This became a favourite place for boaties when westerners began exploring the Mainland.

New Caledonia, "an original land", is lulled by the tradewinds.

"60 kms south of New Caledonia's mainland lies Kunié, a world apart where time is suspended".

From drawings made by the first European visitors, we know how the Melanesians of the 18th century dressed

Sea turtles are living fossils which already existed 250 million years ago.

The baie des Citrons could owe its name to an orange grove which was planted in the 1870s on the waterfront.

The most ancient indisputable traces of human presence in New Caledonia date from 2,500 BC with the arrival of the Austronesians.

New Caledonia is one of the 4 major territories in the world in terms of its biodiversity.