The Brando is a unique luxury resort on French Polynesia’s breathtakingly beautiful atoll of Tetiaroa. It sits on one of a dozen small islands (motus) that surround a spectacular three-mile wide lagoon.
The motus are all privately owned and available exclusively to the resort’s guests and visiting researchers.
This Polynesian style resort offers two restaurants showcasing Polynesian-inspired dishes, East/West fusion and classic French cuisine.
There is an organic garden where fruits and vegetables for the resort’s restaurants are grown.
Guests can relax in a luxurious spa and wellness center with several massage and treatment villas around a serene lily-covered pond.
Each villa has a bicycle for each guest that can be used to explore the paths around the island or take a picnic to a favorite beach.
With access to the atoll by a 20-minute private plane flight from Tahiti, the all-inclusive resort features 35 secluded villas.
Each Villa feature private pool on beautiful white-sand beach frequented by sea turtles and exotic birds.
The resort’s two restaurants showcase Polynesian-inspired dishes, East/West fusion and classic French cuisine.
The award-winning cuisine of Guy Martin of the Michelin two star restaurant Le Grand Véfour in Paris is featured in both dining venues and in-room dining.
At all dining venues you will enjoy the freshest of ingredients.
The chef will select for the day’s dishes organically grown fruits and vegetables from own gardens and orchards.
These may include mangos, papayas, tomatoes, green beans, lettuce, cucumbers, squash, avocados, breadfruit, bananas, limes, watermelon and more. Dining features fish and shellfish from Polynesian waters.
Beachcomber Café restaurant offers exceptional lagoon and ocean views, whether you decide to dine indoors or on the beach.
Dishes include a varied menu of Polynesian-inspired dishes alongside classic French cuisine.
This is a relaxed and casual setting on the beach for conversation and making friends. The bar is named for Marlon Brando’s factotum on film sets. At the end of many days, Brando and Bob would wind up at the bar for long talks and laughs.
The bar was named in honor of Bob and all others who have worked, and continue to work, anonymously to bring Brando’s visions to life.
This intimate venue features elegant décor in beautiful tones of tropical light and sand and a moat that surrounds the restaurant provides the sensation of floating on a lagoon. The restaurant also includes a world-class wine cellar in a carefully climate-controlled glass enclosure.
A menu with the same regard for flavor and quality that has made Le Grand Véfour one of the most respected dining establishments in Paris is showcased.
You can enjoy a meal whenever you want, at your villa — either indoors, on your private deck alongside your pool, or on the beach in front of your villa.
It is available 24 hours a day.
Located on the second floor, this open-air bar features spectacular views of the lagoon, distant motus and sunsets.
Also there are several private tree-top seating areas that can be reached on walkways through the palm canopy.
The Brando commissioned the renowned Chef Kelvin Au-Ieong, chef and owner of the celebrated and revolutionary Invitation V, Vegan Bistro in Montreal, Quebec, to design an innovative and sophisticated vegan menu for The Brando.
The menu is inspired by Chef Au-Ieong’s travels around the world and incorporates fresh vegetables handpicked from the resort’s own organic garden.
He spent time at resort, expertly training The Brando’s chefs on each vegan offering.
The vegan menu is available at Les Mutinés by Guy Martin fine dining restaurant, the Beachcomber Café, and for in-room dining.
Varua Te Ora Polynesian Spa is a hidden oasis at the end of a path through the tropical undergrowth. The Spa is in harmony with its surroundings of plant life, water and wood.
Aware of the need to preserve its pure and unspoilt habitat, it offers unrivalled holistic treatments inspired by international and ancestral Polynesian techniques in a truly exceptional setting.
The Spa suites offer amazing views over 2000 sqm of natural landscape on an islet covered in abundant vegetation.
And high above in the trees sits Fare Manu, an exceptional suite nesting like a cocoon between heaven and earth.
The Spa also has quiet spaces for relaxation including a steam bath, a waterfall, a tea lounge and the Fare Mana, an area sets aside for gentle energies.
Varua Te Ora Polynesian Spa, the soul of Tetiaroa, is a truly Polynesian sanctuary. In perfect accordance with the magnificent surroundings, it allows all to rediscover harmony, relaxation and inner peace.
The natural properties of papaya fruit offer a sensory experience like no other.
Stay fit with well-equipped fitness center.
Guests can take classes on aquafitness, circuit training, body sculpt, or body attitude.
Algotherm marine experience envelopes you with its remineralising properties.
Relax in the unique haven of tranquillity nestled on a restful pond in the heart of the atoll of Tetiaroa.
At The Brando, you will find an abundance of activities from bicycling, snorkeling and bird watching to diving and paddle boarding.
Here you are not just observing nature; you are in it. You can don 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 may spend all your time on the main island or explore any of the untouched private islands surrounding the lagoon.
You can also visit 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.
Whether you are planning a honeymoon or celebrating a wedding, an anniversary, or a birthday, the hotel's staff can take care of all the details, so you will return home relaxed, rejuvenated and with memories you’ll cherish for a lifetime.
Explore the paths around the island or take a picnic to a favorite beach.
Explores some of Tahiti’s largest colonies of snowy white terns and baby brown boobies.
The Brando offers two shopping opportunities including a luxury pearl shop and a gift store.
Explore the lagoon by kayak, Polynesian outrigger canoe or with a stand up paddle board.
Lagoon School offers activities for children from 6 to 12 years old.
Explore Motu Onetahi on a naturalist trail.
Open ocean scuba diving outside the reef.
Snorkel in the coral gardens and entire lagoon.
Visit a hub where scientists from around the world can lead research into sustainable interdependence.
Join whale watching tours mid-July to mid-October with a naturalist guide and a professional scuba diver.
THE BRANDO
Teti’aroa Private IslandArue Tahiti, 98702 TahitiFrench Polynesia