabulous friendly staff, great equipment.
We were with a large group doing the Lagoon Sea Scooter Safari and we all felt very safe and looked after at all times.
The coral and fish we saw were beautiful, well worth the trip.
Written 6 October 2022
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We are glad you enjoy your Tour! Meitaki Maata
Written 13 October 2022
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