Auki
Auki, sometimes styled ʻAoke, is the provincial capital of Malaita Province in Solomon Islands.
Auki, sometimes styled ʻAoke, is the provincial capital of Malaita Province in Solomon Islands. It is situated on the northern end of Langa Langa Lagoon on the north-west coast of Malaita. It is one of the largest provincial towns in Solomon Islands, being the third largest town in the country behind the Honiara Urban Area and Noro. The town had a population of 7,020 in 2019. It was established as the administrative center for Malaita Province in 1909.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Onebulu Beach
No address, but turn left before the Fiu River.
- 02Langa Langa Lagoon
From Wikivoyage: Auki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Auki
From Wikivoyage: Auki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Auki
- Airports
- Honiara (HIR), 102 km
- Honiara → Auki111 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 29m · $28–173
- Port Vila → Auki1293 km · quickest by air, 10h 24m · $500–730
- Port Moresby → Auki1489 km · quickest by air, 10h 49m · $520–770
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Auki
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Auki. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe ferry travels through the Florida Islands channel which is worth seeing and there's a high chance you'll see plenty of flying fish if you look off the front or sides of the boat.
- Get inThe catamaran ferry is a former Auckland Harbour ferry so is not designed to be ocean-going.
- Get inThe ferry has plenty of comfortable seating, air conditioning and a big flat screen which shows films during the journey.
- Get inYou can buy drinks and snacks on the ferry although it's best to buy this on the way out from Honiara as supplies run low once the boat is heading back.
From Wikivoyage: Auki, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-07.
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