Do you want a holiday that is truly breathtaking? Fancy somewhere with a beach and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambiance of a metropolitan city. A ideal vacation that provides all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, located between Australia and Fiji.
As New Caledonia is located further south than many of the other islands of the South Pacific, its climate benefits from southeast trade winds, plenty of sun, and balmy weather. If a sailing holiday is what you fancy, New Caledonia is situated in a part of the Pacific that has the most remarkable coral lagoon in the world. Sailing charters are available and with the help of the trade winds you can sail out of the capital city of Noumea along the coastal line, past numerous small islands that dot the ocean around the New Caledonia. Other outdoor activities on the Island are scuba diving, snorkeling, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were hoping for a gourmet holiday, you can find everything you could want on New Caledonia. New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea, widely known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea boasts fine gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active cosmo town. Some of the best restaurants in the South Pacific can be found here. Colonised by the French in 1853, New Caledonia has a well-defined French influence when it comes to food and wine.
Noumea has well over 100 palces to eat, ranging from sidewalk cafes to elegant bistros. French cuisine is easy to come by, but other options include Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and African food. Seafood is a specialty of the Island, including spiny lobster, prawns, crab, and mangrove oysters. One of Noumea’s national dishes is Bougna, which is fish or chicken, combined with sweet potatoes and bananas wrapped in banana leaves and then grilled covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveler on a gastronome holiday, you can try a dish common with the locals, bat stew.
You can make a vacation to New Caledonia anything you want it to be: a sailing holiday, a gourmet holiday, or a time to just relax by the beach.
