Did you like our article 10 countries ignored by tourists? You love wild islands? Read on: these small island developing states are tiny and distant places outside the main tourist paths. Here are the top 10 of those - splendid! - Who are waiting for you.
1 Palau
Palau, a small nation of Micronesia, more like a string of large green mushrooms as an archipelago. In any case it evoked their Rock Islands, a group of over 200 islands lush limestone, interspersed with azure waters and fringed with white sand. The place is conveniently discovered by kayak, but if you're tired of paddling, you can always throw you into the water to let you float on top of one of the most beautiful underwater scenery in the world (according to Jacques Cousteau ...). And for an even more singular moment, go snorkeling in the Jellyfish Lake, where millions of these gelatinous creatures - who lost their stinging power - are engaged in a magnificent aquatic ballet.
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2 Tonga
Tonga is not a classic tropical paradise. Certainly, its 170 islands are scattered in a dream on the intense blue of the South Pacific. Sparkling sand beaches are dotted with palms and swim in waters that invite irresistibly to check it. But it is also the last kingdom in this region of the world, where globalization has not quite leveled Polynesian traditions: people still weave mats, wear tupenu (sarongs) and chat while sipping kava (traditional drink made from macerated roots). The islands of Ha'apai is distinguished by its deserted beaches and beautiful snorkeling spots; that of Niuas is even more wonderful and secluded. Vava'u is preferred by humpback whales. Each year they come to breed in its waters, to the delight of visitors.
Humpback whales migrate to Tonga in early July about the end of October; the get up close requires strict rules.
3 Sao Tome and Principe
Located in the center of the world but not in the middle of the road traveler, the islands of Sao Tome and Principe, all close to the equator, form the smallest state, and perhaps the least known of Africa. Owned a chain of extinct volcanoes, they hide in the Gulf of Guinea, west of Gabon - why so few tourists unearth. Those who do are yet amply rewarded: miles of beaches that only tread the fishermen, a hinterland of rainforest covered spot a peak of 2,024 m which can make the climb, turtles and humpback whales frequenting their waters, hotels built in the homes of decrepit colonial plantations crossed a gentle breeze ...
The dry season is from June to September, the wet season from October to May; the humpback whales between July and October.
4 Trinidad and Tobago
Thousands of birds, steelband orchestras, street food, multiculturalism, rainforest and carnival furious ... This Trinidad. It is the spirit of the Caribbean in all its most exhilarating, authentic, with this peculiarity that the island has barely a few nice stretches of sand instead of real beaches. Here it is not lounging in paradise but rather to live it. In addition, the island of Tobago fills this gap perfectly. The western part has almost pristine shores fringed with palm trees, where tourism remains discreet. In the east, up to lush flora, forests populated alligators and other animals, and a coastline with hidden coves where you feel like shipwrecked.
The dry season is from December to May, the rainy season from June to November. The islands are outside the hurricane belt - which nevertheless affect them from time to time.
5 Cook Islands
Captain Cook would be proud. The archipelago of 15 islands named after the explorer, which includes some of the most beautiful postcard paradise of the South Pacific, are strikingly beautiful - impossible to remain unmoved by the cerulean blue of the lagoon of Aitutaki. Lost in the middle of an ocean of 165 million km2, not far from the French Polynesia, they could not be more distant. Warning: those who manage to reach them for walks in the jungle, kayaking to a private atoll, or lazy, have a hard time to leave.
1 Palau
Palau, a small nation of Micronesia, more like a string of large green mushrooms as an archipelago. In any case it evoked their Rock Islands, a group of over 200 islands lush limestone, interspersed with azure waters and fringed with white sand. The place is conveniently discovered by kayak, but if you're tired of paddling, you can always throw you into the water to let you float on top of one of the most beautiful underwater scenery in the world (according to Jacques Cousteau ...). And for an even more singular moment, go snorkeling in the Jellyfish Lake, where millions of these gelatinous creatures - who lost their stinging power - are engaged in a magnificent aquatic ballet.
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2 Tonga
Tonga is not a classic tropical paradise. Certainly, its 170 islands are scattered in a dream on the intense blue of the South Pacific. Sparkling sand beaches are dotted with palms and swim in waters that invite irresistibly to check it. But it is also the last kingdom in this region of the world, where globalization has not quite leveled Polynesian traditions: people still weave mats, wear tupenu (sarongs) and chat while sipping kava (traditional drink made from macerated roots). The islands of Ha'apai is distinguished by its deserted beaches and beautiful snorkeling spots; that of Niuas is even more wonderful and secluded. Vava'u is preferred by humpback whales. Each year they come to breed in its waters, to the delight of visitors.
Humpback whales migrate to Tonga in early July about the end of October; the get up close requires strict rules.
3 Sao Tome and Principe
Located in the center of the world but not in the middle of the road traveler, the islands of Sao Tome and Principe, all close to the equator, form the smallest state, and perhaps the least known of Africa. Owned a chain of extinct volcanoes, they hide in the Gulf of Guinea, west of Gabon - why so few tourists unearth. Those who do are yet amply rewarded: miles of beaches that only tread the fishermen, a hinterland of rainforest covered spot a peak of 2,024 m which can make the climb, turtles and humpback whales frequenting their waters, hotels built in the homes of decrepit colonial plantations crossed a gentle breeze ...
The dry season is from June to September, the wet season from October to May; the humpback whales between July and October.
4 Trinidad and Tobago
Thousands of birds, steelband orchestras, street food, multiculturalism, rainforest and carnival furious ... This Trinidad. It is the spirit of the Caribbean in all its most exhilarating, authentic, with this peculiarity that the island has barely a few nice stretches of sand instead of real beaches. Here it is not lounging in paradise but rather to live it. In addition, the island of Tobago fills this gap perfectly. The western part has almost pristine shores fringed with palm trees, where tourism remains discreet. In the east, up to lush flora, forests populated alligators and other animals, and a coastline with hidden coves where you feel like shipwrecked.
The dry season is from December to May, the rainy season from June to November. The islands are outside the hurricane belt - which nevertheless affect them from time to time.
5 Cook Islands
Captain Cook would be proud. The archipelago of 15 islands named after the explorer, which includes some of the most beautiful postcard paradise of the South Pacific, are strikingly beautiful - impossible to remain unmoved by the cerulean blue of the lagoon of Aitutaki. Lost in the middle of an ocean of 165 million km2, not far from the French Polynesia, they could not be more distant. Warning: those who manage to reach them for walks in the jungle, kayaking to a private atoll, or lazy, have a hard time to leave.
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