Island most pristine and intact: New Caledonia

The island with natural beauty almost intact the minority is protected from the thousands of lives .

Only 10% of the area of New Caledonia ( also known as the New World ) , the Loyalty Islands , but a symbol of a pristine paradise of time , has not been explored . Along the foot of the tourists to visit places and meet people who are indigenous Melanesians and ink -loving nature conservation ...

New Caledonia is an overseas territory of France , situated north east Australia and New Zealand 1,500 km 1,700 km . This area is made up of three small areas , including Loyalty Islands . It is inhabited mainly by ethnic Melanesians - accounted for 42 % of the population in New Caledonia .

The Melanesians call themselves Kanak . The reason they are so named by European explorers often equated in Oceania aboriginal natives like to call them in Hawaii and Kanaka maoli . After this , many people gradually became shortened to Kanak name today.

Kanak residents living in the unspoiled village on the 3 main islands of the Loyalty Islands Lifou , Ouvea and Mare . At this point , you will encounter these practices may only be read in the original history .

In the Kanak community , all assets are owned by the tribe or family , nothing has ever traded with each other that they are willing to share objects , food .

Mare is the small island lying south and highest in the Loyalty Islands . It is composed of five different layers of coral terrain is characterized by high cliffs , dense forests and deep basalt .

This island is also the most intact and pristine compared to other islands in the archipelago . Above are pictures Wabao Bay - Places owns the most beautiful beaches on the island of Mare . When you arrive here , tourists can seemingly forgetting the existence of the urban noisy , boisterous sea breeze listening , melding into the great poetic space .

Image cliffs called " war dance " ( Warrior's Leap ) at Mare Island from small overhead perspective . The name comes from the legend of the battle at this place between two warriors - Si Hnathege Hnor clan with a warrior coming from Si Gurework .

Hnor better , faster, has turned over a cliff jump with a distance of 7 meters in a single jump . Meanwhile , his enemies were not so lucky and fell from a height of more than 40m . Because Hnor jump through too well , 1 7 m steps should be take place they call him jump over the " war dance " to commemorate this legend .

A place to leave a deep impression on visitors is another cliff with a unique shape this Lekiny of Ouvea island . This is one of the atolls tilt ( partially submerged part lagoons ) the Pacific 's most beautiful by its own white sandy beach stretches 25 km .

Try Japanese writer - Katsura Morimura , during his life, Ouvea is called " the island closest to paradise " by the wild beauty and its great .

The Kanak people on the small island of Lifou . A traditional houses here are built like a hut , roofed with straw or palm leaves , coconut . the floor was covered with clay and put a fireplace in the middle .

Each job cooking , bathing , cleaning is done in the Kanak huts separate designs , different from regular housing . Picture a house of Kanak people .

Kanak people often sleep on the floor by spraying Projector . They have an interesting tradition of the Kanak people . That is when you visit any of the people , please give them a small gift .

With aboriginal indigenous to important gift , small , valuable or not , but that's the expression you show respect for the owner as well as the desire to learn more about their tribe .

However, there is a difference on the Ouvea island , which is also the community of Polynesians living here . Their presence made ​​little difference in the architecture on the island .

If the Kanak huts and houses are often built round the Polynesian people prefer a square tent . Photograph of two residents of the community who are Polynesians cook prepare a fire .

The people of the Loyalty Islands are in harmony with nature . They lived by hunting and fishing and gathering fruits available: butter , coconut , ... And the most famous heavy round breads with a strange name " marmite " characteristic of the mare .

One year , the people here are 3 major festivals . It is the Avocado in April , the Walei in August and in October the Vanilla . Overall score 3 of the festival is to honor all those famous natural produce at the Mare Island as avocado , coconut and vanilla on the Ouvea island of Lifou Island .

If you have a chance to visit this beautiful island , you'll probably never forget that look pristine original inhabitants of this place have kept trying for years .