Nautilus Resort

Property class: 4.5
Luxury resort with spa, near Muri Beach

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Nautilus Resort offers a fantastic location, putting you just steps from Muri Beach. Guests can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant and visit the spa to be pampered with hot stone massages, body wraps, or facials. An outdoor pool, a bar/lounge, and a terrace are other highlights at this luxurious resort.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Spa
  • Airport transfer
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
$678
The current price is $780 total
includes taxes & fees
Oct 30 - Oct 31

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A bedroom with a canopy bed, wooden furniture, and a view of the outdoor area.

Garden Are

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • 120 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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A bedroom with a canopy bed, a sofa, a coffee table, and a view of the outdoors.

Beachfront Are

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(4 reviews)
  • Beach view
  • 120 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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A hotel room with a bed, bedside table, and a ceiling fan.

2 Bedroom Garden Are

  • Garden view
  • 220 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Large Twin Sofa Bed

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A poolside area with a clear pool, lounge chairs, and a thatched-roof structure.

2 Bedroom Premium Beachfront Are

  • Beach view
  • 220 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Large Twin Sofa Bed

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About the neighborhood

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Muri Beach, Ara Tapu, Ngatangiia District, Rarotonga

What's nearby

  • Muri Lagoon - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Muri Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Muri Night Markets - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Te Vara Nui Village - 12 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Tikioki Beach - 3 min drive - 2.3 km

Getting around

  • Rarotonga (RAR-Rarotonga Intl.) - 18 min drive
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Kai & Co - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪Trader Jacks Bar & Grill - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Tiare's - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Saigon Shack - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪BJ's Tapas Bar - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Nautilus Resort

  • Nautilus Resort offers a fantastic location, putting you just steps from Muri Beach. Guests can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant and visit the spa to be pampered with hot stone massages, body wraps, or facials. An outdoor pool, a bar/lounge, and a terrace are other highlights at this luxurious resort.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
2:00pm
CHECK-OUT
10:00am

Hotel size

    • 17 units

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
    • Contactless check-in available
    • Early check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10 AM
    • Contactless check-out available
    • Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

    • This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
    • The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM
    • Front desk staffed during limited hours
    • This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Children

    • Babysitting*

Pets

    • No pets or service animals allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms (speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices))

Transfers

    • Airport shuttle (available 24 hours)*

Other information

    • Designated smoking areas

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Reviews

Nautilus Resort Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

9.6

Cleanliness

9.4

Location

9.4

Staff & service

9.6

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • The restaurant offered delicious food, including seafood pasta, and staff members like Janet and her colleagues provided exceptional service. (6 reviews)
  • The beach location was stunning with access to kayaks, snorkels, and paddle boards, and the beachfront area was fabulous with a plunge pool just a few steps away. (4 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Perfect and private. I love the small Capacity that limits the amount of guests staying. The private plunge pools are amazing. Only suggestion is a wider dinner menu. More vegetarian or pasta options. Best place to stay in Raro!
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10/10 Exceptional

The place is amazing! It's a great hotel with a great beach location. The staff is excellent and helpful.
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10/10 Exceptional

Clean room, friendly staff, proximity to beach
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8/10 Very good

Good location, nice view of the lagoon, breakfast and dining options are good too.
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10/10 Exceptional

Our view was perfect, the room was cleaned to perfection each day, the gardens were gorgeous, they had enough paddle boards & kayaks for everyone to use anytime, & the food at the restaurant was delicious. Oh, and they brought us cookies every day! We will definitely be back. Thank you to the staff for making our stay perfect!
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10/10 Exceptional

Room was excellent All the staff were excellent
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10/10 Exceptional

Lovely room. I really appreciated the mosquito bed nets. Janet and her colleagues in the restaurant were fantastic. Neil on reception went out of his way to be helpful. I would definitely recommend this hotel.
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10/10 Exceptional

We stayed in a beach unit. Beautiful views, great room, and really nice staff. There was a small island next to the beach you could jafak or SUP to. Great snorkeling too
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10/10 Exceptional

The room was beautiful. From the lovely netting over the bed to the fresh flower touches evrything was perfect. Best outdoor living space with stunning view and private plung pool. We were in it everyday. The staff was outstanding, the restaurant delicious, and the property gounds and access to watersports amazing. We are already recommending it to others and would go back.
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4/10 Fair

Room was fantastic location also fantastic. Unfortunately this was marred by filthy miner birds allowed to takeover restaurant jumping on utensils, tables, and even eating from the tongs and plates and serving spoons in the servery area whilst staff did nothing
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8/10 Very good

Excellent location, nice rooms and really enjoyed the sports equipment. Continental breakfast is fairly poor - runs out really quickly especially pastries like croissants. Cooked is awesome. Manager and owner were staying when we were there - excellent hosts. Resort staff mixed bag. Watersports gear was great.
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10/10 Exceptional

The Nautilus is a beautiful place to stay. Nice and quiet and clean. Everything is in walking distance. Just need more variety on the menu for the restaurant as you feel like your eating the same stuff everyday. Need more fresh fruit everyday. You need to get ideas for the menu of the Pacific Rarotonga. As they had an amazing menu specially for dinner.
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6/10 Good

Room was clean, albeit getting a little tired. Staff were very helpful. View from room was stunning but water near beach was very rocky. Resort offers weddings but has only one restaurant so on wedding days other guests are only offered room service and restricted use of other areas. Only one day of our stay was affected but there were two more weddings in the week after we left. Had we known well in advance we would have cancelled and booked another resort. The resort did eventually offer some compensation for the disruption.
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10/10 Exceptional

We had a brilliant 16 night stay at Nautilus. Everyday was like a dream. The staff at Nautilus are brilliant. Waka collected us from the airport, gave us some island tips and also took us to a local rugby game! Mahea, Tia and Doniel at the reception were always warm, welcoming and helpful. Make sure you go and see Anna at the spa - she is excellent at massage, facial and pedicure! Justine, Rho and Calessi were great in the restaurant. The stand out staff member for us was Janet. Each and every time Janet saw us she made us feel like family. Nothing was ever too much trouble and she looked after us spectacularly. Nautilus are lucky to have her! Brilliant spot on Muri Beach with access to kayaks, snorkels and paddle boards. Our Beachfront Are was fabulous with our very own plunge pool and just a few steps from the beach! Great comfy bed, air conditioned with a huge bathroom. Thoroughly enjoyed our 25th wedding anniversary here and will definitely be back in the future!
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4/10 Fair

Very basic amenities and toiletries. Basic service level. Overpriced. Staff are friendly.
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10/10 Exceptional

Perfect location on beach and walkable to restaurants and shopping. Wonderful staff! Very friendly and helpful Quiet and beautiful Rooms large and very comfortable.
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10/10 Exceptional

The resort is wonderful - from the location, to the gardens and all the amenities (we loved our private dip pool and the restaurant. You must try the seafood pasta). The best part was the staff. They were all so warm and welcoming. We will definitely be going back!
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10/10 Exceptional

Great time !!
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10/10 Exceptional

The staff were extremely professional and friendly - however breakfast very disappointing, but the service was high quality, not the food.
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10/10 Exceptional

Overall excellent. Maybe some more food options.
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10/10 Exceptional

Paradise!!!
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10/10 Exceptional

Fantastic. First class. Absolutely brilliant
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10/10 Exceptional

Nautilus - the best resort on Rarotonga

Our 6 day stay in the Cook Islands was planned to be one of relaxation and the Nautilus resort fulfilled these expectations and more! An intimate resort comprised of small semi detached bungalows equipped with their own plunge pools we never felt it was too crowded and the service from every staff member was first class. Special mention must go to Janet and Justin who were our two most regular servers in the restaurant - they were friendly and seemed genuinely interested in what we were planning to do or how our day had gone and when we left they felt like good friends. We left Nautilus relaxed and refreshed and wanting more!
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10/10 Exceptional

The whole experience was absolutely amazing, fron the moment we arrived and was greeted by Grace both her and all the staff from hospitality to facilities maintenance could not have been better, we were treated like royalty! When i had an accident whilst there they made sure transport was hand for meattend all my health and dental appontments with the catering team even cooking me off menu meals aa i was struggling to eat, I cannot praise the resort and the Staff highly enough.
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6/10 Good

the Cook Islands has a staff shortage at the moment, but it was most notable at the Nautilus. we were told on three separate occasions that the bar was closed for the afternoon as they didn't have a bar tender. there was also no room service available for the duration of our stay. what staff they had were friendly enough, but very busy trying to keep up. we did note that some of other resorts we went to looked to have plenty of staff, so not sure what the issue was. the room was nice, although a bit tired and could do with a freshen up to bring it up to the photos on the website. for $900 a night, we were left underwhelmed.