Voyages dans les îles d'Océanie

New Caledonia – Summary, tips and budget

19 September 2018

Taking the opportunity of a running race organized in Noumea I went to spend a week in New Caledonia. It was not especially on my list of islands / countries to visit but I was really conquered! Trip – Day 1-3 : Noumea (“capitale” of Caledonia): Airbnb at Jane‘s house for 13663Fr (144,5E). => The perfect host that will bring you shopping or Magenta Airport if needed. – Day 3-5 : Isle of Pines : Atchu ca;psite in hut for 4250Fr per night…

Ouvea – paradise of New Caledonia

11 September 2018

It’s simple, Ouvéa is nicknamed the island closest to paradise. And honestly, that’s true! I only stayed there 2 days after the Isle of Pines but I really loved it!! Les cocotiers cottage I google and I had noticed that the best part of Ouvea is Mouli. So I wanted to stay there to enjoy its paradisiacal beach! I chose the cottage cocotiers (FYI there is a campsite not far from the beach in Lekiny). I had a hut with…

Isle of Pines – New Caledonia

9 September 2018

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After my first weekend at Nouméa I took an domestic flightticket on Air Calédonie for the Isle of Pines. Unfortunately the weather was not my ally and I had only rain … I almost did not land as well, indeed after two unsuccessful attempts the pilots return to Nouméa. The second was good for us! And get a free little flyover of the island 😊. Atchu campsite The accommodation being relatively expensive I booked to the Atchu campsite a wooden…

Noumea – New Caledonia

3 September 2018

When I knew that a running race was organized in Noumea, I thought it was time for me to discover “le caillou” 😉 Arrival in New Caledonia I took a plane ticket directly into the Air Calin website. FYI the flight is operated by Air New Zealand. There are no direct flights every day. It takes 3 hours to connect La Tontouta (the international airport north of Noumea) from Auckland. Once there, two options are available to you : – the…

Cook islands – Summary, tips and budget

16 April 2018

The Cook islands, this little paradise on earth will make it dream more than one! So, if we know that “it’s not cheap”, it’s difficult to get a precise idea of the budget because there is not that much informaton on Internet… But I will bring you some concrete information with this post, exactly as I had done with Sri Lanka! Prices are indicated in NZD (local Currency). I took advantage of my Easter holidays to go to the sun.…

Rarotonga – Cook Islands

12 April 2018

After spending 4 days in Aitutaki I flight back to spend 3 days at Rarotonga. Luck was with me because the rain stopped on the island 😊. Presentation Rarotonga is the main island of the Cook Islands and its complete tour is about 31km. It has the same concept as Tahiti i.e. a volcanic island with mountains in the center. The capital (Avarua) is located north of the island, do not miss its market on Saturday! Accomodation I took a Airbnb…

Aitutaki – Cook islands

8 April 2018

For the Easter holidays, I had a vacation in paradise! It was in the Cook Islands that I landed and I started my journey by 4 days in Aitutaki, one of the most beautiful atoll in the world! Here is a little NZ’s Polynesia. Presentation Aitutaki is a Pacific atoll composed of a main island and 15 motus (including the famous Honeymoon and One foot islands). It is a volcanic island, so there is no beach anywhere on the main…