Boat International – April 2018

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Day 1 Spend the night before your charter at

the Château Royal Beach Resort and get

into the holiday mindset with a treatment

at the hotel’s Aqua Royal Spa. The next

morning meet Masteka 2 and cruise south

to Baie de la Tortue (Turtle Bay) on Ile

Ouen. Enjoy an introductory snorkel off

the beach looking out for loggerhead

turtles, before a secluded night at anchor.

Day 2 Masteka 2 will make the 47nm cruise to

the deserted beaches and wild coastline

of L’Île des Pins. Anchor in Kuto Bay

and tender ashore for a freshly caught

seafood lunch at a local restaurant. In

the afternoon, a private guide will lead

a tour of the island, including the Grotto

of Queen Hortense, where the daughter

of the Great Chief Kaoua Vendégou took

refuge during tribal wars in the 1850s.

Day 3 In the morning discover the cerulean

waters of Nokanhui, which can be

accessed only with authorisation from

the local tribe. Then cruise to Île Moro

and after an afternoon of watersports

dine on Bougna, a traditional banana

leaf dish made from pieces of chicken,

lobster or fish with yams, bananas, sweet

potatoes and coconut milk.

Day 4 Enjoy breakfast en route to Kouare Island,

which is in the heart of the UNESCO World

Heritage Site lagoon. Keen fishermen can

undertake a sunrise expedition trawling

the fringing reefs on the yacht’s Boston

Whaler tender and meet Masteka 2 later

in the morning. Spend the afternoon

relaxing before dinner on the sundeck.

DAY 5 Awake in complete seclusion and then

cruise north and anchor at Uatio Island.

Here you can swim, explore, snorkel,

paddleboard, or just take in the views.

In the evening, the crew will treat you to

a beach barbecue of the previous day’s

catch, while you watch the sun set.

Day 6 After a morning swim, cruise to the

expansive Baie de Prony, on New

Caledonia’s southern mainland, and walk

to the Cap N’Dua lighthouse for views of

the entire cruising area out to L’Île des

Pins. Afterwards Masteka 2 will navigate

her way into the Baie du Carénage where

the water takes on a reddish tinge from

the high wooded hills close by.

Day 7 Masteka 2 will head to Passe de Boulari

so that divers can swim with the manta

rays that feed in the pass in front of

the 56 metre-high Lighthouse Amédée.

Watch the sun set from the top of the

lighthouse before a slow cruise back to

Nouméa to disembark the next morning.

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