New Caledonia Transportation Tips by Maximilian21

'Mode': TO
Category: Ship/Boat
Getting TO/AROUND: One good way of getting to the isle of pines in by chartered boat.
it probabaly isnt the cheapest option, that would be the ferry, but it was defienetly the feel good option

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: The buses are quite nice and the roads are of reasonable quality around the island. A good option to get to new caledonia various provinces would be to take the bus.
for deatils on pricing and distances look at the following website
http://www.bugpacific.com/transport/busnc.html

The bus travel in Noumea itself is also very good and efficient.

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'Mode': TO
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: Flying is your only option if you want to come to New Caledonia (the other option is cruise, but the port of call duration is less than a day).
The main airline of New Caledonia is "air calin" and does several weekly flights from Sydney. Other air carriers which fly to the island are Air France, Qantas and AOM.

Subsequently there are flights which fly to the loyalty Islands next to "la grande terre", these flights also leave several times a week and are undertaken by the smaller carrier "air caledonia"

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'Mode': TO
Category: Ship/Boat
Getting TO/AROUND: There are several ferry trips to the loyalty islands and the iles of pines from Noumea.
The ferry is called the Betico and is quite fast and efficient, as well as being a cheaper option that flying.
From Noumea to The iles of pines it costs about $60 and from Noumea to any one of the 3 main loyalty islands it costs around $90.
Its a nice and cheaper alternative.

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'Mode': TO
Category: Ship/Boat
Getting TO/AROUND: The other option of course is by going on a cruise ship. This option is very popular and the ports of Noumea, Poume and Lifou are met by large cruise ships on a weekly basis.
P&O have regular ships travelling here such as the Pacific sky and the Pacific Sun as well as the Pacific Princess. Unfortuntely you only get to see each destination very briefly but i suppose if gives your a preview of what the country is like.

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