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The Brando is a private resort on the Society Islands' Tetiꞌaroa atoll in French Polynesia. It serves as a regulated airstrip, research facility, eco-resort and spa on the Onetahi motu. It consists of 80 staff and facilities management personnel. [1] The atoll's inside on which The Brando is located is on a 99-year lease contracted by Marlon ...
Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora is a luxury resort located at Motu Tehotu on the island of Bora Bora, in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The Resort is a part of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, a Toronto-based hotel management company. Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora is the company's first and only property in French Polynesia.
Reao or Natūpe is an atoll in the eastern expanses of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The closest land is Pukarua Atoll, located 48 km to the WNW. Reao is 24.5 km long and its maximum width is 5 km. The whole length of its north-eastern rim is occupied by a single long island. There is no navigable pass into the lagoon.
Hotel Bora Bora was a luxury hotel and resort located on the island of Bora Bora in the Society Islands in French Polynesia. [1] It is currently a part of Aman Resorts. [2] [3] Hotel Bora Bora has been reviewed by Conde Nast Traveler [3] and TripAdvisor.
Manihi Atoll is today home to a great number of pearl farms, and was the site of French Polynesia's first black pearl farm. [7] There was a five star resort on Manihi, called the Pearl Beach Manihi resort, which has overwater bungalows in the lagoon. This resort closed in late 2012. There is one airfield on the atoll, inaugurated in 1994 ...
Takapoto, Tua-poto or Oura, is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It has a length of 20 kilometres (12 miles) and a width of 6.7 kilometres (4.2 miles). The nearest land is Takaroa Atoll, located 10 kilometres (6 miles) to the northeast. Takapoto's lagoon has a high salinity and a strong phytoplankton biomass.
Fakarava is located 450 km northeast of Tahiti. Its lagoon is the second largest in French Polynesia (after Rangiroa) and covers 1,121 km 2. It is accessible through two passes: Hirifa Beach, Fakarava. Garuae (to the north), the largest pass in French Polynesia (0.85 miles wide) or (1,600 m). Tumakohua, also called Tetamanu (south).
Paul-Emile Victor was the famous French polar explorer and author and chose as his personal paradise refuge Motu Tane in Bora Bora, to live a peaceful and secluded life. The island has coconut groves, encircled by a white sand beach with, just beyond, Polynesia's sparkling turquoise blue waters.