birdwatching

Tumi Brando

Save Tetiaroa, save the world.

After studying psychology at Catholic University of the West in Papeete, I finished my degree in  Literature and Foreign Civilizations at the University of French Polynesia.

I spent a year teaching elementary / junior high students before starting to work as a guide for TS.

My fantastic 3 years roaming Tetiaroa and sharing its beauty with guests as a TS guide have been supplanted by 2 (even more fantastic) years as a mother.

Now, I share my knowledge of the beauty and the rich biodiversity of the atoll from behind my computer, writing about the wildlife of Tetiaroa, often with a baby on my lap. Happy days.

 

Looking for birds

Looking for birds

searching the shallows

searching the shallows

found one

found one

My favorite place

My favorite place

Reporting on the go

Reporting on the go

Education with a smile

Education with a smile

seabird greeting

seabird greeting

shark nursery study

shark nursery study

Tumi, shaded by her coconut leaf hat

Tumi, shaded by her coconut leaf hat