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.and he offers a selection of island tours tailor-made to area to the right of the bungalows.A lovely an eye out for you.Lyn Peraua runs a small gift shop at theyour interests  visiting some of the island s ancient clifftop picnic shelter is reached by a short Babe s Place (Map p138; %34092; www.babesplace airport terminal that s open for all incom-marae and battlefields, or exploring the island s unique pathway from the main garden.co.ck; Oneroa) The large open-air bar at Babe s ing flights.You can pick up pupu  ei neck-geology.Tours cost from NZ$30 to NZ$50.Mangaia Lodge (Map p140; %34324; fax 34239; Place is the island s main nightspot, with a laces, pareus, postcards, handmade dollsOneroa; r NZ$35, with meals $50) High on the hillSLEEPING above Oneroa, near the hospital, this largePUPU  EIThere are a couple of organised places to colonial-style lodge has three plain bed-Mangaia is famous throughout the Cook Islands for its bright yellow necklaces, made from thestay on Mangaia, but you could also consider rooms, a kitchen and a sunny, enclosedshell of the pupu, or land snail, Orobophana flavescens.Usually worn around the neck in thickstaying in a local house or in a local village terrace overlooking the grassy gardens.strands, but sometimes used as a tarae (decorative hatband), the gift of a dozen pupu  ei is thehall.All the places to stay on Mangaia make The accommodation is pretty basic, andtraditional Mangaian gift for departing friends and relatives.some provision for guests food, either cook- the separate shared toilet/shower block isYou ll often see the island mama (older ladies) crouched down in the thick foliage collectinging meals for you or allowing you to prepare rustic to say the least, but the owners arepupu by the side of the road, especially after heavy rainfall.The shells are cleaned and then boiledyour own.Babe s Place, Aramoana Bunga- very welcoming and you ll feel very much ain caustic soda to remove the snails inside, which gives them their distinctive colour, althoughlows and Mangaia Lodge can be booked via part of village life.The prices listed includesometimes they re boiled in bleach first to turn them white.Rarer species of snails have orange orthe travel agents on Rarotonga (see p56).breakfast; otherwise you do your own cook-even black shells, and are highly prized by pupu makers.The shells are then individually piercedFor groups of four or more people, ing (meals can be arranged by request forwith a needle and threaded to make the finished  ei.It s a time-consuming business.there s also the option of staying at one of NZ$15).Since it takes around 400 to 500 pupu to make a single  ei strand, it s rather less common toOneroa s community halls.They each have Liz & Tuaine Papatua (Map p140; %34164; On-see visitors being given them as departure gifts these days, so you ll probably have to make dofully equipped kitchens, showers and foam eroa; r per person NZ$35, with meals NZ$50) This localwith buying your own.On Rarotonga, pupu  ei from Mangaia fetch as much as NZ$90 a dozen, andmattresses.The cost is about NZ$50 per couple rents a large bedroom in their homethey re even more expensive elsewhere in the Pacific, but you can get them for around NZ$60 anight for the hall, whatever the size of the in the Temakatea section of Oneroa.Thedozen on Mangaia.Ask around to find out where they re currently for sale on the island.group (contact Tupuna at the tourism of- house is near the hospital and overlooksfice for more details).the sea.M A N G A I AMANGAIA© Lonely Planet Publications144 MANGAIA " " Getting There & Away www.lonelyplanet.comand other souvenirs while you re waiting Boatfor your plane.Inter-island cargo ships operate from Raro-The Friday morning market also often tonga to the other islands of the Cooks,has traditional crafts for sale.including Mangaia.See p180.Wood- and stone-carving is also a long-standing tradition on Mangaia  the island GETTING AROUNDis especially renowned for its stone pound- Moana Rentals (Map p140; %34307), in Tava enga,ers and carved-stone axes, but you ll be north of Oneroa, is the main place to hirelucky if you find any for sale.Ask at the motorbikes.Rental is NZ$30 per day withtourism office just in case.a full tank of petrol, and NZ$25 for everysubsequent day.You can also hire bikes andGETTING THERE & AWAY a 4WD truck from Tupuna Tours (p142 )Air You can get petrol at Moana Rentals, orFlights with Air Rarotonga (Map p140; %34888 at Akeke Trading and Kirikiri Store (seein Tava enga; www.airraro.com) operate between p143).Rarotonga and Mangaia four times a Walking is fine, and generally not tooweek.The cost is NZ$270 return  contact strenuous, but the distances are prettyRarotonga-based travel agents (see p56 ) long and you can t count on getting a ridefor package deals, including air fare and from a passing vehicle as there is so littleaccommodation.traffic.© Lonely Planet Publications.To make it easier for you to use, access to this chapter is not digitallyrestricted.In return, we think it s fair to ask you to use it for personal, non-commercial purposesonly.In other words, please don t upload this chapter to a peer-to-peer site, mass email it toeveryone you know, or resell it.See the terms and conditions on our site for a longer way of sayingthe above -  Do the right thing with our content.MANGAIA [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]