Gourmet Travel New Caledonia
Are you looking for a vacation destination that is truly unique? You might be considering of somewhere that offers beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambiance of a metropolitan city. A ideal holiday that provides all of this is a trip to the French settlement of New Caledonia, located 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 balmy weather. If a sailing holiday is what you are seeking for, New Caledonia is located in a part of the Pacific that has the largest coral lagoon in the globe. Sailing charters are freely available and with the help of the trade winds you can sail out of the capital city of Noumea along the coastline, past the many small islands that dot the ocean around the New Caledonia. The island also has other outdoor activities such as scuba diving, snorkeling, 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, Noumea, also 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. You can find some of the South Pacific’s nicest restaurants here. Colonized by the French 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 the 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 epicurean holiday, you can try out 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 on the beaches.
