Lau Islands (and cyclone devastation)

The Lau Islands (Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) is a group of islands lying on the east side of Fiji, literally halfway between the main islands of Viti Levu and Tonga. There are about sixty islands, of which only a third are inhabited. The area is 487km2…

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Ringgold Isles

Ringgold Isles is an archipelago, an outer group of Vanua Levu. The closest island to famous Lacala https://tropicalislands.net/laucala-island/ is the island of Tovuka, about 21 km north. The group is uninhabited, except for Qelelevu Island where people live in the small Naluta village, and Yanuca Island where 60-80 inhabitants live. In…

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Matangi Island

Matangi Island is an island in Fiji, which belongs to the Vanua Levu archipelago. It is located 4km northwest of famous Laucala Island https://tropicalislands.net/laucala-island/ . Its area is 240 acres (94 ha), and it is specific in that it has the shape of a horseshoe! Inside the horseshoe is a bay…

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Laucala Island

Laucala Island is one of the most popular private islands in Fiji, if not the most popular. Its size is 3500 acres (14km2), and its maximum length/width is about 6,2kmX4,3km. It is located 370m from Taveuni (the third largest island in Fiji). The famous founder of the energy drink Red…

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Nananu-i-cake Island

Nananu-i-cake is an island only 650m from the coast of the main island in the northeast. The island has an area of 600 acres (242ha), length / width of about 3km by 1.5km. It also has a small island with him. It has several beaches, a hill, a villa at…

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Macuata Island

Macuata Island is an island about 1.5 km from its home country. Its area is about 100 acres (40ha), length / width 852m by 660m and height 100m.  There are endangered iguanas in island. In August 2015, a picnic fire engulfed the island, and a good part of it burned…

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Vatu-I-Ra Island

Vatu-I-Ra Island is a small island located between the two largest islands of Fiji, in an area known as Bligh Waters or Vatu-I-Ra passage. It is an abandoned island about 5 acres (2 hectares) in size. The nearest island is Viti Levu, about 20 kilometers away. After the famous "Mutiny…

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SauSau (Exile) Island

SauSau Island or Exile Island is a small island (15 acres / 6 ha) that is famous for having Survivor reality filmed on it. The island is about 2.5 km away from Tivi island. It is a specific island as it has flat, hills, vegetation (real ,,Robinson Crusoe" island), but…

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Tivi Island

Tivi Island has an area of about 150 acres (60 ha), length / width of about 2.5 km by 1 km (of which a huge part of the mangroves have grown around the island, without them the dimensions would be about 1.6 km by 820 m). The northern part of…

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Tikina-I-Ra

Tikina-I-Ra is part of an island of impressive size about 10233 acres (4141ha). In total there are about 25km of coastline! There are plenty of white sand beaches, coconuts, corals, hills, mangroves on the shores, and even access to deep water through the port that is within its borders. It…

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