Gourmet Holiday to New Caledonia
Are you looking for a vacation destination 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 perfect holiday that provides all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, located about halfway between Fiji and Australia.
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 are looking for, New Caledonia is located in a part of the Pacific that has the most remarkable coral lagoon in the world. 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 numerous 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 thinking of a gourmet holiday, New Caledonia has almost everything you could want. New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea, widely known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea offers delicate gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active 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 great deal of eateries, ranging from sidewalk cafes to high-class bistros. French cuisine is easy to come by, but other options include Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and African food. Seafood is a speciality 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 cooked covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveler on a gourmet vacation, you can try out a dish popular 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.