Lautoka is sited in the western side of Viti Levu, the largest island in Fiji. It is only 25km away (towards north) from Nadi International Airport. The city is surrounded with the blue Pacific Ocean on the western side and green gold sugar cane together with pine trees on the other sides.

Lautoka is a very clean city and environmentally concerned. It has a wonderful botanical garden and children's park. The main street of the city, Vitogo Parade, has been decorated with the planting of royal palm trees on one side and this is quite a unique feature.

The city has a very wide range of shops ranging from retail to wholesale. The retail outlets have basically all items such as food, clothing, duty free items, sporting equipment, medicines, tailoring, drapery, video rental, liquor outlets and many more.

There are all types of restaurants catering for a variety of dishes such as Chinese, Indian, Italian, Fijian, European, Korean, vegetarian, snack etc.