New Caledonia Barrier Reef

Grande Terre · New Caledonia

New Caledonia Barrier Reef, New Caledonia
Photo: the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus on NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite, Jesse Allen, Michon Scott., Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
September to November
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One of the longest continuous barrier reefs on Earth, enclosing a vast lagoon around Grande Terre. Its listed waters host turtles, dugongs, and dense coral in exceptional clarity.

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