There are 6 ways to get from Manchester to Cook Islands by train, plane, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)LHR - RAR
33h 16m$1,275–3,890Fly from Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)MAN - RAR
33h 13m$755–2,919Train to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)LPL - RAR
35h 36m$811–2,543Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)LGW - RAR
39h 23m$820–2,298Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to York
- Take the train from York to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)NCL - RAR
38h 49m$885–3,317Train, ferry to Dublin Airport, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Chester
- Take the train from Chester to Holyhead
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)DUB - RAR
40h 19m$872–2,710
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Cook Islands is to train and fly which costs $800 - $2,300 and takes 39h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Cook Islands is to fly which takes 33h 13m and costs $750 - $3,000.
The distance between Manchester and Cook Islands is 16531 km.
It takes approximately 33h 16m to get from Manchester to Cook Islands, including transfers.
Cook Islands is 10h behind Manchester. It is currently 10:18 PM in Manchester and 12:18 PM in Cook Islands.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Cook Islands?
Virgin Atlantic, Hawaiian Airlines, and eight other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) once daily.
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,600
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,400
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Vancouver, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,700
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,300
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,900
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
- Website
- airraro.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,600
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,400
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Liverpool to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Vancouver, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,700
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,300
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,900
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via Dublin Airport, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Rarotonga International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, San Francisco, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Seattle, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Portland, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Calgary, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Vancouver, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–4,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Calgary, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Calgary, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Las Vegas, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Los Angeles, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rarotonga International Airport via Calgary, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–250
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Victoria to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–27
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $33–35
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from York to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Chester to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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