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Explore 11 protected areas in New Caledonia — rated across 10 categories

Wilderness nature reserve straddling the central range between Poya and Ponérihouen, protecting humid mountain forest on the Aoupinié massif and habitat for the kagu and other endemic fauna.

Aoupinié

A 400-hectare special botanical reserve on the Plaine des Lacs, protecting a waterfall and dense maquis with dwarf araucarias, carnivorous plants and over 160 mostly endemic species.

Chutes de la Madeleine

Vast territorial marine park created in 2014 covering New Caledonia’s entire exclusive economic zone (about 1.3 million km²), one of the world’s largest protected areas, encompassing the lagoon World 

Coral Sea

Provincial park along the Dumbéa River near Nouméa, protecting riverine forest and swimming pools such as the Devil’s Potholes within a popular hiking watershed.

Dumbéa

A 4,535-hectare humid mountain rainforest park spanning Farino, Sarraméa and Moindou, named for its tree ferns and rich in endemic birds and plants.

Grandes Fougères

Serial UNESCO World Heritage marine property inscribed in 2008, covering about 1.57 million hectares of barrier reefs, lagoons and associated ecosystems encircling Grande Terre, with exceptional coral

Lagoons of New Caledonia

Integral nature reserve of roughly 5,878 hectares east of the Blue River park, one of New Caledonia’s oldest reserves, protecting montane humid forest and the island’s water catchments.

Montagne des Sources

Special botanical reserve on New Caledonia’s highest peak (1,629 m), expanded in 2022 to 10,918 hectares, protecting the island’s largest cloud-forest massif and many endemic conifers and birds.

Mont Panié

One of the six marine clusters of the Lagoons of New Caledonia UNESCO World Heritage Site, comprising the Ouvéa and Beautemps-Beaupré atolls, a bird, turtle and fish sanctuary with pristine reefs and 

Ouvéa and Beautemps-Beaupré

Flagship provincial park of about 9,000 hectares in the Grand Sud, holding the largest wild population of the endemic flightless kagu amid kauri forests, lakes and red-earth maquis.

Rivière Bleue

Integral special marine reserve of about 17,000 hectares in the southern lagoon, a strictly protected no-take zone safeguarding coral reefs, fish stocks, turtles and dugongs.

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