# Roots Earth in Lautoka: audio stories about 40 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/lautoka Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 40 places in Lautoka, Fiji, in Oceania. The Lautoka stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Lautoka, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 40 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 40 places in Lautoka with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Lautoka (Sugar City) 2. Lautoka Sugar Mill 3. Lautoka Municipal Market 4. Sri Krishna Kaliya Temple 5. Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple 6. Churchill Park 7. Mount Koroyanitu (Mount Evans) 8. Vuda Point 9. Viseisei Village 10. Lautoka Sea Wall (Marine Drive) 11. Lautoka Botanical Gardens 12. Vitogo Parade 13. Garden of the Sleeping Giant 14. Nadi 15. Ba 16. Koroyanitu National Heritage Park 17. Saweni Beach 18. Vatukoula 19. Sigatoka 20. Mamanuca Islands 21. Yasawa Islands 22. Port of Lautoka 23. Natabua High School 24. Ba River 25. Sabeto Hot Springs and Mud Pool 26. Nausori Highlands 27. Denarau Island 28. Vitogo 29. Namoli Village 30. Lauwaki Village 31. Namara 32. Drasa Avenue (Drasa) 33. Lautoka Andhra Sangam College 34. Lautoka F.C. 35. Abaca Village 36. Vakabuli Village 37. Saru Village 38. Naviago Village 39. Sabeto River valley 40. Nadi River ## Is there an audio guide for Lautoka (Sugar City)? Yes. Lautoka (Sugar City) has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 40 Lautoka places in the app, at -17.62417, 177.45278. Every one of the other 39 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Lautoka Open Roots Earth and choose Lautoka. The city has its own map of places with all 40 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 40 places in Lautoka, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 40 places in Lautoka, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Lautoka (Sugar City) - Coordinates: -17.62417, 177.45278 - In one line: Fiji's second city and the heart of its cane belt, Lautoka grew around a sugar mill founded in 1903. Known as the Sugar City, it became a town in 1929 and a city in 1977. ### 2. Lautoka Sugar Mill - Coordinates: -17.609, 177.4555 - In one line: Founded in 1903 by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, the Lautoka Sugar Mill once ranked among the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. It remains the Sugar City's biggest employer and the engine of its history. ### 3. Lautoka Municipal Market - Coordinates: -17.6118, 177.453 - In one line: Lautoka's bustling municipal market is the city's beating heart of fresh produce, spices, woven crafts and kava. Here Fijian and Indo-Fijian traders meet daily, filling the stalls with tropical fruit and the talk of the Sugar City. ### 4. Sri Krishna Kaliya Temple - Coordinates: -17.6075, 177.4625 - In one line: Opened in 1977, the Sri Krishna Kaliya Temple is the first Hare Krishna temple in Fiji and the foremost ISKCON centre in the South Pacific. Its unique name recalls Krishna's victory over the serpent Kaliya. ### 5. Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple - Coordinates: -17.80731, 177.41498 - In one line: Consecrated in 1994 in Dravidian style, Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple is the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere dedicated to Lord Murugan. Built by Indian artisans with Carrara marble and hand-carved stone, it crowns the cane belt's Tamil heritage. ### 6. Churchill Park - Coordinates: -17.60667, 177.45222 - In one line: Established in the early 1900s and named after Winston Churchill, Churchill Park is Lautoka's main multi-purpose stadium. It hosts Lautoka F. C. and Super Rugby's Fijian Drua, drawing the city's loudest match-day crowds. ### 7. Mount Koroyanitu (Mount Evans) - Coordinates: -17.66758, 177.57339 - In one line: Rising 1,195 metres above Lautoka, Mount Koroyanitu is Fiji's third-highest peak. Its heritage park, created in 1989, protects 35 square kilometres of native forest, waterfalls and the homeland of vulnerable Pacific birds. ### 8. Vuda Point - Coordinates: -17.66667, 177.38317 - In one line: Vuda Point is a headland between Lautoka and Nadi on Viti Levu's west coast. Tradition names it the landing place of the first Fijian ancestors, and a busy yacht marina now lines its sheltered bay. ### 9. Viseisei Village - Coordinates: -17.68561, 177.40742 - In one line: Viseisei is a village near Vuda Point, widely regarded as the oldest settlement in Fiji. Tradition holds that the first ancestors founded it after landing here, and it remains a living centre of chiefly and Methodist heritage. ### 10. Lautoka Sea Wall (Marine Drive) - Coordinates: -17.6155, 177.447 - In one line: The Lautoka Sea Wall runs along Marine Drive at the edge of Fiji's Sugar City, facing the Bekana lagoon. It is a favourite evening promenade, where residents fish and stroll as the sun sets behind the Mamanuca islands. ### 11. Lautoka Botanical Gardens - Coordinates: -17.6135, 177.4565 - In one line: The Lautoka Botanical Gardens are the public gardens of Fiji's Sugar City, a green retreat of lawns, lily ponds, and shade trees. ### 12. Vitogo Parade - Coordinates: -17.612, 177.454 - In one line: Vitogo Parade is the palm-lined main avenue of central Lautoka, the civic spine of Fiji's Sugar City. Famous for its towering royal palms, it gathers shops, civic buildings, and the everyday traffic of the country's second city. ### 13. Garden of the Sleeping Giant - Coordinates: -17.73, 177.455 - In one line: The Garden of the Sleeping Giant is an orchid garden in the Sabeto valley near Nadi, founded in 1977 by actor Raymond Burr. Beneath the Sleeping Giant ridge, boardwalks wind through orchids, lily ponds, and dense rainforest. ### 14. Nadi - Coordinates: -17.8, 177.41667 - In one line: Nadi is Fiji's third-largest city and its main gateway, home to the international airport and the country's busiest tourist district. It is also known for the Sri Siva Subramaniya temple, the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere. ### 15. Ba - Coordinates: -17.5333, 177.6747 - In one line: Ba is a sugar town on the Ba River in western Viti Levu, incorporated in 1939 and home to a largely Indo-Fijian community. Fiji's football capital, it surrounds the Rarawai sugar mill of 1886. ### 16. Koroyanitu National Heritage Park - Coordinates: -17.64, 177.54 - In one line: Koroyanitu National Heritage Park protects 35 square kilometres of native cloud forest, grassland ridges, and waterfalls below Mount Koroyanitu, Fiji's third-highest peak at 1,195 metres. Created in 1989, it is run by Ba Province communities. ### 17. Saweni Beach - Coordinates: -17.65, 177.405 - In one line: Saweni Beach is a quiet, sheltered bay a short way south of Lautoka on the west coast of Viti Levu. ### 18. Vatukoula - Coordinates: -17.5, 177.84983 - In one line: Vatukoula, whose name means "gold rock," is a company gold-mining town inland from Tavua in Ba Province. Worked since the 1930s, its mine drew thousands of miners and remains one of the South Pacific's oldest goldfields. ### 19. Sigatoka - Coordinates: -18.14139, 177.50694 - In one line: Sigatoka is a market town at the mouth of the Sigatoka River on Viti Levu's Coral Coast. Incorporated in 1959, it anchors the fertile valley known as Fiji's Salad Bowl and lies near the famous Sigatoka Sand Dunes. ### 20. Mamanuca Islands - Coordinates: -17.67, 177.08 - In one line: The Mamanuca Islands are a volcanic archipelago of around 20 islands west of Nadi, several vanishing at high tide. Ringed by coral reefs, they hold resorts and famous film locations, including Monuriki of the movie Cast Away. ### 21. Yasawa Islands - Coordinates: -16.92, 177.33 - In one line: The Yasawa Islands are a chain of about 20 volcanic islands stretching over 80 kilometres northwest of Lautoka. ### 22. Port of Lautoka - Coordinates: -17.601, 177.438 - In one line: The Port of Lautoka is the main maritime gateway for western Viti Levu and Fiji's second-largest port. It ships bulk sugar, molasses, woodchips, petroleum and gas, and welcomes cruise vessels and inter-island ferries. ### 23. Natabua High School - Coordinates: -17.6107, 177.4561 - In one line: Natabua High School is a co-educational secondary school on Drasa Avenue in Lautoka, established in 1930. Known for its hostel and cadet corps, it has educated a Fiji president, a United Nations General Assembly president, and Olympic rugby champions. ### 24. Ba River - Coordinates: -17.45, 177.65 - In one line: The Ba River rises in the central highlands of Viti Levu and flows northwest to the Pacific, draining a catchment of around 940 square kilometres. The town of Ba sits on its banks, and its delta holds Fiji's largest stand of mangroves. ### 25. Sabeto Hot Springs and Mud Pool - Coordinates: -17.71, 177.47 - In one line: The Sabeto Hot Springs and Mud Pool lie in the lush Sabeto Valley between Lautoka and Nadi, beneath the Sleeping Giant mountain. ### 26. Nausori Highlands - Coordinates: -17.75, 177.6 - In one line: The Nausori Highlands rise in the interior of Viti Levu, a landscape of dry-zone mountain rainforest of national ecological significance. Home to villages such as Navala, the highlands preserve traditional Fijian culture, distinct dialect, and kava ceremonies. ### 27. Denarau Island - Coordinates: -17.772, 177.378 - In one line: Denarau Island is a private resort development near Nadi on Viti Levu. Begun in 1969 on reclaimed mangrove land, it holds major hotels, an 18-hole golf course, and Port Denarau marina, the gateway to the Mamanuca and Yasawa islands. ### 28. Vitogo - Coordinates: -17.605, 177.475 - In one line: Vitogo is a traditional district of Lautoka in Ba Province, made up of five villages. In 2026 it regained more than 3,000 acres taken for the city's water catchment a century earlier, ending a separation of 102 years. ### 29. Namoli Village - Coordinates: -17.608, 177.468 - In one line: Namoli is one of five villages in the Vitogo district on the edge of Lautoka, on Viti Levu in Fiji's Ba Province. Led by the chief titled Tui Vitogo, it keeps indigenous Fijian life rooted within the spreading Sugar City. ### 30. Lauwaki Village - Coordinates: -17.65, 177.41667 - In one line: Lauwaki is the second-largest village in the Vuda district, near Lautoka in Fiji's Ba Province. Home to around 550 people of the Yavusa Na Koi Vuda, it sits close to Viseisei, where Fijian tradition places the first ancestral landing. ### 31. Namara - Coordinates: -17.63, 177.44 - In one line: Namara is a residential settlement on the spreading edge of Lautoka, Fiji's Sugar City, in Ba Province. The Lautoka sugar mill was completed in 1903. ### 32. Drasa Avenue (Drasa) - Coordinates: -17.611, 177.458 - In one line: Drasa Avenue is a civic and educational corridor in the Natabua area of Lautoka, Fiji. It is best known as the address of Natabua High School, founded in 1930 and moved here in 1960, one of the largest schools in the Pacific. ### 33. Lautoka Andhra Sangam College - Coordinates: -17.609, 177.449 - In one line: Lautoka Andhra Sangam College is a secondary school opened in 1995 to serve Fiji's Telugu, or Andhra, community. Run by the Dakshina India Andhra Sangam of Fiji, it carries the motto "There is No Darkness But Ignorance." ### 34. Lautoka F.C. - Coordinates: -17.60667, 177.45222 - In one line: Lautoka F. C. , the Blues, is one of Fiji's leading football clubs, founded in 1934 and based at Churchill Park. A multiple national and Inter-District champion, it reached the OFC Champions League final in 2018. ### 35. Abaca Village - Coordinates: -17.65, 177.55 - In one line: Abaca is a highland village above Lautoka and the gateway to Koroyanitu National Heritage Park. Founded by survivors of the 1931 Nagaga landslide, it now welcomes hikers to forest trails, waterfalls and Mount Batilamu through community tourism. ### 36. Vakabuli Village - Coordinates: -17.62, 177.5 - In one line: Vakabuli is one of the five villages of the Vitogo district behind Lautoka, an indigenous Fijian settlement whose people hold ancestral ties to the cane lands and water catchment above the Sugar City. ### 37. Saru Village - Coordinates: -17.615, 177.48 - In one line: Saru is one of the five indigenous villages of the Vitogo district on the edge of Lautoka, a Fijian community whose name now also marks a busy residential and commercial quarter where village custom meets the growing Sugar City. ### 38. Naviago Village - Coordinates: -17.609, 177.472 - In one line: Naviago is one of the five indigenous villages of the Vitogo district behind Lautoka, a Fijian farming community in Ba Province whose families share the chiefly bonds and ancestral catchment lands of the Sugar City's older neighbor. ### 39. Sabeto River valley - Coordinates: -17.7, 177.44 - In one line: The Sabeto River valley winds between Lautoka and Nadi beneath the Sleeping Giant ridge, a lush corridor of cane farms, villages, geothermal mud pools, and Raymond Burr's famous orchid garden on western Viti Levu. ### 40. Nadi River - Coordinates: -17.79, 177.42 - In one line: The Nadi River drains a 490-square-kilometre basin on western Viti Levu, flowing through Nadi town to the sea. 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