Kouaoua - Travel & Tourism Guide Kouaoua - Nouvelle-Calédonie

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Entirely focused on nickel mining, Kouaoua gives a good measure of the world of this industry, with the Méa mine, perched at an altitude of 600 meters from where the Serpentine, a gigantic conveyor belt carrying the precious ore over twelve kilometers, down to the sea, descends. Numerous incidents (fires) have severely disrupted mining operations in 2018. To fully appreciate the natural beauty of the region, you should rather follow the road to Canala, and even more particularly the transversal road to La Foa. Between innumerable curves and detours, the Chain will deliver all the secrets of its unchanging beauty