Informations new Caledonia

Destination New-Caledonia

New Caledonia is located around 21°30′S, 165°30′E in the southwest Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,200 kilometres (746 mi) east of Australia and 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) northwest of New Zealand. The island nation of Vanuatu lies to the northeast.

New Caledonia is made up of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, the Belep archipelago to the north of the Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands to the east of the Grande Terre, the Île des Pins to the south of the Grande Terre, the Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs further to the west.

Our bases in New-Caledonia :

Nouméa

	Nouméa Nouméa is the capital city of the French territory of New Caledonia. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian (Wallisians, Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese population, as well as many Melanesian Ni-Vanuatu and Kanaks that work in one of the South Pacific's most industrialised cities.

Useful news :

Money	Visa	Health	Useful phonenumbers
Electricity	Climate	Useful links	Conditions for renting a boat

Money

The local currency is the French Pacific Franc (XFP) with1/2/5/10/20/50 and 100 francs coins and 500/1,000/5,000/10,000 francs notes.

1 euro = 119,3317 XFP

Visa

Only citizens of the European Union, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the USA can enter without a visa, and can stay for between 30 and 90 days (Japanese and US citizens can only stay for one month). Everyone else needs to apply for a visa at a French embassy or consulate before they arrive.

Health

Be careful of mosquitos. Outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease dengue fever are frequent, especially during the warm wet months of March to May.

Town tap water is safe to drink. It is recommended, however, that when in rural areas you boil all drinking water or drink only bottled water.

Sun:

In New- Caledonia, the sun can easily damage your skin , so you need to protect it with high protection solar cream before each cruise.

Useful phonenumbers
Police : 92
Fire Patrol: 93
Emergency : 94

Climat

New Caledonia lies astride the Tropic of Capricorn, between 19° and 23° south latitude. The climate of the islands is tropical, and rainfall is highly seasonal, brought by trade winds that usually come from the east. Rainfall averages about 1,500 millimetres (59 in) yearly on the Loyalty Islands, 2,000 millimetres (79 in) at low elevations on eastern the Grande Terre, and 2,000-4,000 millimetres (79–157.5 in) at high elevations on the Grande Terre. The western side of the Grande Terre lies in the rain shadow of the central mountains, and rainfall averages 1,200 millimetres (47 in) per year.

Conditions for renting a boat

If you want to rent a sailboat or a motorboat, you need a sailing licence or a boat licence.

Electricity

In New Caledonia power is on 220 V, and plugs are the same as in France

Useful Links

Internet : www.nouvelle-caledonie-tourisme.com/