Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Destinations You Must Visit Before You Die: #4 New Caledonia

New Caledonia, a French territory comprising dozens of islands in the South Pacific. Its is a tropical paradise and has a mix of French and Melanesian culture. It consists of warm hospitality sitting beside European elegance, gourmet food beneath palm trees, sand, resorts, bungalows, concrete and bamboo. Nouméa is the capital city of New Caledonia, a territorial collectivity of France located 750 miles east of Australia in the southwest Pacific Ocean.  With being just over 7,100 square miles in size, New Caledonia has a population of approximately 256,000, a mix of Kanak people (the original inhabitants of New Caledonia), people of European descent, as well as those of Polynesian and Southeast Asian descent.

It is prized for its beaches which are backed by cafes and bars. Tourists like to enjoy themselves by renting out kayaks, going rock climbing, sailing. New Caledonia is also full of corals, canyons, caves and heritage shipwrecks. You can go whale watching or snorkelling, or relax on the warm sand of a deserted isle. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, New Caledonia’s vast coral reef offers some of the most spectacular diving in the world. Not only is it an important nesting site for green turtles, but it also supports an astonishing variety of tropical fish, seabirds, sharks and whales.


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