Go Local Cook Islands

KIA ORANA, WE ARE THE GO LOCAL BOYS!

Our tour adventure business idea started with best mates Donald Hallin(Dee) and John Young(Johnny) as teenage boys, when Dee was working at the local dive shop in Rarotonga. Johnny dropped out of school at the age of 16 and was at that time working at Upwind fixing boats and surfboards.

As young boys we used to dream of being pro surfers. We wanted nothing else but to be in the ocean. We learnt at a young age how to surf and spearfish, and picked up skills through experiences of going out in the water with our mates. We used to take off from work early not caring about money or material things. We were all about the adventure, and being wild and discovering our love for the sea.

Someone we have to give credit to as young men growing up was Pa Teuruaa. A well known elder and icon in the Cook Islands community today for being the first to swim from Mo'orea to Tahiti in 1985. A former Ironman, lifeguard, surfer and tour guide for almost 30 years, Pa always encouraged us as young men about the ocean, to keep surfing and not to give up when we experienced negative challenges.

Today we like to call ourselves qualified beach bums. Nothing will ever deter us from the ocean life, this is where we live, and our persistent love for the sea shows when we take our guests out on our ocean tours. We are a team of 7 guides, all fully trained and experienced in our passages and waters. We have the knowledge on everything about the tides, passages and the open water most importantly the protection and sustainability of our marine life which is a priority.

We are offering surfing and body boarding tours, turtle and eagle ray tours, fishing charters, spearfishing adventures, bush walks in our beautiful valleys, and over the reef free diving tours.