| New Caledonia Holidays |
| 09.15.09 | |
Looking for a vacation destination that is truly unique? You might be thinking of somewhere that offers beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambience of a metropolitan city. A ideal holiday that provides all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, situated between Australia and Fiji.
As New Caledonia is located farther 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 like, New Caledonia is based in a part of the Pacific that has the biggest coral lagoon in the globe. 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 coastal line, past the many small islands that dot the ocean around the New Caledonia. The island also offers other outdoor activities such as scuba diving, snorkel diving, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were hoping for a gourmet holiday, New Caledonia has almost everything you could want. New Caledonia’s capital city, 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. Claimed by France in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food and wine.
There are lots of restaurants, ranging from sidewalk cafes to elegant bistros. French cuisine is easy to come by, but other selections 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 vacation, 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 by the beach.
