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Rarotonga Airport Public Bus Recommendations


 
IHateTaxis.com recommends the Rarotonga Airport public bus.

Taking the Rarotonga Airport bus is a relatively convenient and inexpensive option that gets you to numerous locations across the island.


Rarotonga Airport Public Bus Fares & Payment


 
Rarotonga Airport Public Bus Payment: Exact cash fare • Pre-paid tickets/tokens/pass

NZD 3 regardless of distance travelled, NZD 5 for return trips. A book of 10 tickets costs NZD 20. All day passes available for NZD 10 per person or NZD 20 per family.


Rarotonga Airport Public Bus Details

Public Rarotonga Airport Bus

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Rarotonga Airport bus service is available.

 

The public Island Bus runs round the island in both directions every hour. The Rarotonga Airport stop is outside the RSA night club, just across the car park from the terminal.


Clockwise Timings (figures in brackets are the minutes past each hour): Cooks Corner Avarua (00), Portofino (01), Paradise Inn (02), Club Raro (04), Kiikii Motel (05), Ariana Bungalows (06), Sunrise Beach Motel (10), Avana Condos (11), Aroko Bungalows (13), Sokala Villas (14), Pacific Resort (15), Muri Sailing Club & Beachcomber (16), Vara's Beach House (17), Are Mango Guest House & Shangri-La Cottages (18), Little Polynesian & Moana Sands (20), Palm Grove Motel (25), Vaima Restaurant (26), Daydreamer Motel (27), Rarotongan Resort Hotel (30), Lagoon Lodges (32), Backpackers Intl & Puaikura Reef Lodge (33), Ati's Beach Bungalows (35), Arorangi Lodges (36), Are Renga Motel (37), Manuia Beach Hotel (38), Edgewater Resort (40), Sunset Resort/Oasis (41), Golf Club (43), airport (46), CITC Supermarket (48) & Cooks Corner Avarua (50). Mon-Fri buses leave 0700-1600. On Saturdays 08:00-13:00. The clockwise bus runs on Sundays 08:00-12:00 & 14:00-16:00 only.


Anti-Clockwise Timings (figures in brackets are the minutes past each hour): Cooks Corner Avarua (25), Punanganui Market (26), CITC Supermarket (27), AIRPORT (30), Golf Club (37), Sunset Resort/Oasis (39), Edgewater Resort (40), Manuia Beach Hotel (43), Are Renga Motel (44), Arorangi Lodges (45), Ati's Beach Bungalows (46), Backpackers Intl & Puaikura Reef Lodge (47), Lagoon Lodges (48), Rarotongan Resort Hotel (50), Daydreamer Motel (52), Vaima Restaurant (53), Palm Grove Motel (55), Little Polynesian & Moana Sands (59), Are Mango Guest House & Shangri-La Cottages (02), Vara's Beach House (03), Muri Sailing Club & Beachcomber (04), Pacific Resort (05), Sokala Villas (06), Aroko Bungalows (07), Avana Condos (08), Sunrise Beach Motel (09), Ariana Bungalows (13), Kiikii Motel (14), Club Raro (15), Paradise Inn (18) & Cooks Corner Avarua (20). Monday to Friday buses leave 08:25-16:25, on Saturdays 0825-1225 and no Sunday service.


The Island Bus runs a night service Monday to Thursday in a clockwise direction only every hour (as above) 18:00-23:00. Friday nights 18:00-22:00 then at midnight at 02:00. There is no Sunday night service.


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Last Updated: 16 Sep 2023