If golf is your game, even if you are only a casual golfer, don’t miss out on enjoying the 9 holes of the Rarotongan Golf Club, located at Nikao near Black Rock. The club opens six days a week from 8am. You can hire a half set of clubs and green fees are very reasonable. If you decide to stay for a drink after the game, Saturdays make a good day to choose as this is club day.

Golfers who missed hitting the radio antennae and guy wires on the Rarotonga course can try again at the nine-hole course at the Aitutaki Golf Club, on the north end of the island between the airport and the sea. Balls hit onto the runway used to be playable, but broken clubs and increasing air traffic put an end to that. You can rent equipment at the clubhouse. The club has neither a phone nor regular hours, but the hotels and guesthouses can arrange rentals and tee times. Members are more likely to volunteer to mow the greens between May and August than during the wetter summer months