New Caledonia is a location I have not heard of before or learned about. The island looks like an amazing location to explore, including beach time and hiking time. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you guys. I have been to Noumea on a cruise ship and loved it. I would go back in a heart beat especially now that I have seen your vlog. I didn’t realise there were so many other things I could have seen!
When on a cruise and stopping on an island for one day, there is so much you can do. But yes, New Caledonia is an underrated destination. Funny to think of all the Australians flying over New Caledonia on their way to Fiji, which is further away :).
Fantastic video thank you both, I'm looking at traveling there in July can you recommend an area to stay, We enjoy snorkeling sightseeing and restaurants. Thanks
Baie des Citrons or Anse Vata is where most of the hotels, bars, and restaurants are going to be. The snorkeling on the left side of Anse Vata and Ile aux Canards is good. If you get a chance to visit Ile des Pins, you should absolutely do that.
Thank you for this informative and thorough video. I will visit Noumea for a few days at the end of this month on my way to New Zealand. I plan to check out the beaches and museums you showed. Good work, guys!
Thanks a lot, Paul. As you might imagine, a lot of work goes into making these videos and we always appreciate it when people watch and enjoy them. We hope you enjoy your time in Noumea. If you are into museums, there is also a small World War 2 museums that we did not feature in the video but is interesting if you are into these kinds of things. If you get a chance to get outside of Noumea, the Blue River Park has great hiking and cycling trails.
We hope you enjoy your trip and have a chance to get outside of Noumea. New Caledonia is a beautiful island. We recommend you go to Ile des Pins and to the Blue River Park to watch the kagus. We have a video on that as well.
really looking forward to going to noumea on our cruise next year :) theres so many things to do there :) of you biys had to choose 1 or 2 things to do there on a few hours stop, which ones would you choose p[;ease out of everything on the island??
We don't think there's a one-size-fits-all response to your question. It all depends on what you like and what else you're going to see one your cruise that is similar or different to Nouméa. The Tjibaou Center is completely unique, and you won't find anything else like it. If the market on Quai Moselle is on, it's a fun atmosphere.
I live in Noumea it's a good place it got these "pacific vibes" but the only thing that is bad is live is very expensive compared to Australia or France if you get into that place your wallet need to be ready 😂💵
@@FrenchBaguette420 can you define poor?? In Vanuatu life is richness not material things. We have lands unlike you France people stealing lands and colonising other countries resources 😆
This video has been so helpful. My husband and I are about to take our first cruise which will stop in Nouméa. We took our first trip to Europe last year so, we have had a taste of French culture. I think it is respectful if we try to speak a little French when we are there. You are a lovely couple and thank you for this tour.
Xandi, thanks for the suggestion. In this video, we only wanted to feature things to do in the core downtown of Noumea. But you are right that within a one-hour radius of the city, there are many other things to do.
Very informative for tourists or anyone wishing to visit Nouvelle Caledonie (le caillou) 👍 i lived there for 2 years (2014-2016) and loved every moment of it! J’ai appris à parler français en vivant la-bas mais j’ai perdu un peu le français depuis mon retour en nouvelle Zélande mais parfois je tombe sur les gens qui parle français mais c’est rare! But anyway back on subject, I was lucky to be able to visit every place mentioned in this video except the cultural meuseum. Anse Vata and Baie des citrons was by far my favourite place to go, to hang out, eat and just chill! I’m not sure if you guys were able to do a tour of the northern part of New Cal but there are some beautiful places to visit up north as well (La Roche Percée) in Bourail for example.... definitely should put that on the visit list 👌 overall I loved New Cal, life was so simple but exciting, like you mentioned Nouméa is like a mini city on a tropical island! The people were awesome, very welcoming, did get the odd bad experience here and there but hey thats just like anywhere else in the world! The food was the best (this is coming from a 6’3ft 160kg Polynesian from New Zealand who loves food) don’t get me wrong I’ve been to Australia, America, and a couple of islands in the South Pacific and I think New Cal food has the upper hand on these other places (just my opinion) from your standard pizza to your standard burgers, the steak meals, the Asian restaurants and food, the pastries and desserts etc.... overall it’s an awesome place to visit and even to live.... and yes I do see a lot of comments saying it’s expensive there but I honestly can not remember it being too expensive.... maybe because I live in New Zealand and everything here is expensive too can’t tell the difference 😂 Anyway guys thank you both for this video, awesome to be able to see these places again 👍
Thanks for you informative comment. We love New Zealand and have a couple of videos on the South Island. But they were early in our TH-cam career and not as good as what we do now. Cheers 👍.
Hi guys, after 2 years of lock down New Caledonia is finally open again. Your video was great very imformative love your work. Can I ask is it an expensive country to visit?
Yes it is. The standards of living in New Caledonia are actually higher than mainland France. Everything needs to be imported in small quantities. It is a lot more expensive than Fiji or other Pacific islands. You can always manage to travel on the cheap. But it is not a backpacker destination to live on $10 per day.
I wish someday can visit new caledonia, but i am Indonesian nationality i dont know how to apply visa to there. Will check later. Can you tell me, how the travel budget for 5 days there?
New Caledonia is a French territory and the standards of living are pretty high. Therefore, it is not a budget destination. It is hard to get a cheap hotel for less than $100/night and $200 to $300/night is more realistic. Restaurants are also very expensive, unless you only go to McDonald's. $30/meal is a minimum, but more likely $40 or $50/meal. There aren't many flights to New Caledonia and not a lot of competition. Flights in and out of the island are also very expensive, unfortunately.
Hi.Contact the Indonesian Consulate in New Caledonia as there is a big Indonesian community from descents of workers from Java who came to work in mining before Indonesian was a independent nation. I am a descent of a Javanese coolie.
Hi James & Laurent, just curious on how if you took the public bus from the airport into Noumea city, and if you can share your experience on the how/where/tickets/price etc. Thanks
When you exit the terminal building, the shuttles will be on your right. There are probably five flights per day at the Nouméa airport and the shuttles are timed with the flights. It takes a little bit of time because they shuttle waits for everybody to be done with baggage claim. And then it stops at many hotels/houses along the way. But if you're not in a hurry, it is a cheaper option than a taxicab. We don't remember how much it costs.
Hi! Do you have any recommendation for a hotel that is close to the airport that we can stay for our 1st night? We arrive late, close to midnight so just looking at somewhere close and comfortable as well as reasonably priced. We can then transfer to a more luxury hotel on our 2nd day
Unfortunately, the airport is in the middle of nowhere and there is no such thing as a hotel airport close-by. Your best bet is to suck it up and go to your final hotel, even if you get there at 1 or 2am :(.
I live in New Caledonia🤗, it's a fantastic country where it's good to live (i love the beach and even more the sea👀❤) and people are so kind(yes i'm pride but !🙃😶) but as @FrenchBaguette said life there is very expensive😅 because more than half of the products are imported (clothes, electronics, etc. ..) but because of that we are paid more compared to other countries (France, ...). And it's funny because when I travel to other countries (France, Australia ...) I feel like I'm rich even though I don't have that much money, at least it's a good point!😂🤗
New Caledonia , wow never considered it before but now at top of my travel list for whenever this nonexistent invisible virus ( except as depicted per TV "news" production studios) eventually goes away ie goes from mere zero to like zero to the nth power. Actually became more aware of these islands progressing thru biographies of WW2 fleet admirals (Nimitz, Halsey, Burke, etc). And btw in the midst of that calamitous WW2 era prior to flu antivirals and prior to modern vaccines there were similar if not more significant global pandemics such as flu polio etc that were under the circumstances too puny to warrant any concern much less nationwide fascist revocations of almost all basic rights and freedoms, then again people were obviously different then.
There is a WWII museum in Noumea that we didn't feature in this video but is interesting if you're into that kind of history. New Caledonia was a rear base with plenty of military hospitals because it was a remote island further away from the front line.
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There is a WWII museum in Noumea that we were thinking about featuring in this video. It has a whole section about all the American Navy hospitals that were on the island.
New Caledonia is a location I have not heard of before or learned about. The island looks like an amazing location to explore, including beach time and hiking time. Thanks for sharing.
Had to go there for work, believe it or not, and turned it into a vacation. Lots more to see outside of Noumea 😉.
Awesome! I enjoyed your video much. I have New Caledonia on my travel list.
Hope you enjoy it!
Looks really nice!
Yes, Noumea is an interesting place to visit, with a lot more variety you might expect from a small ropical island like New Caledonia.
Thanks this is awesome I'm gonna have to take a holiday to Nouméa!
Have fun!
Loved the aquarium! It was fantastic!
Yes it was!
Looks beautiful! 🙏
It is!
Thank you guys. I have been to Noumea on a cruise ship and loved it. I would go back in a heart beat especially now that I have seen your vlog. I didn’t realise there were so many other things I could have seen!
When on a cruise and stopping on an island for one day, there is so much you can do. But yes, New Caledonia is an underrated destination. Funny to think of all the Australians flying over New Caledonia on their way to Fiji, which is further away :).
Fantastic video thank you both, I'm looking at traveling there in July can you recommend an area to stay, We enjoy snorkeling sightseeing and restaurants. Thanks
Baie des Citrons or Anse Vata is where most of the hotels, bars, and restaurants are going to be. The snorkeling on the left side of Anse Vata and Ile aux Canards is good. If you get a chance to visit Ile des Pins, you should absolutely do that.
Thank you for this informative and thorough video. I will visit Noumea for a few days at the end of this month on my way to New Zealand. I plan to check out the beaches and museums you showed. Good work, guys!
Thanks a lot, Paul. As you might imagine, a lot of work goes into making these videos and we always appreciate it when people watch and enjoy them. We hope you enjoy your time in Noumea. If you are into museums, there is also a small World War 2 museums that we did not feature in the video but is interesting if you are into these kinds of things. If you get a chance to get outside of Noumea, the Blue River Park has great hiking and cycling trails.
thankyou so much that will be a great help for my trip
We hope you enjoy your trip and have a chance to get outside of Noumea. New Caledonia is a beautiful island. We recommend you go to Ile des Pins and to the Blue River Park to watch the kagus. We have a video on that as well.
Thank you. So helpful for my trip.
You're very welcome. We had fun making this video. We hope you enjoy your stay in New Caledonia.
Thanks for this - very useful!
Glad it was helpful! Enjoy your trip!
Enjoyed the tour guys. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very very good. THANK YOU: Amazing.
Glad you liked it!
That was wonderful, thank you so much !!
You're very welcome. It was a fun to make video.
really looking forward to going to noumea on our cruise next year :) theres so many things to do there :) of you biys had to choose 1 or 2 things to do there on a few hours stop, which ones would you choose p[;ease out of everything on the island??
We don't think there's a one-size-fits-all response to your question. It all depends on what you like and what else you're going to see one your cruise that is similar or different to Nouméa. The Tjibaou Center is completely unique, and you won't find anything else like it. If the market on Quai Moselle is on, it's a fun atmosphere.
awesome thanks :)@@JamesandLaurent
Great info. Thank you.
You're welcome. We hope you enjoy your stay there.
Beautiful Place,Thanks for the Video!
Glad you enjoyed it. It truly is :)
Fabulooooooos!Minunat!Mulțumesc
You're very welcome! We hope you get a chance to go there someday.
I live in Noumea it's a good place it got these "pacific vibes" but the only thing that is bad is live is very expensive compared to Australia or France if you get into that place your wallet need to be ready 😂💵
We know this all too well 😏
@Yael Bergstrom Vanuatu is even worst lol it's poor and the people there are asking for money
@@FrenchBaguette420 still better by a mile and you know it. Don't be jealous, NC is ok as well.
Hi, can I ask how expensive like for example in AUD what does a coffee work out to be? I noticed hiring a car on the island is very expensive.
@@FrenchBaguette420 can you define poor?? In Vanuatu life is richness not material things. We have lands unlike you France people stealing lands and colonising other countries resources 😆
Great video.
Thanks! We hope you get a chance to go there some day.
Very informative. Nice video.
Glad you liked it. We hope you get a chance to go some day.
This video has been so helpful. My husband and I are about to take our first cruise which will stop in Nouméa. We took our first trip to Europe last year so, we have had a taste of French culture. I think it is respectful if we try to speak a little French when we are there. You are a lovely couple and thank you for this tour.
We hope you enjoy your cruise :).
Nice video 👍
Thanks 👍
I’m going on a cruise there in may! If COVID allows it 🤞🤞 I’m so excited I’ve always wanted to see a turtle while free diving
We hope you are able to take your trip and you enjoy your time in New Caledonia.
Lovely 😊 THANK YOU
You’re welcome 😊. We hope you get a chance to visit some day.
Good video 👍🇮🇳
Thank you so much 😀
When its good to go Anse Vata for windsurfing?
You really see windsurfers year-round and pretty much all day long. The wind seem to pick up with the high tide though.
I came in New Caledonia in 2017 and now 2021.
We've been there multiple times over the last 15 years, both for work and for leisure. A beautiful island :)
Beautiful
If you get a chance to go outside of Noumea, the rest of the island has amazing spots too, starting with the barrier reef.
I have been to noumea and went to zip lining
Xandi, thanks for the suggestion. In this video, we only wanted to feature things to do in the core downtown of Noumea. But you are right that within a one-hour radius of the city, there are many other things to do.
Very informative for tourists or anyone wishing to visit Nouvelle Caledonie (le caillou) 👍 i lived there for 2 years (2014-2016) and loved every moment of it! J’ai appris à parler français en vivant la-bas mais j’ai perdu un peu le français depuis mon retour en nouvelle Zélande mais parfois je tombe sur les gens qui parle français mais c’est rare! But anyway back on subject, I was lucky to be able to visit every place mentioned in this video except the cultural meuseum. Anse Vata and Baie des citrons was by far my favourite place to go, to hang out, eat and just chill! I’m not sure if you guys were able to do a tour of the northern part of New Cal but there are some beautiful places to visit up north as well (La Roche Percée) in Bourail for example.... definitely should put that on the visit list 👌 overall I loved New Cal, life was so simple but exciting, like you mentioned Nouméa is like a mini city on a tropical island! The people were awesome, very welcoming, did get the odd bad experience here and there but hey thats just like anywhere else in the world! The food was the best (this is coming from a 6’3ft 160kg Polynesian from New Zealand who loves food) don’t get me wrong I’ve been to Australia, America, and a couple of islands in the South Pacific and I think New Cal food has the upper hand on these other places (just my opinion) from your standard pizza to your standard burgers, the steak meals, the Asian restaurants and food, the pastries and desserts etc.... overall it’s an awesome place to visit and even to live.... and yes I do see a lot of comments saying it’s expensive there but I honestly can not remember it being too expensive.... maybe because I live in New Zealand and everything here is expensive too can’t tell the difference 😂
Anyway guys thank you both for this video, awesome to be able to see these places again 👍
Thanks for you informative comment. We love New Zealand and have a couple of videos on the South Island. But they were early in our TH-cam career and not as good as what we do now. Cheers 👍.
Hi guys, after 2 years of lock down New Caledonia is finally open again. Your video was great very imformative love your work. Can I ask is it an expensive country to visit?
Yes it is. The standards of living in New Caledonia are actually higher than mainland France. Everything needs to be imported in small quantities. It is a lot more expensive than Fiji or other Pacific islands. You can always manage to travel on the cheap. But it is not a backpacker destination to live on $10 per day.
I wish someday can visit new caledonia, but i am Indonesian nationality i dont know how to apply visa to there. Will check later. Can you tell me, how the travel budget for 5 days there?
New Caledonia is a French territory and the standards of living are pretty high. Therefore, it is not a budget destination. It is hard to get a cheap hotel for less than $100/night and $200 to $300/night is more realistic. Restaurants are also very expensive, unless you only go to McDonald's. $30/meal is a minimum, but more likely $40 or $50/meal. There aren't many flights to New Caledonia and not a lot of competition. Flights in and out of the island are also very expensive, unfortunately.
@@JamesandLaurent 😱 more expensive than i predicted
Hi.Contact the Indonesian Consulate in New Caledonia as there is a big Indonesian community from descents of workers from Java who came to work in mining before Indonesian was a independent nation. I am a descent of a Javanese coolie.
Nice place 😍😍
It really is!
Hi James & Laurent, just curious on how if you took the public bus from the airport into Noumea city, and if you can share your experience on the how/where/tickets/price etc. Thanks
When you exit the terminal building, the shuttles will be on your right. There are probably five flights per day at the Nouméa airport and the shuttles are timed with the flights. It takes a little bit of time because they shuttle waits for everybody to be done with baggage claim. And then it stops at many hotels/houses along the way. But if you're not in a hurry, it is a cheaper option than a taxicab. We don't remember how much it costs.
That is nich place 2020 i am in new caledonia i hope i get nich day
We hope you enjoy your time there :).
Hi! Do you have any recommendation for a hotel that is close to the airport that we can stay for our 1st night? We arrive late, close to midnight so just looking at somewhere close and comfortable as well as reasonably priced. We can then transfer to a more luxury hotel on our 2nd day
Unfortunately, the airport is in the middle of nowhere and there is no such thing as a hotel airport close-by. Your best bet is to suck it up and go to your final hotel, even if you get there at 1 or 2am :(.
@@JamesandLaurent Ok. Thanks so much for your reply
Is it a shengen area then? :)
No, unfortunately, it has its own visa requirements.
Is A Safe place
The downtown area where all the touristy spots are is safe. But there are also bad neighborhoods in Noumea.
Cruising with a difference
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Travel sketches return. Let me check out your channel, a great theme. We pay attention to each other!
Thanks.
My family live in noumea
Are they enjoying it?
I hated noumea, so expensive and nothing to really do
Sorry to hear that. We've had a great time there every time we've been. But yes, it is expensive.
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Enjoy!
I live in New Caledonia🤗, it's a fantastic country where it's good to live (i love the beach and even more the sea👀❤) and people are so kind(yes i'm pride but !🙃😶) but as @FrenchBaguette said life there is very expensive😅 because more than half of the products are imported (clothes, electronics, etc. ..) but because of that we are paid more compared to other countries (France, ...). And it's funny because when I travel to other countries (France, Australia ...) I feel like I'm rich even though I don't have that much money, at least it's a good point!😂🤗
Nous avons la même vidéo en français sur notre chaîne française :)
New Caledonia , wow never considered it before but now at top of my travel list for whenever this nonexistent invisible virus ( except as depicted per TV "news" production studios) eventually goes away ie goes from mere zero to like zero to the nth power. Actually became more aware of these islands progressing thru biographies of WW2 fleet admirals (Nimitz, Halsey, Burke, etc). And btw in the midst of that calamitous WW2 era prior to flu antivirals and prior to modern vaccines there were similar if not more significant global pandemics such as flu polio etc that were under the circumstances too puny to warrant any concern much less nationwide fascist revocations of almost all basic rights and freedoms, then again people were obviously different then.
There is a WWII museum in Noumea that we didn't feature in this video but is interesting if you're into that kind of history. New Caledonia was a rear base with plenty of military hospitals because it was a remote island further away from the front line.
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Thanks for visiting
30% of population is Algerian origin ❤️🇩🇿
We don't think that's right.
You guys always end up in the weirdest locations. New what ?!?!?
Haha 🤣. Not the most visited place. That's part of its charms.
New me a
Do they...eat dogs there? 😢
Not that we know of.
@James and Laurent ooh good, I seen what looked like a pic of a dog in the supermarket you showed where the meat was
No. And if they ate dogs, it wouldn't be in a public market.
I"m sorry to hear you're from Chicago, what a failure of a government.
If you can separate the two, Chicago is a wonderful city to live in. We are moving to Milwaukee in the new year. Not sure if that will make you feel more or less sorry for us :).
@@JamesandLaurent I'm sure you guys will enjoy Milwaukee, just don't tell anyone you're from Illinois lol.
Mchale's Navy brought me here
There is a WWII museum in Noumea that we were thinking about featuring in this video. It has a whole section about all the American Navy hospitals that were on the island.
Are you guys gay ?, thats okay , I liked the video and learned much .
We wonder everyday :)