Tour Code: NCST03   

 

INTRODUCTION

Our CREIPAC Homestay & Immersion Program has been designed for adults at intermediate and advanced learning level. Our homestay partners are carefully selected to provide you with a safe and comfortable family environment in convenient locations, and is an ideal opportunity for students to progress their language skills while making new friends. Planned 5 times a year by CREIPAC, Intensive Course for Adults are open to all levels. This comprehensive immersion features a 15 hour communication course, incorporating culture with language practice, according to the student's ability. 

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ITINERARY

Day 1: Australia - Noumea

Fly directly from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane to Noumea with Aircalin. For students outside of these capital cities there are convenient domestic connections from other Australian airports. On arrival at Tontouta Airport you will meet your homestay family and be taken to their home for the next 7 nights.

 

Day 2 to Day 7: Noumea

Each morning you will have breakfast with your homestay family then they will drop you off at CREIPAC for your French lessons from Monday to Friday from 8.15am to 11.45am including a half hour break.

 

Classes are conducted by a native French-speaking teacher at the CREIPAC Language School, the only government school specialising in the teaching of French to foreigners in New Caledonia. 

 

You will share dinner with the family and have a chance to practise all of the French that you have been learning in class. 

 

You will spend Saturday and Sunday with your host family and have a unique opportunity to experience what daily life is like for locals in Noumea.

 

Day 8: Noumea - Australia

After breakfast this morning it is time to say "au revoir" to New Caledonia and transfer by coach to Tontouta Airport for your flight home.

 

ACCOMMODATION

Homestay

Stay with a family and experience the daily life of a New Caledonian. You will have your own bedroom in a house and eat breakfast and dinner with the family. In the morning they will drive you to CREIPAC for your classes and they will pick you up at a designated place and take you back home at the end of the afternoon. Our homestay partners are carefully selected to provide you with a safe and comfortable family environment in convenient locations.

 

*Optional 7 nights' hotel accommodation is available for students that would like to participate in the intensive CREIPAC French lessons however do not wish to undertake a homestay component.

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DEPARTURE DATES FROM SYDNEY / BRISBANE:

Sunday 23 August - Sunday 30 August 2020

Sunday 30 August - Sunday 06 September 2020

Sunday 22 November - Sunday 29 November 2020

Sunday 29 November - Sunday 06 December 2020

Sunday 10 January - Sunday 17 January 2021

Sunday 17 January - Sunday 24 January 2021

Sunday 14 March - Sunday 21 March 2021

Sunday 21 March - Sunday 28 March 2021

Sunday 04 April - Sunday 11 April 2021

Sunday 11 April - Sunday 18 April 2021

Sunday 30 May - Sunday 06 June 2021

Sunday 06 June - Sunday 13 June 2021

Sunday 22 August - Sunday 29 August 2021

Sunday 29 August - Sunday 05 September 2021

Sunday 21 November - Sunday 28 November 2021

Sunday 28 November - Sunday 05 December 2021

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DEPARTURE DATES FROM MELBOURNE / BRISBANE / SYDNEY

Saturday 22 August - Saturday 29 August 2020

Saturday 29 August - Saturday 05 September 2020

Saturday 21 November - Saturday 28 November 2020

Saturday 28 November - Saturday 05 December 2020

Saturday 09 January - Saturday 16 January 2021

Saturday 16 January - Saturday 23 January 2021

Saturday 13 March - Saturday 20 March 2021

Saturday 20 March - Saturday 27 March 2021

Saturday 03 April - Saturday 10 April 2021

Saturday 10 April - Saturday 17 April 2021

Saturday 29 May - Saturday 05 June 2021

Saturday 05 June - Saturday 12 June 2021

Saturday 21 August - Saturday 28 August 2021

Saturday 28 August - Saturday 04 September 2021

Saturday 20 November - Saturday 27 November 2021

Saturday 27 November - Saturday 04 December 2021