Net Gamblings

Do you want a vacation that is truly breathtaking? You might be considering of someplace that provides beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambiance of a metropolitan city. A ideal vacation that provides all of this is a trip to the French colony 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 fancy, New Caledonia is situated in a part of the Pacific that has the greatest coral lagoon in the globe. Sailing charters are freely available and with the assistance 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. There are also lots of other outdoor activites such as scuba diving, snorkel diving, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.

If you were thinking of a gourmet holiday, New Caledonia has almost everything you could want. New Caledonia’s capital city, Noumea, also known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea offers 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 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 alternatives 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 traveller on a gourmet vacation, you can try a dish favourite with the locals, bat stew.

New Caledonia is the holiday destination you want to be: a sailing holiday, a gourmet holiday, or a time to just relax on the beaches.