Motu2Motu 2023

Paddle the BEST EVENT in the COOK ISLANDS!!!!!

Motu2Motu Aitutaki is now a multi-award-winning event having picked up two awards, Winners of the Festivals and Events Award and Outer Island Award for 2015/2016 and the 2017 Sports Achievement Award in the Cook Island National Tourism Awards.

2011 saw the creation of what was only a simple idea of seeing the Aitutaki Lagoon from a different perspective and making a race of it. From that idea, Motu2Motu was born.

December 2023 will see us running our 11th Event! What better way to spend a holiday, than visiting beautiful Aitutaki and racing in the BEST EVENT in the COOK ISLANDS, Motu2Motu Aitutaki.

36kms, 7 legs, 6 changeovers, mixed crews of 12, 1 awesome day.

In 2011 17 international paddlers participated in our first race, 2012 and 2013 saw the event grow bigger and better each time and the 2014 event was our "feel good" event with many commenting 2014, "the best Motu2Motu yet" with every year growing in popularity. Like our paddlers, Motu2Motu gets better with age.

2019 was a sell-out year, as was 2020/2021 (well, you know what happened globally). our 2022 10th Anniversary Event filled up quickly and 2023 will definitely be another sell-out. 

2023 will include the 10KM women and men races in Motu2Motu week. 10km Iron Races for Open men and women and Master (and above) men and women, sorry no mixed. The iron races will take place on Monday the 4th of December. This will be an opportunity for paddlers travelling in teams to be able to paddle Aitutaki Lagoon with your teammates before you are split up for the Motu2Motu 36km on Tuesday the 5th of December. If you are not traveling in a team we will do our utmost to accommodate you into a team. 

Could there be a more perfect place for your first-ever international changeover race?... We think not. Motu2Motu Aitutaki, the most unique paddling event on the most stunning lagoon on the planet!

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