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Nukutepipi
€900,000 / week (whole island) · sleeps 52
Is Nukutepipi for rent, and what does it cost?
Nukutepipi is a 1000 acres resort / operating business private island in Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, French Polynesia. It is offered for whole-island rental: €900,000 / week (whole island) · sleeps 52. This is an editorial profile drawn from public record, clearly attributed, not our listing.
Summary
Nukutepipi is a private atoll in French Polynesia's Tuamotus, owned by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté and reportedly developed for around US$100M. It rents only as a full-atoll buyout for up to about fifty guests across sixteen villas and bungalows, with roughly a hundred staff.
Publicly reported rates run from about €900,000 to US$1.1M per week.
Land & Waterfront
White-sand beaches, a lagoon and primary forest with a natural bird sanctuary, on an atoll some 2.7 km long. The nearest atoll is more than twenty kilometres away — the seclusion is close to absolute.
Access & Utilities
Access is by private charter from Tahiti to the atoll's own airstrip, about two hours out. Accommodation spans thirteen beach bungalows, two junior villas and a large master residence, with a restaurant, beach bar, spa, observatory and recording studio, and Starlink connectivity.
Ownership & Use
A rental rather than a sale — the largest and most elaborate whole-atoll buyout we track, suited to a big family gathering or a private event that wants an entire atoll to itself.
Provenance
Uninhabited Tuamotu atoll with an airfield inaugurated in 1982 under an unrecorded prior operator; Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté acquired it in 2007 after a decade-long search across French Polynesia and spent roughly a further decade building it into a private resort, reportedly at a cost cited between US$100M and US$150M across press accounts. It remains Laliberté-owned and is rented only as a full-atoll buyout, never sold.
Specification
| Status | Available |
|---|---|
| Offering | For rent |
| Region | South Pacific · Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia |
| Country | French Polynesia |
| Size | 1000 acres · 404 ha |
| Development | Resort / operating business |
| Holding-cost band | Operating business — staffed payroll |
| Access | airstrip |
| Nearest airport | Private charter flight of about two hours from Tahiti to the atoll's own airstrip |
| Power | Island systems (not publicly confirmed) |
| Water | Island systems (not publicly confirmed) |
| Communications | Starlink internet |
| Structures | 16 residences (21 bedrooms), Master residence with cinema and pool, Restaurant and beach bar, Spa, observatory, recording studio |
| Publicly marketed | since 2019 |
Price record
Documented public figures over time — asking prices, reported sales and reductions, each attributed. This record is maintained editorially and may lag the market.
2019-01US$1,100,000Listedrobbreport.com
2024-07US$967,000Reducedrobbreport.com
2026€900,000Relistedprivateislandsonline.com
The full traced record — ownership lineage and every dated event back to the earliest public mention — is in The Ledger, for members.
From above: 2010 vs today
Nukutepipi is a small Tuamotu atoll where the interesting overhead story is how a compact resort was threaded onto a single motu while most of the ring stayed forested. Imagery review would look for the master villa and bungalow line, a raised observation platform, and any solar arrays or water-catchment surfaces. Around a low coral atoll, the features most worth tracking are storm overwash scars, shifts in the reef-flat margin, and the pass or channel colour into the lagoon.
Satellite change notes are editorial observations from open imagery, dated at review; verify on a current survey.
Legal & Ownership Notes
Rented only as a full-atoll buyout. Reported to have been developed at around US$100M as a self-sustaining, chemical-free ecosystem; not offered for sale.
Satellite reference: open map view.
Common questions
How much does Nukutepipi cost?
Nukutepipi is profiled at: €900,000 / week (whole island) · sleeps 52. Figures reflect public record at time of writing and may change; the profile keeps a dated price record.
How do you get to Nukutepipi?
Access is by airstrip. Nearest airport: Private charter flight of about two hours from Tahiti to the atoll's own airstrip.
How big is Nukutepipi?
Nukutepipi is approximately 1000 acres (404 hectares).
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