Food Travel to New Caledonia
Do you want a holiday that is truly unique? You might be considering of somewhere that offers beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and atmosphere of a metropolitan city. A perfect holiday that offers all of this is a trip to the French settlement of New Caledonia, located 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 are seeking for, New Caledonia is located in a part of the Pacific that has the most remarkable coral lagoon in the globe. Sailing charters are 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. Other outdoor activities on the Island are 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, widely known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea boasts 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 well-defined French influence when it comes to food and wine.
There are lots of places to eat, 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 speciality 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 baked covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveler on a gourmet vacation, you can taste a dish popular with the locals, bat stew.
You can make a holiday to New Caledonia anything you want it to be: a sailing holiday, a gourmet holiday, or a time to just relax by the beach.
