The Rocket Guide opens with a full screen satellite image of New Caledonia and a menu that offers links to general information about New Caledonia.

At any level of zoom, from the entire SW Pacific right down to ground level you can click on a link along the menu bar on the top of the window to overlay information on:

• Getting there and around
• Where to stay, eat, shop, play and party.
• What to do (diving, fishing, boat charters, sports, sailing, weddings)
• Travel tips & info
• Communications (phone, internet, postal services).

Unlike web sites, the Rocket Guide gives big full screen razor sharp images instantly. Unlike the Internet you'll have everything right there, instantly available, and completely organized for rapid access in a standard and easy to understand navigation system. No more hunting through the myriad websites from travel wholesalers and travel agents and hotels - where you can never know if they are giving you the true information or if they are just "selling" the destination.

The Rocket Guide leaves out the "advertising" and throw-away comments like "the best" and "unsurpassed" and "magnificent" so you can make up your own mind based on imagery and clear, factual information.

Point to any part of the island and a brief summary pops up instantly with information about that area. Here I have pointed to Noumea in the southern part of New Caledonia. The guide uses a point and click navigation system to explore New Caledonia from outer space to under the sea.

Click on an area to zoom down until the screen is filled with a high resolution space image of the area.

You can also use Search to quickly find any accommodation or other facility by name and go there with a single click.

 

Contethis Let's say you wanted to find out about hotels in New Caledonia. You click on the menu item "Where to Stay, Eat, Shop and Party" and then you click on the sub-menu item "Hotels" to see this summary of hotels and resorts everywhere in New Caledonia.

Now let's imagine you wanted to stay in Noumea during your stay. You simply click on the name Noumea or on the summary bubble that shows how many hotels are in Noumea and instantly you will be looking at Noumea with a list of those hotels and resorts.

You can quickly review all the facilities just by pointing to their names on the list and within minutes you will know a much as any travel agent about which hotels are available, where they are, how many stars, and their contact details and even a hot link to their website and email.

Click on the link for the hotel you are interested in to zoom down to ground level for a closer look.

The first ground level view, the welcome, shows the whole facility and a menu bar that includes Getting There, Facilities, Activities, Points of Interest and Contact details. Pretty easy. Now how about a virtual look at one of the rooms?

Click on Facilities to see the hotel's rooms, restaurants, and other features. Then pick the kind of room you might want to stay in.

This is a very small version of the full screen virtual reality image you'll see on the Rocket Guide.

Click on a room to see a sphere image of the room along with a summary of what is included. It's just like standing in the room.

Click here the sphere image of la Promenade Suite Junior in full screen, like you'll see it on the guide.

This opens a new window. When it opens and the image finishes loading, click on the crossed arrow icon to make the sphere image full screen, then left click and hold while you move the cursor left or right to pan left or right or all the way around as if you were there, turning around, having a look. The only better way to see the room is to be standing in it. You'll have even more options on the guide itself - it's really much more versatile (and faster) than the examples on the Internet.

After you have had a look at the room you can check out the other facilities, activities, points of interest and contacts for the hotel - including a live link to the hotel's website, phone, fax, postal address and an automatic e-mail facility.

No matter where you are on the Rocket Guide, you can point to the goto button to see a satellite view of New Caledonia and then point and click on any other place in New Caledonia to rocket there in an instant. It's all there, from the Loyalty Islands to Isle of Pines in the far south, and all of Grande Terre. Really - it is a complete travel encyclopedia of New Caledonia with over 700 tourism facilities and activities. Throughout the guide you will find full details on tours and activities for every location, including virtual tours - like this interactive sphere image of an Ouvea Beach in the Loyalty Islands - just a 40 minute flight from Noumea.

 

To see this sphere image of the Ouvea, Loyalty Islands beach in full screen click here.

To see it in person buy the guide, make your plans, and fly on over!

The Rocket Guide to New Caledonia is the perfect way to explore New Caledonia and decide where to go, where to stay, how to make the most of your visit, what to avoid, and what to do.

And it's fun and best of all, it's very inexpensive. Download it right now or, if your Internet connection can't take the huge 750MB file size download order the guide on DVD. It works on any version of Windows or Macintosh.