Tetiaroa

Bramdo wanted Tetiaroa to 'remain forever a place that reminds Tahitians of who they are and what they were centuries ago'.

Marlon Brando's Tahitian idyll to become luxury eco-resort 2011

Fashion designer Christian Roth says he enjoys vacationing on Tetiaroa atoll in Tahiti.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

A research group from the University of Redlands, Hawaii, is currently conducting surveys in Tetiaroa.

Marlon Brando's Tahitian idyll to become luxury eco-resort 2011

Brando leased Tetiaroa for $200,000, having fallen in love with the South Pacific and its people after filming Mutiny on the Bounty in 1962.

Marlon Brando's Tahitian idyll to become luxury eco-resort 2011

Construction has begun on an environmentally sensitive complex which the film star's friends and family believe he would have wanted for Tetiaroa, a 2.5 sq mile, 13-islet chain encircled by a coral reef, the name of which in translation implies its remoteness.

Marlon Brando's Tahitian idyll to become luxury eco-resort 2011

Marlon Brando would flee to the South Pacific idyll of Tetiaroa when the glare of the international spotlight became too much.

Marlon Brando's Tahitian idyll to become luxury eco-resort 2011

Early morning, I love to take the speedboat from Papeete, after one hour on the high and rough sea, the amazing site of Tetiaroa.

Jet-Setting With the Jet-Setters 2011

Fashion designer Christian Roth says he enjoys vacationing on Tetiaroa atoll in Tahiti.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

"If I have my way," he said, "Tetiaroa will remain forever a place that reminds Tahitians of who they are and what they were centuries ago."

Marlon Brando's Tahitian idyll to become luxury eco-resort 2011

A hotel built by Brando on Tetiaroa in the 1970s was closed down because the atoll's airstrip failed to meet official guidelines.

Marlon Brando's Tahitian idyll to become luxury eco-resort 2011