Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Fiji's last Governor-General and first President, held the chiefly title of Tui Cakau, with Cakaudrove as his traditional fiefdom.

The present Tui Cakau, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, is a Cabinet Minister and leader of the Conservative Alliance (CAMV), a nationalist political party with considerable support in Cakaudrove.

The CAMV politicians Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure and Manasa Tugia also hail from Cakaudrove.

The Kubuabola family is a branch of the Ai Sokula clan, to which the present Tui Cakau and former Cabinet Minister Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu also belongs.

The village of Dakuniba is noted for the Ndakunimba Stones, the remains of a giant monolith carved with petroglyphs.