Description
The Atupa Orchid Units, Rarotonga, offer superior accommodation at low prices. These spick and span, self-contained bungalows are in a beautiful garden setting surrounded by trees, orchids and tropical plants. English and German spoken.
Location
This quiet, secluded area lies just one kilometre west of Avarua, Rarotonga’s main town. A pick-up service from the airport is available. The round-the-island bus service stops outside the gate. There is a bicycle and motorcycle for hire too.
Accommodation
You’ll love the quiet seclusion and tropical garden environment. Each bungalow has its own verandah -- you can enjoy the shade and the friendly atmosphere. These very clean, self-contained units are serviced regularly and have hot and cold showers. Interiors are cool and colorful. Radios and hairdryers are standard. Bedrooms, like the living areas, are fitted with fans and insect screens.
Dining & Entertainment
Each unit has a fully-equipped kitchen and refrigerator. There is an outside barbecue area. Atupa Orchid Units is close to restaurants and shops and convenient to the main town of Rarotonga - Avarua, where you find all the Supermarkets,Shops, Market, Bars, Restaurants, Nightclubs, Booking Offices, Bowling Club, Golf Club. Close to the Harbour for Diving, sailing around the island, rowing and paddling, and cvlose to the only mountain trek over the needle.
Facilities
The Atupa Orchid Units Motel has 6 units. They are very clean, screened, modern, spacious and tastefully furnished. The bedrooms have queen size, double or single beds (as requested by guests) Some rooms have TV, but all have radio, fans, hairdryer and iron on request. Telephone, Fax and Internet in main house, Free luggage storage. Flowers on arrival in rooms and in season fruits. Airport transfers available.
Activities
You’ll love the quiet seclusion and tropical garden environment. There is a free paperback library. The owner, Ingrid Caffery and her son, Mario, speak and write English, German and Dutch as well as some French. Both also are experienced guides and conduct tours of Rarotonga by car and bus.
TOUR 1 lasts three and a half hours and TOUR 4 is four hours. On these tours you will travel the ancient back road -- the Ara Metua -- and will be introduced to the fauna and flora of the island. Tours stop at the Sailing Club, Muri Beach and at Ngatangiia harbor, the historical starting point for the Polynesian migrations to New Zealand.
The tours carry on to Avarua, stopping at the Arai-Te-Tonga, the court and meeting place of ancient peoples, old churches and Pa Ariki’s Marae.
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