Pirates and Cannibals

On the surface, the Cook Islands are just another Pacific island paradise. But beneath the surface, you find a colourful history. Some islands are known to have had a cannibalistic past. Other islands are rumoured to hide forgotten pirate treasure. And this is the place where the famous Mutiny on the Bounty took place.

Join Up for a Reality Show

Reality TV show producers recently discovered the Cook Islands. Two series of Shipwrecked and one Survivor series were filmed in the Cook Islands - all three were filmed on the island that is deemed to be one of the most beautiful in the whole Pacific!

Fly for Real in Tropical Paradise

Whether you explore the ancient volcanoes and volcanic rock formations of the southern islands, discover the picturesque lagoons of the northern atolls, are here for a good bout of island hopping, or just want to bring your brolly, slap on some sunscreen and relax on one of the stunning beaches, every single flight in the Cook Islands is exotic and as close to the real thing as possible - that is our promise!

Fly for Real in Tropical Paradise

The Cook Islands are a small and remote island group in the Pacific Ocean. Unlike some of the neighbouring island groups (Fiji and Tahiti), the Cook Islands are still spared from mass tourism and are one of the “insider” locations in the Pacific. The group of 15 different islands is distributed over an area the size of Alaska. The island group features two national parks and several protected areas. You can't get much more remote and wild, untamed nature than some of the spots in the Cook Islands.

Explore the Volcanoes

The southern islands were formed by ancient volcanoes. The high resolution mesh in this scenery let's you experience rugged volcanic rock formations and makes the islands look very real. The highest peak is Te Manga, topping 652 m on Rarotonga. No freeware SRTM mesh can even come close to what the mesh in this scenery offers.

Discover the Atoll Rings

The northern islands are formed by atoll rings, with emerald lagoons surrounded by gorgeous beaches. The island group even features one of the largest atolls in the Pacific! The topography in this scenery brings the atolls to life. You will find realistic natural coastlines and beaches and little islets in the middle of the atolls just like in real life.

This scenery add-on lets you experience the Cook Islands almost like you could in real life. You have the freedom to explore the Cooks without ever visiting - this is the next best thing to visiting for real.

Fly Over Real Terrain

This scenery includes a 40 m mesh, which makes the islands much more rugged and realistic. Rarotanga now stands out as a real volcanic island as do the other islands of volcanic origin. You can see cliffs and rock formations just as they appear in real life. You also get a realistic land cover and perfect water colours. You can now explore native villages which were completely missing in the default. You can see native bush, swamps, and farmland.

Enjoy Real Beaches

We provide you with realistic coastlines in all detail with little bays and inlets. Each island is realistically surrounded by the bright colours of the coral reefs. We've made sure that the beach scenery in the Cook Islands looks just like the real life ones! In addition to realistic beaches, you also get all the small islands that were omitted from the default scenery. Now you can enjoy realistically shaped atoll rings that are formed from little islands and also see little islets in the lagoons.

Follow the Real Roads

You get the same attention to detail inland. Now you can explore the real road network on each island. Most of the roads are coral white, just like in the real world. You will also see accurate lakes and rivers. All of this detail adds immensely to the feeling of actually being there. On top of all of this, you will find various 3D objects, such as native huts, hotel complexes, and churches distributed around the island.

Land on 11 Airstrips

Now you can fly to all of the 11 airports that exist in real life, including the two decommissioned ones. All airports are at their correct location and have their layout modeled after their real life counterparts. Most of the strips are bush strips which will welcome the adventurous pilot. The two bigger airports also have been reconstructed to include much more realistic layout and services.

Fly the Adventure

To make the Cook Islands experience even more realistic, you can choose from four weather scenarios. These include dominant and typical weather patterns, such as easterly trade winds and even a cyclone scenario. You can also fly seven individual flight plans which allow you to recreate a real-life flying experience in the Cooks. The flight plans include exciting real-life scenarios, such as black pearl farming, treasure hunting, and search and rescue after a cyclone disaster..

Notice the detail in this snapshot. This shows the island of Rarotonga with 40 m mesh and the included roads, rivers, and coastlines.

The default mesh is just a big blob and there is only one basic circular road and a very simplified coastline.

How Can We Make the Cook Islands So Realistic?

You may be asking yourself how we can create such a realistic representation of the Cooks. Our secret is that we have digitized the Cook Islands from very accurate maps. Even simple things like placing the islands onto the right spot wasn't easy as some of these islands are so remote that it is very hard to get accurate information for them. This is the only digital mapping data in existence for the Cook Islands, and we imported it into Flight Simulator for your flying pleasure!

Use the Same Scenery that the Pros Use

When we say this scenery is real, we do mean REAL. Our scenery is used in professional flight sim environments where data quality and reliability is of uttermost importance. What that means for you is that this mesh and topographical data really is as close to the real thing as possible. Mt. Cook Airlines has used our data to evaluate a GPS approach used by Qantas into Queenstown Airport - to discover their own airplanes would crash into the nearby mountains if they used this approach. Westpak Rescue Helicopters is using our data to plan and simulate real-life rescue missions. Flight Experience is using it to enhance their simulator operations. A significant number of real-life pilots are using our data for cross country flight training and planning. Do you dream of flying for real? Why not enhance your experience the same way real pilots do?

Great Support for Life

Many scenery developers take your money and you never hear from them again. We are different. We don't just want to sell you our scenery. We want to provide you with an exciting real flight sim experience, and for us, this means going beyond a one-time sales transaction. When you buy one of our products, you receive lifetime support. Whenever possible, we will respond to your e-mails within 12 hours, but often enough, we can get back to you within three. We frequently receive e-mails from customers who confirm that our service is miles beyond that of other flight sim add-on developers or retailers - a fact that we are very proud of.

We Get You Flying

You will get your own personalised access to our support backend, where you will receive updates, special freebies, and tips & tricks. You can also join our monthly newsletter in which we bring you exciting news like new freeware releases relevant to our scenery, tips on how to further enhance your enjoyment of our scenery, and fun cross country tours you should try with our scenery. We provide an ongoing relationship so you receive maximum value from our sceneries. We don't sell you something you use once and then forget about you like so many other add-ons, but with our scenery you will want to come back again and again for a very long time.

Fly for Real

Want to find out how we built a solid fan base of customers who love our sceneries? Do you want an exhilarating flying experience combined with the wonders a Pacific island paradise has to offer? If you enjoy a great VFR experience, we honestly believe that this scenery is for you. Get your copy now and find out why flying in our scenery is almost as good as flying for real!