Belonging to the Mont-Dore municipality, the Isle of Ouen is located south of the Woodin canal, almost half-way between Nouméa and Île des Pins. Discovered by a sandalwood tradesman in the 19th century, the island is now home to a population of around one hundred people, concentrated in the village of Ouara, in the heart of a coconut plantation.
For the last few years, a discovery week-end has been regularly organized to meet the local population of the island and visit an exceptional site. The island's inhabitants, respectful of their environment and boasting a rich culture and history that have long been ignored, welcome tourists in their customary warm fashion.
When in Ouen...
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A high land
The Isle of Ouen is a fragment detached from the continental mass, a high land, with deep coves in the East, in Kumbé and Port-Kuté. The island has long been famous for its turtles and former jade mine. This site is also renowned for its apple-green ouenite rock. Carried back to Grand Terre in its raw form, the rock was sculpted into common or ceremonial axe blades.
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Meet the humpback whales!
The island, whose main activity remains fishing, is relatively isolated but attracts many humpback whale watchers every year, during their mating season, between June and September.
