The seat of the sub provincial area, it lies on Suafa Bay, within Malaita Province, along the road between Auki and Lau Lagoon.

[1] The Anglican missionaries Hopkins and Iven visited Malu'u in 1902 and provided copies of Lau language prayer books.

Florence Young of the Queensland Kanaka Mission visited Malu'u in 1904 and found a graveyard overgrown with crotons.

[4] The nearby village of Mana'ambu contains the Tofe Takwe Trail Store and is noted for its pancakes.

[5] There is a long white, sandy beach on the coast,[1] with the small island of Mbasakana about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) off the shore at 8°18′39.6″S 160°34′55.2″E / 8.311000°S 160.582000°E / -8.311000; 160.582000.