last visited January 2019
"EXPLORER OF THE SEAS" off Easo Beach November 2018
"NOORDAM" January 2019
LIFOU
LIFOU (please excuse spelling on map - it is likewise fourth dimension consuming to correct) is the largest of the LOYALTY ISLANDS of NEW CALEDONIA - it is almost 100km due north of the principal isle of GRANDE TERRE together with solely lx strange km from MARE.
EASO VILLAGE together with BEACH are on the due north coast of SANTAI BAY. This is an first-class cruise shipping anchorage amongst natural protection from the SE TRADE WINDS which blow hither to a greater extent than oft than not. As a thing of fact it is protected from most winds of the expanse - you lot don't instruct likewise many westerlies inwards these latitudes. I tin solely come across problems arising during together with subsequently the rare TROPICAL CYCLONES (aka HURRICANES together with TYPHOONS inwards other parts of the world).
EASO BEACH is a brusque distance westward of the hamlet together with has four sections - the MAIN SECTION WEST OF THE PIER - a continuation of this strip of sand EAST OF THE PIER (yellow arrow denotes eastern limit) - together with 2 other small-scale sections FURTHER EAST (black arrows)..
Note the NATURAL AQUARIUM the other side of the headland - this is the overstep snorkelling spot of JINEK BAY. Locals accuse $15 entrance together with thus I gave it a fille - peradventure adjacent visit.
Note likewise the cruise-ship sitting off ESO.
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MAIN BEACH WEST OF THE PIER
LIFOU
Note the NATURAL AQUARIUM the other side of the headland - this is the overstep snorkelling spot of JINEK BAY. Locals accuse $15 entrance together with thus I gave it a fille - peradventure adjacent visit.
Note likewise the cruise-ship sitting off ESO.
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MAIN BEACH WEST OF THE PIER
This proved the most pop location. About 400m long but quite narrow - inwards parts the high tide job left solely a meter or together with thus of dry out sand. Lotsa marine debris both weed-like together with eroded coral on the sand. Plenty of shade inwards dorsum of the beach. Water was of medium clarity closed to shore. featured a lot of marine grass together with some dead coral. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few fish hanging around but zero to instruct excited about. I noticed some skilful coral patches farther out on the tender trip into the beach (the H2O seemed much clearer out in that location too) but at 73 I couldn't live bothered swimming out to banking concern check it.
Landing pier from the beach - the outer utilisation is genuinely a converted WW2 landing barge.
UPDATE - this had been replaced past times a to a greater extent than conventional pier January 2019
Landing barge from the shipping amongst a petty telephoto cranked in.
EASTERN utilisation of MAIN BEACH from the landing pier. Less than 100m long. The farther arrows indicate to 2 patches of sand farther eastward -each abt 120m long. Can live reached easily on a rail only behind the rocks.
Behind the pier locals had ready a marketplace (the common touristy article of apparel together with trinkets summation food, drinks, pilus braiding etc) together with cultural exhibition (singing together with dancing).
To the westward most of the expanse behind the beach was a PARK amongst lotsa trees, some picnic tables together with fifty-fifty a camping ground area. Very relaxing.
FIRST FURTHER EASTERN BEACH
This is the nearer of the 2 eastern beaches to the landing pier. It's solely 150m from the landing pier on but despite this had agency fewer people. Looks to live the house to instruct if you lot value seclusion.
NEARBY
There are some slow walks from the pier area. The hamlet starts almost 350m eastward of the pier together with in that location is JINEK BAY together with a span of prissy churches to banking concern check out.
EGLISE CAHTHOLIQUE NE DREHU CHURCH abt 900m eastward of the landing pier on the far border of the village.
NOTRE DAME de LOURDES church building on the cease of EASO POINT which separates EASO BEACH from the natural aquarium of JINEK BAY. It's an slow 15-20m stroll westward along the route together with 5-10 mins past times the turnoff to JINEK BAY.
Pretty prominent pose southward cease of peninsula
I made it upwards in that location inwards January 2019 - pretty slow walk along partly shaded route (go uphill for 70m from the arrivals expanse - plough left) apart from concluding five minutes of stairs which or non killers but volition convey unfit people pausing for a few residual breaks.
Apart from its swell position, the church building is meaning inwards that it is the showtime inwards the area, built past times Catholic missionaries inwards 1858.
The outlook from the church building is panoramic solely to the south-east (above) together with south. Vegetation blocks views of the beach, hamlet together with other parts of the northern SANTAI BAY shore, summation to the west, due north together with north-west
JINEK BAY NATURAL AQUARIUM
This is from only brusque of the headland church building - I didn't instruct upwards hither inwards 2018 together with thus I pinched this ane from ADVENTURES ALL AROUND.COM.
The bay obviously has first-class snorkelling together with is abt 500m walk SW from the pier - come across map upwards page. Next LIFOU telephone weep upwards inwards (yep, LADY TEZZA has already booked some other cruise for January '19) I intend to pass the $15 admission together with convey a look.
UPDATE JAN 2019 - I wandered downward subsequently my see to the headland church building (coming from the pier on the same road, you lot volition detect the turn-off to the right subsequently almost 10 minutes). The route downward to the bay slopes gently for almost five minutes. Bayside is a nicely shaded expanse amongst some places offering food, drinkable etc. Shortly subsequently I joined the job for H2O entry the local upwards front end collecting the $15 announced "FINIS" - people closed asked was this for the whole day? (it was solely 1030) - the answer was "OUI". Now I don't know if this was a communications thing (the local government definitely boundary # of snorkelers inwards the H2O at whatever ane time, together with thus you lot tin facial expression express delays) or whether in that location is also a DAILY LIMIT. Anyhow, my advice is to plough upwards existent early on if you lot desire to banking concern check the underwater scene which promises to live skilful amongst restrictions on numbers, no sunscreen, yada. This is a truthful marine national park.
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