A modest cairn above a mangrove inlet near Holonga village marks the spot where Captain Cook came ashore in 1777 (on his third trip to Tonga) and where Queen Elizabeth II popped by to commemorate it in 1970. Up-close access was inhibited by a padlocked gate when we visited.
Captain Cook Landing Site
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