FREEDOM REIMAGINED
Bernard doesn’t say much and, when he does, it’s softly spoken French with a hint of Kanak indifference. It matters little to Bernard whether he’s taking his boat out to catch fish or helping travellers get to the top of a shallow lagoon in the Isle of Pines. His boat is a pirogue, a large wooden canoe paired to an outrigger and fitted with a simple sail that folds open like the wings of a butterfly.
It is the antithesis of the superyacht that sailed us here.
Most people who visit the Isle of Pines arrive on a plane from Nouméa, or one of the, a $20 million superyacht sleeping up to 12 guests that leaves its home port of Sydney between May and September to sail the waters of New Caledonia. is a self-contained support system, the perfect mobile resort for a week or two touring the Loyalty Islands and the hidden gems around Maré, Lifou and Ouéva.
