The Brando, French Polynesia

Accommodation

Choose between one, two or three bedroom villas. For even more privacy choose to stay at The Residence in a 3 bedroom beach front location.

Each villa is carefully designed to blend into and enhance the serenity of your surroundings, so you’ll feel as though indoor and outdoor have merged together.

Gastronomy

The resort’s first two restaurants showcase Polynesian-inspired dishes, East/West fusion and classic French cuisine, designed by the Executive Chef Pierre Lecorne.

You will enjoy the freshest of ingredients as the Chef will select fruits and vegetables naturally grown in the gardens and orchards, and will serve you delicious and fragrant papayas, bananas, lemons, herbs, cucumbers, zucchinis, tomatoes and eggplants. Most featured fish come from Polynesian waters.

Lastly, our chef Kaito Nakamura awaits you at our newest restaurant, the Nami teppanyaki restaurant, for a journey to Japanese flavors.

The Resort

At The Brando, you will find an abundance of activities from bicycling, snorkeling and bird watching to diving and paddle boarding.

You are not just observing nature; you are in it. Put on a snorkeling mask and witness underwater life at a coral garden firsthand, encountering such marine life as sea turtles, rays, reef sharks and a dazzling array of tropical fish. Or you can explore the spectacular lagoon or other motus by Polynesian outrigger canoe, kayak, or paddleboard. Or simply swim at Mermaid Bay or relax on the beach or by the pool.

You can visit the Library and Explorer Center, where you can read books about French Polynesia and attend lectures and demonstrations about Polynesian culture, history, and lifestyle. And the onsite research scientists will also be delighted to talk about their research and the amazing birds and marine life found on the atoll.

• Tennis

• Biking

• Deep-sea fishing

• Fitness coaching and fitness classes: aquafitness, circuit training, body sculpt, body dance, body attitude. Private classes available upon request.

Eco Friendly

The Brando considers itself stewards of Tetiaroa, and believe that they have the responsibility to treat it with the highest level of care and respect. Almost all of Tetiaroa is being protected and preserved forever in its natural state. They have touched the motu on which the resort sits as lightly as possible. The Brando and all the villas have been designed without beach obstructions to blend harmoniously into the trees. They have used local materials extensively in the design and construction. All building materials used are of local or certified origin, renewable, or incorporate recycled components. They are using a pioneering deep seawater air-conditioning system to reduce energy demands and rely entirely on renewable energy sources including solar power and biofuel whenever it can be procured. Setting a new world standard, the resort is close to reach its goal of being carbon neutral and self-sustainable. They have built and gifted an Ecostation to Tetiaroa Society, the nonprofit organization established to lead the scientific and cultural mission to protect the atoll and to inspire sustainable interdependence on Tetiaroa and around the world.