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Marlon Brando’s private island in French Polynesia
It was 1960 when Marlon Brando came across the island of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia while filming Mutiny on the Bounty.
Immediately enchanted by the island’s beauty, the Polynesian way of life and his Tahitian co-star Tarita Teriipaia who became his third and last wife, Brando set about acquiring his very own piece of paradise.
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And in 1967, acquired Tetiaroa – an atoll near Tahiti made up of 12 small Polynesian islands wrapped around a breathtakingly serene lagoon.
After renaming the island ‘The Brando’, he then spent the next 50 years nurturing the environment.
His paradise escape wasn’t just for him and his Hollywood entourage – guests also included ecologists and archaeologists. He was passionate about preserving Tetiaroa’s natural beauty, biodiversity and cultural richness and was determined to find a way in which it could be a centre for research and education, and a model of sustainability.
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