About Us
Adventure Cook Islands is a locally owned adventure company, founded by Sean Wichman and Patrick Jaletzky in 2009, and consisting of 3 operations:
Island Way Adventures, Adventure Hire and Reef To See.
In 2009 Sean & Patrick bought and took over Reef To See (a Snorkel and Spear fishing company) andAdventure Hire (a land and sea adventure equipment hire company) from it’s previous owners and created Island Way Adventures to form the foundation of their new company ADVENTURE COOK ISLANDS LTD.
Sean who was born and raised in Rarotonga is the director of Island WayLand Adventures and Adventure Hire.
Sean was born and raised into the entertainment arena, is now a professional dancer, entertainer and has been working in the tourism industry for many years. Although Sean has a very laid back personality, he is an active sports person and has won top sports awards since the days he was in the Juniors and continued through to his days in the Premiere grades of Rugby and Rugby League. His sports and entertainment achievements have taken him around the World to Oceania, America, Europe, and Asia.
Sean was educated in Rarotonga and after completing his NCEA Level 3 at College, he joined a Sports Academy to pursue a career in outdoor activities. After graduating from the Sports Academy he went into training to become a PADI Dive Master (one of his childhood dreams). Sean became a PADI Dive Master in 2008 and currently holds a Cook Islands Boat Master Certification. He also holds a First Aid and Emergency First Response Certification and has a good knowledge on local healing remedies.
Patrick is the director of Adventure Cook Islands’ Sea Operations,Reef To See. Pat came to Rarotonga in 2004 and worked for four years as a full time dive instructor for The Dive Centre, before teaming up with Sean to form Adventure Cook Islands.
Patrick grew up in Cologne, Germany. Having a French mother, a German Father, a Polish family name and an Irish first name, he is real fruit salad like Sean and many islanders. Patrick is fluent in English, German and French and speaks basic Spanish.
After completing his A Levels in 1998, Patrick left Germany to pursue a career in the dive industry. He became a dive instructor in 1999 and since then he has worked for many dive centres all over the world. He holds various PADI Instructor certifications as well as being a First Aid and DAN Oxygen Instructor. He also holds a New Zealand ILM commercial skipper certification. Apart from diving, Pat has also worked offshore as a remotely operated vehicles (underwater robot) pilot and technician in the North Sea and the South China Sea.
Our main base is located on the Kavera Beach road on the west coast, between the Rarotongan Resort and Rarotonga Backpackers.
On-site facilities
Our shop offers an outdoor deck area, gear rinsing facilities as well as toilets and outdoor shower.
The beautiful Kavera Beach is literally only 20m away from our shop, allowing you to chill out and relax after the dives.
Also on site you conveniently find the Café Maori with the best burgers on the rock, the Kavera Shopping
Centre with Internet Cafe and DVD rental as well as a petrol station.
safety first
- All tour guides are trained in first aid
- Lifejackets available for all sea adventure tours
- Boat is equipped with VHF radio and mobile phone
- Oxygen on board for all dive trips
- All dive guides are experienced PADI Dive Masters or Instuctors
- Boat handlers are experienced skippers
