# Roots Earth in Nadi: audio stories about 40 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/nadi Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 40 places in Nadi, Fiji, in Oceania. The Nadi stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Nadi, 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 Nadi with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple 2. Nadi International Airport 3. Denarau Island 4. Garden of the Sleeping Giant (Sabeto) 5. Mamanuca Islands 6. Yasawa Islands 7. Beachcomber Island 8. South Sea Island 9. Monuriki (Castaway Island) 10. Castaway Island 11. Mana Island 12. Tokoriki Island 13. Tavarua 14. Robinson Crusoe Island 15. Waya Island 16. Kuata Island 17. Naviti Island 18. Koroyanitu National Heritage Park 19. Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park 20. Sigatoka 21. Coral Coast 22. Sigatoka River Valley 23. Lautoka 24. Viti Levu 25. Ba 26. Tavua 27. Vatukoula 28. Nadi Town 29. Nadi District 30. Namaka 31. King Charles Park 32. Nadi River 33. Vuda Point 34. Nausori Highlands 35. Hindu Community of Nadi 36. Nadi F.C. 37. Fiji Meteorological Service 38. Rakiraki 39. Nananu-i-Ra 40. Fijian Meke (Music of Fiji) ## Is there an audio guide for Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple? Yes. Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple 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 Nadi places in the app, at -17.80731, 177.41498. 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 Nadi Open Roots Earth and choose Nadi. 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 Nadi, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 40 places in Nadi, 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. Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple - Coordinates: -17.80731, 177.41498 - In one line: Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple is a vivid Dravidian Hindu temple in Nadi, consecrated in 1994 and dedicated to Shiva and Murugan. Hand-painted by Tamil artisans, it ranks among the largest Hindu temples in the Pacific. ### 2. Nadi International Airport - Coordinates: -17.75528, 177.44333 - In one line: Nadi International Airport is Fiji's main gateway, born as a wartime airfield built by New Zealand in 1939 and 1940. Today it handles most of the country's international arrivals and serves as the hub of South Pacific aviation. ### 3. Denarau Island - Coordinates: -17.773, 177.373 - In one line: Denarau Island is Fiji's largest integrated resort precinct, reclaimed from mangrove flats west of Nadi. Linked by causeway, it gathers major beach hotels, an 18-hole golf course, and a marina that launches ferries to the Mamanuca and Yasawa islands. ### 4. Garden of the Sleeping Giant (Sabeto) - Coordinates: -17.66667, 177.38317 - In one line: The Garden of the Sleeping Giant is an orchid garden in Fiji's Sabeto valley, founded in 1977 by actor Raymond Burr to house his private collection. Thousands of orchids and native plants spread beneath the reclining ridge that gives the place its name. ### 5. Mamanuca Islands - Coordinates: -17.66667, 177.08333 - In one line: The Mamanuca Islands are a volcanic archipelago of around twenty islets west of Nadi, ringed by coral reefs and turquoise lagoons. Several vanish beneath the tide. The group hosts famous resorts, film locations, and many seasons of the Survivor television series. ### 6. Yasawa Islands - Coordinates: -16.91667, 177.33333 - In one line: The Yasawa Islands are a chain of around twenty volcanic islands stretching northwest of Viti Levu, their peaks rising to 600 meters above white beaches. Closed to land-based tourism until 1987, they remain a remote realm of dramatic ridges and village stays. ### 7. Beachcomber Island - Coordinates: -17.65426, 177.25485 - In one line: Beachcomber Island is a tiny coral cay in the Mamanucas, once known locally as Tai. You can walk its ring of white sand in minutes. For decades it has been Fiji's legendary backpacker party island, close to Denarau and famed for its barefoot, sociable nights. ### 8. South Sea Island - Coordinates: -17.6365, 177.18161 - In one line: South Sea Island is one of the smallest islets in Fiji's Mamanuca group, a low reef cay barely above the tide. Ringed by clear water and coral, it draws day-trippers from Nadi for swimming, snorkelling and easy island hours. ### 9. Monuriki (Castaway Island) - Coordinates: -17.60971, 177.03229 - In one line: Monuriki is an uninhabited Mamanuca island of volcanic and coral origin, famous worldwide as the desert-island set of the 2000 film Cast Away. Ringed by reef, it shelters the endangered Fiji crested iguana and serves as a nesting ground for sea turtles. ### 10. Castaway Island - Coordinates: -17.7336, 177.1339 - In one line: Castaway Island, known to Fijians as Qalito, is a 70-hectare private resort island in the Mamanucas, about 20 kilometres off Nadi. A long-established getaway for honeymoons and family holidays, it should not be confused with the film island Monuriki. ### 11. Mana Island - Coordinates: -17.67318, 177.10768 - In one line: Mana Island is one of the larger Mamanuca islands, covering about 1. 75 square kilometres with its own airstrip. Long known for diving and twin beaches, it once held a lighthouse from 1865 to 1881 and has served as a base for the Survivor television series. ### 12. Tokoriki Island - Coordinates: -17.58333, 177.1 - In one line: Tokoriki sits at the northern edge of the Mamanucas, a 0. 88-square-kilometre island home to two resorts. West-facing and famed for its sunsets, it has its own surrounding reef threaded with diving and snorkelling sites, and rises to about 77 metres. ### 13. Tavarua - Coordinates: -17.8577, 177.20179 - In one line: Tavarua is a heart-shaped Mamanuca island of about 29 acres, ringed by reef and world-famous for surfing. Its waters hold Cloudbreak, a powerful left often ranked among the best waves on Earth, plus six other named breaks. In 2020, Larry Page bought a 51% majority stake in the company holding a 99-year lease on Tavarua. ### 14. Robinson Crusoe Island - Coordinates: -18.05611, 177.28694 - In one line: Robinson Crusoe Island, known as Likuri, lies in the Tuva River estuary off southwest Viti Levu. With a history reaching back some 3,500 years near Fiji's earliest settlement site, it is famed today for firewalking, meke dancing and lively cultural shows. ### 15. Waya Island - Coordinates: -17.2844, 177.1273 - In one line: Waya is the dramatic southern gateway to Fiji's Yasawa chain, rising to the group's highest peak at 571 meters. Densely wooded ridges, four traditional villages, and the curving Bay of Yalobi define this rugged island. ### 16. Kuata Island - Coordinates: -17.37194, 177.13611 - In one line: Kuata is a small volcanic island at the southern entrance to Fiji's Yasawa chain, ringed by honeycombed rock and clear lagoons. Just 1. 48 square kilometers, it is best known for its resident reef sharks and snorkeling. ### 17. Naviti Island - Coordinates: -17.11631, 177.20127 - In one line: Naviti is the largest island in Fiji's Yasawa chain, a volcanic land of 33 square kilometers rising to 388 meters. Eight villages, dry forest, and the seasonal manta rays of its neighboring channel define this quietly traditional island. ### 18. Koroyanitu National Heritage Park - Coordinates: -17.66758, 177.57339 - In one line: Koroyanitu National Heritage Park protects 35 square kilometers of native forest, waterfalls, and grassy ridges in the highlands above Nadi and Lautoka. Established in 1989 and run from Abaca village, it shelters Fiji's rare dry forest and birds. ### 19. Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park - Coordinates: -18.1666, 177.4889 - In one line: Fiji's first national park, established in 1989, protects towering coastal dunes up to 60 meters high at the mouth of the Sigatoka River. Beneath the sand lie pottery over 2,600 years old and one of the Pacific's largest burial grounds. ### 20. Sigatoka - Coordinates: -18.14139, 177.50694 - In one line: Sigatoka is the riverside market town at the heart of Fiji's fertile Sigatoka Valley, the nation's "Salad Bowl." Incorporated in 1959, it serves the Coral Coast, anchors local rugby, and gathers the produce of one of the country's richest farming regions. ### 21. Coral Coast - Coordinates: -18.26945, 177.88955 - In one line: The Coral Coast is the scenic southern shoreline of Viti Levu running between Sigatoka and Suva. Named for the wide fringing reef that almost touches its beaches, it strings resorts and Fijian villages along the winding Queens Road. ### 22. Sigatoka River Valley - Coordinates: -18.14139, 177.50694 - In one line: The Sigatoka River Valley cuts through southern Viti Levu to the river's mouth, where the town of Sigatoka sits roughly 61 kilometers from Nadi. Famously fertile, the valley is nicknamed Fiji's Salad Bowl for its market gardens. ### 23. Lautoka - Coordinates: -17.62417, 177.45278 - In one line: Lautoka is Fiji's second-largest city, on the west coast of Viti Levu. Known as Sugar City for the great mill that has run since 1903, it became a city in 1977 and remains a busy port for sugar, timber, and ferries. ### 24. Viti Levu - Coordinates: -17.8, 178 - In one line: Viti Levu, meaning Great Fiji, is the nation's largest island at roughly 10,388 square kilometers. Home to about 70 percent of Fijians and the cities of Suva, Nadi, and Lautoka, this volcanic island rises to Mount Tomanivi at 1,324 meters. ### 25. Ba - Coordinates: -17.53333, 177.68333 - In one line: Ba is an inland town on the Ba River in western Viti Levu, about 62 kilometers from Nadi. A largely Indo-Fijian community built on sugar around the Rarawai Mill of 1886, it is famous nationwide as Fiji's football town. ### 26. Tavua - Coordinates: -17.44194, 177.86306 - In one line: Tavua is a small town in western Viti Levu, about 91 kilometers from Nadi and just 9 kilometers from the Vatukoula gold mine. Incorporated as a town in 1992, it serves the surrounding cane and gold-mining district. ### 27. Vatukoula - Coordinates: -17.5, 177.84983 - In one line: Vatukoula, meaning gold rock in Fijian, is a mining town in western Viti Levu. After Bill Borthwick struck commercial gold here in 1932, it grew into one of the South Pacific's major gold mines, with a long and troubled labor history. ### 28. Nadi Town - Coordinates: -17.8, 177.41667 - In one line: Nadi is Fiji's third-largest city and its main tourist gateway, on western Viti Levu near the international airport. A lively, multicultural town with a busy market and the Southern Hemisphere's largest Hindu temple, it runs on tourism and sugar. ### 29. Nadi District - Coordinates: -17.75528, 177.44333 - In one line: Nadi District spans the sun-soaked southwest corner of Viti Levu, a tikina in Ba Province where sugar-cane farms, a busy market town, and Fiji's main international airport meet the launching point for island getaways. ### 30. Namaka - Coordinates: -17.7565, 177.4441 - In one line: Namaka is a busy commercial neighbourhood sitting between Nadi town and the international airport, known for its market, shops, and bus stands, and home to the regional carrier Pacific Island Air. ### 31. King Charles Park - Coordinates: -17.80222, 177.42083 - In one line: King Charles Park is Nadi's main sports stadium, home to the local rugby and football sides. Formerly Prince Charles Park, it seats around 18,000 and hosts the rivalries that grip western Fiji. ### 32. Nadi River - Coordinates: -17.8, 177.38333 - In one line: The Nadi River winds through western Viti Levu past cane fields and the town it shares its name with. A lifeline for farmers, it is also notorious for flooding, including the devastating deluge of January 2009. ### 33. Vuda Point - Coordinates: -17.66667, 177.38317 - In one line: Vuda Point is a headland between Nadi and Lautoka, home to a busy marina and the village of Viseisei. Fijian tradition holds it as the spot where the ancestors first landed and the nation began. ### 34. Nausori Highlands - Coordinates: -17.72, 177.55 - In one line: The Nausori Highlands rise into the rugged interior of Viti Levu above Nadi, a land of grass-covered ridges, dry-zone forest, and traditional villages where kava ceremonies and cassava farming endure. ### 35. Hindu Community of Nadi - Coordinates: -17.805, 177.418 - In one line: Nadi holds one of Fiji's largest Hindu communities, descended from indentured labourers who arrived from 1879. Their temples, festivals, and the great Sri Siva Subramaniya shrine shape the town's daily life. ### 36. Nadi F.C. - Coordinates: -17.80222, 177.42083 - In one line: Nadi F. C. , founded in 1937 and nicknamed the Jetsetters, plays at Prince Charles Park. With 9 national league titles, the club is one of Fijian football's enduring powers and the heartbeat of the town's weekends. ### 37. Fiji Meteorological Service - Coordinates: -17.7553, 177.4433 - In one line: Based at Nadi Airport and founded in 1975, the Fiji Meteorological Service names and tracks the South Pacific's tropical cyclones. Since 1995 it has served as a Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre, a quiet civic guardian watching the skies for many nations. ### 38. Rakiraki - Coordinates: -17.35, 178.1666 - In one line: Rakiraki, the northern hub of Viti Levu's Ra Province, gathers around its bustling market in Vaileka. Set among sugar-cane country and home of Fiji's first sugar mill, the town trades kava, cassava and local produce beneath the dry Nakauvadra hills. ### 39. Nananu-i-Ra - Coordinates: -17.3, 178.21667 - In one line: Nananu-i-Ra is a small island off northern Viti Levu, near Rakiraki, covering about 3. 5 square kilometres. Known for steady trade winds that draw windsurfers and kitesurfers, it carries an old name meaning "Daydream of the West" and a place in Fijian myth. ### 40. Fijian Meke (Music of Fiji) - Coordinates: -17.8, 177.41667 - In one line: The meke is Fiji's living tradition of chant and dance, where bodies are said to be moved by spirits. Backed by lali drums and bamboo derua, it blends Polynesian and Melanesian forms to tell stories of war, love and legend. ## Roots Earth in short Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people. - No account - Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection - Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app). ## More from Roots Earth - [Oceania in the Roots Earth catalogue](https://rootsearth.com/cities#oceania): every city in Oceania with its number of places and its languages. - [What Roots Earth is](https://rootsearth.com/app): the app in one page, how it works and what is in it. - [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsearth.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection. - [The 7 languages](https://rootsearth.com/languages): the seven languages with their codes and how many cities each one covers. - [Lautoka](https://rootsearth.com/cities/lautoka): 40 places in Fiji with audio stories. - [Levuka](https://rootsearth.com/cities/levuka): 40 places in Fiji with audio stories. - [Sigatoka](https://rootsearth.com/cities/sigatoka): 40 places in Fiji with audio stories. - [Suva](https://rootsearth.com/cities/suva): 40 places in Fiji with audio stories. 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