Distance: 3.5 km. Elevation low/high/total: 238/259/37 m.
Difficulty: 1.6/10. Scenic: 8.9/10
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| A short but fun and scenic hike to a waterfall and a botanical stroll. Click pic for album, gpx file is here. |
It's New Caledonia Day weekend so we had a couple of extra days off. With the choice of either an extra French lesson or a hike with the 'rents, Iris chose the hike. We chose a relatively easy one and one that we attempted once before but got rained out. While the weather threatened initially, it turned out to be beautiful. So we drove to the Netcha area and walked to the Madeleine waterfall (Chutes de la Madeleine) and strolled along the Botanical Path (Sentier Botanique). Just lovely and peaceful. Highly recommended as a hike with kids. While it costs (400 XPF), that also gets you admission to Netcha which has a lovely swimming area a few km away, though we opted to skip that as it's not quite swimming weather yet so early in the spring as it is.
