Gourmet Vacation Destination
Looking for a vacation destination that is truly breathtaking? Fancy somewhere with a beach and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and atmosphere of a metropolitan city. A ideal vacation that offers all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, situated about halfway between Fiji and Australia.
This island is situated further south compared to other South Pacific islands, benefiting from southeast trade winds, plenty of sunlight and balmy weather. If a sailing holiday is what you fancy, New Caledonia is based in a part of the Pacific that has the largest coral lagoon in the world. Sailing charters are available and with the assistance 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, 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 city, Noumea, also known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea offers fine gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a bustling cosmo town. The restaurants here are some of the finest in the South Pacific. Claimed by France in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food.
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 the 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 gourmet vacation, you can try 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.
