Food and Travel Magazine

"Stay in a thatched hut right on one of Lifou island’s many beautiful beaches and Mrs Waka’s family will cook you incredible food too, from grilled lobsters and tasty snails to the famed bougna (with or without bat)."

The Guardian

"John, Waka’s husband, will take you snorkelling or arrange a fishing trip, while Waka prepares delicious dinners featuring fresh lobster, crabs in coconut and bougna, a local speciality of fish or chicken and root vegetables cooked in banana leaf."

Nouméa Matata

"For the rest of the stay they will be making us more well-known dishes like the bougna with the fish and coconut crabs: succulent!"