Captain Cook Hotel
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Captain Cook Hotel is a hotel in Kiribati
. It was the first hotel to be built on the island of Kiritimati
and was named after Captain James Cook
who discovered the island on Christmas Eve 1777. The hotel was built in 1975 on a former British military base and has been continuously owned by the Government of Kiribati.
The hotel has 24 rooms and the showers are heated using solar energy. All of the rooms are situated on the ground floor of the two wings of the hotel and open onto a courtyard overlooking the ocean beach. Every Friday night, a buffet is held, serving local fresh fish.
Kiribati
Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...
. It was the first hotel to be built on the island of Kiritimati
Kiritimati
Kiritimati or Christmas Island is a Pacific Ocean raised coral atoll in the northern Line Islands, and part of the Republic of Kiribati....
and was named after Captain James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
who discovered the island on Christmas Eve 1777. The hotel was built in 1975 on a former British military base and has been continuously owned by the Government of Kiribati.
The hotel has 24 rooms and the showers are heated using solar energy. All of the rooms are situated on the ground floor of the two wings of the hotel and open onto a courtyard overlooking the ocean beach. Every Friday night, a buffet is held, serving local fresh fish.