Kaori River New Caledonia
Imagine, a lovely river with nobody living anywhere on the watershed. Wilderness, ready for adventure walking, with wild flowers, waterfalls, quiet beauty in the mountains of southern Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Enjoy a virtual trip from the source of the Kaori River to the Baie du Kaori.
This waterfall is right at the source of the Riviere des Kaoris, about an hour's walk along the trail that originates at the Baie du Carenage. The first 35 minutes of the way is an old mining road that runs along the river - then there is an obscu...
This waterfall is right at the source of the Riviere des Kaoris, about an hour's walk along the trail that originates at the Baie du Carenage. The first 35 minutes of the way is an old mining road that runs along the river - then there is an obscu...
Toboggan Trail branches off from a perfect little swimming pool on the Kaori River trail. Just before the trail begins to go up towards the "toboggan" turn off onto the rocky riverbed and follow it about 100 metres to this series of cascades. Ther...
Imagine a place where you can go swimming in a crystal clear pool where there is nobody anywhere around, in fact, not a single human dwelling anywhere on the entire watershed. The water is not too chilly, just right for a refreshing dip after a 35...
New Caledonia has some really exotic wildflowers and nearly every time Freddy and I go trekking we see flowers we have never seen before. Of course some flowers are old friends and appear every year in the same areas. Freddy especially likes the h...
Freddy says, "Take a photo of that tiny tree" as I contemplate the best place to do a sphere image of one of our favourite swimming holes on the Rivere des Kaoris.The tiny tree is growing right out of a big rock between two cascades. It looks like...
After a week of heavy rain the Kaori River Cascades on the Southern tip of Grande Terre Island in New Caledonia were really pumping. They looked spectactular; a great time to use my little Mavic Air for an aerial shot. Freddy, Flash (our cat) and ...
Huge mangrove crabs, Sylla serrata, reaching over 25-cm in shell width, live in the mud below the long roots of the mangroves at the mouth of the Riviere des Kaoris in Prony, New Caledonia.This is one of the few areas in the world where the water ...
Superyachts in New Caledonia, MY TangoMore and more superyachts have been migrating to the cruising grounds of New Caledonia over the past few years. Some are as big as a small cruise ship. This one, the 37 metre long MY Tango anchored in Baie du ...
