The Lau Islands, or Lau Group, are a group of about 60 small islands, roughly halfway between Fiji's main island of Viti Levu in the west and the island state of Tonga to the east. About half of the islands are inhabited.

The southeast trade winds have always made it easy to sail from Tonga to Fiji, but very difficult vice versa. As a result the Lau Islands have a strong Polynesian flavor, which is visible in the people's names, their language, food, decoration, architecture and above all in their facial features. They are unmistakably Polynesians.

• Aiwa is a small uninhabited island.
• Bacon Island.
• Cakau Lasemarawa.
• Cakau Lekaleka is a partly submerged coral reef.
• Cicia.
• Doi Island.
• Fulaga is a crescent-shaped island with a stunning lagoon.
• Kabara.
• Kaibu is a privately-owned island that is home to an upmarket resort. The small resort caters to just 6 guests at a time. Kaibu is excellent for wind surfing, sailing, trekking and caving. It shares a reef with the neighboring island of Yacata.
• Kanacea is a privately-owned island.
• Karoni is a small uninhabited islet adjacent to Moce Island.
• Komo.
• Lakeba Island dominates the southern Lau Islands.
• Late-i-Toga.
• Late-i-Viti.
• Loa is a small islet just east of Oneata.
• Mago is the largest privately-owned island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
• Malima.
• Matuku.
• Moala.
• Moce.
• Moka.
• Munia Island.
• Naitaba.
• Namalata.
• Namuka-i-Lau.
• Nayau.
• Ogea Driki is a small atoll.
• Ogea Levu.
• Oneata.
• Ono-i-Lau is a group of 4 larger islands and numerous small islets.
• Taveuni.
• Totoya.
• Tuvana-i-Colo.
• Tuvana-i-Ra Atoll.
• Tuvuca.
• Vanua Balavu is the largest of the northern Lau Islands.
• Vanua Vatu has traditionally been the personal possession of the High Chief of Totoya.
• Vatoa is also known as .
• Vatu Vara.
• Vuaqava.
• Wailagi Lala is a small atoll on Fiji's eastern fringe.
• Yacata is also known as Yathata. It shares a reef with the island of Kaibu. Yacata is excellent for windsurfing, sailing, trekking and caving.
• Yagasa Levu is also called Yaqasa Levu, or Yangasa Levu.
• Yanuca.