Another day to explore the southern tip of the
island might’ve been nice but we didn’t feel like
we’d missed out.
After spending a few days relaxing on Îlot Maître
Island, we took the short flight to the Ile des Pins,
just a 20 minute hop from Grande Terre. We had
more two wheeled action there when we hired a
couple of Yamaha BW scooters for a day, which was
more than long enough for us to have a look around
If you fancy a trip to New
Cal, the airline servicing
the island is Air Calin
www.aircalin.com
We hired the Triumph Street Triple from
Nouméa Rider http://noumea-rider.
lagoon.nc and our road trip was based
on one we found online www.ncvoyages.
com.au/new-caledonia-adventure-travel
64KIWI RIDER
this small (15km x 13km) island in the sun. The
scooters were hilarious, good for 65km/h downhill
and barely 10km/h uphill. Another 100cc would’ve
been good but they did the job for us perfectly.
So did we enjoy New Cal? Hell yeah, it’s a beautiful
place with some awesome roads, the people are
friendly and it doesn’t take long to get there.
One thing’s for sure, the memories will last much
longer than the credit card debt.