Do you want a holiday that is truly breathtaking? You might be thinking of someplace that provides beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and atmosphere of a metropolitan city. A perfect holiday that offers all of this is a trip to the French settlement of New Caledonia, situated between Australia and Fiji.
As New Caledonia is situated further south than many of the other islands of the South Pacific, its climate benefits from southeast trade winds, plenty of sun, and warm weather. If a sailing holiday is what you are seeking for, New Caledonia is based in a part of the Pacific that has the greatest coral lagoon in the world. Sailing charters are freely available and with the aid of the trade winds you can sail out of the capital city of Noumea along the coastline, past numerous small islands that dot the ocean around the New Caledonia. Other outdoor activities on the Island are scuba diving, snorkel diving, 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 features delicate gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a bustling cosmopolitan town. You can find some of the South Pacific’s best restaurants here. Colonized by the French in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food.
There are great deal of places to eat, ranging from sidewalk cafes to high-class bistros. French cuisine is easy to come by, but other choices 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 New Caledonia’s national dishes is Bougna, which is fish or chicken, mixed with sweet potatoes and bananas wrapped in banana leaves and then grilled covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveler on a epicurean holiday, you can try out a dish favourite 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 on the beaches.
