1 Hidden Destination in Oceania

New Caledonia

Destinations

The Drowned Forest (Forêt Noyée)

New Caledonia · Southern Province

Beneath the tranquil surface of a remote reservoir lies a ghostly, silent forest of thousands of ancient trees, perfectly preserved and eerily standing tall.

When the Yaté Dam was constructed in the 1950s, the rising waters of the Yaté River submerged a vast kauri forest, creating an otherworldly ...