Kanacea Island

Kanacea Island is 13.5km left of Vanu Balavu. It is an impressive volcanic island of an incredible 3085 acres (1248ha), round in shape, with a diagonal of 4.5 km. It has 7 hills, height 259m, several streams of drinking volcanic water, white sandy beaches, coral reefs that surround it, a…

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Adavaci Island

Adavaci Island is also part of Vanu Balavu, and only a kilometer and something from the Bay of the Islands (actually it is always visible from the air when they paint the Bay of the Islands) so it is in a strategic position. Its area is 102 acres (41ha), length…

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[YOUTUBE VIDEOS] OUTCHASING STARS in Vanua Balavu

Two professionals, Admiral Amy and Captian David, owners of this site  https://outchasingstars.com/ are living their dream. As you can see from their website, they are sailing across the globe. They visited many of the Pacific islands. And they have beautiful videos of Vanua Balavu and Bay of Islands (I shortly…

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Bay of Islands

The Bay of Islands in Fiji is a bay of small islands of coral origin. It is located on Vanua Balava Island, in the northwest. These are islands that protrude from the water, and look like broken islands, similar to the famous islands in Palau that are under UNESCO, or…

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Vanua Balavu

Vanua Balavu is the main island of the Northern Lau Group. It is a volcanic island with coral islands around and a coral reef surrounding it. The area is 57km2. Highest height 283m. Population of about 1200 people located in 17 villages, with Lomaloma being the main village with about…

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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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