Country Info
- Noumea
- Capital
- CFP Franc (XPF)
- Currency
- 204,863
- Population
- NC
- Country Code
Noumea Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Noumea, New Caledonia
Fetes de bayonne et picnic sur l'ile l'aregnere
... dix fois celle du cobra royal,ils ne sont pas du tout agressifs et restent très craintifs.Ils ne sont dangereux que lorsqu'ils se sentent dérangés ou menacés.Les morsures sont extrêmement rares.Retour prematuré sur Noumea à cause du mauvais ...
Ouvea
Coup de coeur pour cette ile des Loyautes qui a su garder ses traditions et qui offre des paysages superbes. Plages et couleurs splendides, eau transparente, faune marine variee, excellent accueil par les locaux. Un cocktail tres reussi... sejour ...
Noumea
... Gracian To stop chasing myself along our track and constantly trying to catch up we are fast forwarding this log-blog to Noumea in New Caledonia. The passage from Vila to Noumea was uneventful and pleasant. For the blog to work in sequence I use our ...
Hanging out in New Cal and never leave
... canoes racing in the next bay. Most of the rivalry of the Games was between the two french countries: the host country New Caledonia and Tahiti. At the girls beach volleyball semi finals the New Cal girls just squeeked by against Tahiti. The Vanuatu ...
Depart Pour l'asie
je part de noumea pour prendre mon avion a 1h30 direction le vanuatu pour reprendre lavion direction auckland , le voyage commence bien parce que mon avion pour le vanuatu n'a que 3 h de retard , arrive a auckland a 11H du matin , pour ...
French Polynesia - how exotic!
... ! Noumea Well, this wasn't just one other Pacific Island- this island really surprised us in terms of beauty and size. Noumea (capital of New Caledonia) is a large bustling and lovely city. I suppose because it is a French Island, way out there in the ...
Arriving in and Exploring Noumea
... foot in a foreign country and the first time I'd arrived anywhere by boat. We had both arranged to take a tour around Noumea with a guide to all the old buildings and convict settlements. Although the French guide was rather snooty in the way she ...
Sarko viens me dire au revoir le jour du depart !
ben voila il a fallu que je fasse 17 000 km pour le voir ... le discour etait sur la place devant la colloc orange , m'a foie , notre porte d entré donnait derriere tous les cordons de sécurité , on a donc pu se balade un peu , un bus de ...
trip around the island, epilogue
Thursday 8 March I drive Nadege to Magenta Airport, Nouméa's national airport and bid her farewell, the weather is improving and she might just be lucky for her diving. Before surrendering the Twingo I drive to the either side of the ...
day 407: market flight museum
... yesterday... They add at least another 5kg to my luggage and prevent me from shopping now... The pastries however I cannot resist! New Caledonia belongs to France and even though many things work a bit different, the croissants, pains au chocolat, tartes ...
SCHOOLIES - New Caledonia
... and missed it!! The islands were amazing, i have to say i was a little diissapointed with Divine Island, Lifou and Noumea, but i think my expectations were too high!they were still these beautiful tropical islands, and Noumea was such a great place to ...
The weekend of hell.
... earlier than 8pm. (I’m sure if we had more time and ventured out to the Iles des Pins and out to remote places like that in New Caledonia, it would have been much more nicer). We still had a whole day left to explore, so we drove around, A LOT! And ...
Randonnée de Prony au Parc de la rivière bleu
La baie de Prony sera le point de départ de notre randonnée sur le GR. j'ai bien dis "le" GR car il n'y en a qu'un et très bientôt il sera prolongé. Notre destination, le parc de la rivière bleu. Pour y accéder, c'est pas si facile. nous avons ...
Slowly coming home!
Hello from somewhere in the South Pacific!, this is day 14 and we successfully did absolutely nothing all day, Neaty and Aido read their books, Cam played his DS, we all played Snap and memory, which he pantsed me (beaten by a 3 year old - how ...
Première
Premier voyage en solo, quelques allées et venues sur l'île, en compangie d'Agnès, amie de la famille et ma guide particulière. Ma première plongée au phare Amédée, et des paysages magnifiques. Bah.. c'était la première fois que je voyais une ...