Island Nights on Aitutaki

Music and movement is an art to islanders, and our visitors are always awed and impressed by the passion and skill in their performance.

Accompanied by a row of drummers and the guitar or ukulele, a group of the islands finest young men appear in their wild hibiscus bark skirts with matching calf and arm racks.

These warriors ring out their challenges, giving you a dazzling display of just how attuned to the beat of a drum a body can really be.

Island Women, in their beautiful traditional attire, will delight you with their dance. Absolute sensuality is the only way to describe the way they move, with curves as gentle as the bays of the island and movement as languid as the palm trees we sit underneath, they are a sight to behold.

Guests are always invited to learn the movements, and all dance together in an experience you won't soon forget!

Island Night also includes a sumptuous buffet, your chance to taste real island cuisine at its best. The feast is cooked in an umukai - an earth oven - and the flavours are to die for!

As well as tender meat and seafood and other tempting foods, you can try taro, breadfruit, pawpaw, mango, puki, yams and more.

The pulsating rhythm of the Aitutaki Drum Dance is famous throughout the Pacific.

Add a colourful fire show and Island Feast and you have a night of Polynesian entertainment that’s not to be missed. Every Thursday night, Tamanu Beach hotel stage this spectacular show right on the beach at the Tamanu Restaurant.

The evening starts with a delicious island buffet before guests get up close in a front row seat for the centerpiece, a one hour festival of island dancing. Reservations are a must as seating is limited and guests come from all over the island to see this show.

Book online now and guarantee your table at this night to remember.

Cost includes buffet dinner and show. Full bar service available.