PONANT
Explore To Inspire
PONANT
Explore To
Inspire
Find Your Inspiration
Find Your Inspiration
Our Exclusives
Our Exclusives
With our global expertise, we’ll help you plan your cruise so you can discover each destination exactly as you like.
Global Expertise
We’ve traveled around the globe, and we want to use our expertise to help you create the perfect cruise.
Shipboard Credit
We’ll make your adventure even more marvelous with credit you can spend on excursions, massages, and more.
Peace of Mind
Spend every minute of your voyage in relaxed bliss – we’ll take care of every detail so you don’t have to.
The PONANT Signature
PONANT is the world leader in luxury expeditions, with ultra-modern, small ships, offering attentive services and immersive itineraries that touch all corners of the world. PONANT has been sailing the seven seas for 35 years. Each cruise is a blend of adventure, exploration, and discovery – allowing every traveler to experience luxurious comfort, even in the heart of the most remote regions.
Sophisticated Ambiance
From globally inspired cuisine to luxurious common areas onboard small and intimate ships, PONANT voyages are designed to offer you a serene break in a refined atmosphere, whether you opt for the calm of a yachting cruise or the adventure of an expedition cruise.
Exceptional Quality
Embark on an immersive experience — a blend of luxury, exploration, and comfort, adventure, and refinement — even in the heart of the world’s most remote regions. Polar, tropical, or subtropical expeditions — from the Antarctic to Papua New Guinea, PONANT will take travelers as close as possible to pristine nature and ancestral cultures, far from the crowded maritime routes.
Unique Experiences
PONANT and Smithsonian Journeys, the travel program of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, are embarking toward a new frontier together, with a collection of unique travel experiences focused on culture, history, and the natural world. These curated itineraries celebrate PONANT’s inherent instinct to explore
Legendary Sailing
PONANT’s ships are not only the newest, most elegant, and most comfortable small vessels in the world today, they are also, the most eco-friendly. They are the only ones in their class to be certified “Clean Ships” by Bureau Veritas, one of the world’s foremost stewards of ecologically sound travel.
The PONANT Signature
PONANT is the world leader in luxury expeditions, with ultra-modern, small ships, offering attentive services and immersive itineraries that touch all corners of the world. PONANT has been sailing the seven seas for 35 years. Each cruise is a blend of adventure, exploration, and discovery – allowing every traveler to experience luxurious comfort, even in the heart of the most remote regions.
Sophisticated Ambiance
From globally inspired cuisine to luxurious common areas onboard small and intimate ships, PONANT voyages are designed to offer you a serene break in a refined atmosphere, whether you opt for the calm of a yachting cruise or the adventure of an expedition cruise.
Exceptional Quality
Embark on an immersive experience — a blend of luxury, exploration, and comfort, adventure, and refinement — even in the heart of the world’s most remote regions. Polar, tropical, or subtropical expeditions — from the Antarctic to Papua New Guinea, PONANT will take travelers as close as possible to pristine nature and ancestral cultures, far from the crowded maritime routes.
Unique Experiences
PONANT and Smithsonian Journeys, the travel program of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, are embarking toward a new frontier together, with a collection of unique travel experiences focused on culture, history, and the natural world. These curated itineraries celebrate PONANT’s inherent instinct to explore
Legendary Sailing
PONANT’s ships are not only the newest, most elegant, and most comfortable small vessels in the world today, they are also, the most eco-friendly. They are the only ones in their class to be certified “Clean Ships” by Bureau Veritas, one of the world’s foremost stewards of ecologically sound travel.
Ships
PONANT’s modern fleet consists of small-sized ships designed for expedition cruises or yachting. From Le Ponant, their iconic, newly refurbished three-masted yacht, to Le Commandant Charcot, PONANT’s first electric hybrid icebreaker and the world’s only luxury icebreaker. PONANT ensures both the safety of its passengers and respect for the areas they visit through its sustainable ships designed for environmental protection.
PONANT Explorers
The PONANT Explorers series successfully manages to subtly combine the desire to explore the most remote regions of the planet with the comfort and privacy of a cozily, intimate ship. To the innovative and environmentally friendly equipment are added elegant design and a unique atmosphere in keeping with the whole PONANT universe. Passengers’ dreams of a cruise onboard a luxurious, small ship are made possible through the combination of an authentically genuine voyage experience and discreet opulence.
Sisterships
The Sisterships epitomise the unique feel and atmosphere of the ships of the PONANT fleet. Subtly combining luxury, intimacy and serene well-being, the ships have been designed to offer passengers both moments of conviviality and spaces conducive to peaceful tranquillity and a sense of escape and getting away from it all. Their exterior and interior lines testify to the ingeniousness and refinement with which the Sisterships have been designed.
Luxury Icebreaker
Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker, opens the gateways to the highest latitudes of the Arctic and furthest reaches of the Antarctic. Embark for a faraway polar odyssey combining exploration with science, and become experts in these regions that for centuries have stirred the imaginations of the greatest adventurers. See this captivating and wondrous part of the world for yourself.
Sailing Ship
The newly refurbished sailing yacht, Le Ponant, offers an experience close to that of a private yacht, with only 16 staterooms on board. Travel far off the beaten path, enjoy the delights of quiet and little-visited ports of call, marvel at iconic sites and seek out exceptional scenery, and enjoy a slower way to travel with the sails unfurled.
Ships
PONANT’s modern fleet consists of small-sized ships designed for expedition cruises or yachting. From Le Ponant, their iconic, newly refurbished three-masted yacht, to Le Commandant Charcot, PONANT’s first electric hybrid icebreaker and the world’s only luxury icebreaker. PONANT ensures both the safety of its passengers and respect for the areas they visit through its sustainable ships designed for environmental protection.
PONANT Explorers
The PONANT Explorers series successfully manages to subtly combine the desire to explore the most remote regions of the planet with the comfort and privacy of a cozily, intimate ship. To the innovative and environmentally friendly equipment are added elegant design and a unique atmosphere in keeping with the whole PONANT universe. Passengers’ dreams of a cruise onboard a luxurious, small ship are made possible through the combination of an authentically genuine voyage experience and discreet opulence.
Sisterships
The Sisterships epitomise the unique feel and atmosphere of the ships of the PONANT fleet. Subtly combining luxury, intimacy and serene well-being, the ships have been designed to offer passengers both moments of conviviality and spaces conducive to peaceful tranquillity and a sense of escape and getting away from it all. Their exterior and interior lines testify to the ingeniousness and refinement with which the Sisterships have been designed.
Luxury Icebreaker
Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker, opens the gateways to the highest latitudes of the Arctic and furthest reaches of the Antarctic. Embark for a faraway polar odyssey combining exploration with science, and become experts in these regions that for centuries have stirred the imaginations of the greatest adventurers. See this captivating and wondrous part of the world for yourself.
Sailing Ship
The newly refurbished sailing yacht, Le Ponant, offers an experience close to that of a private yacht, with only 16 staterooms on board. Travel far off the beaten path, enjoy the delights of quiet and little-visited ports of call, marvel at iconic sites and seek out exceptional scenery, and enjoy a slower way to travel with the sails unfurled.
Destinations
Polar and tropical expeditions from Antarctica to Papua New Guinea and classic yachting cruises from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean, PONANT takes you up close and personal to unspoiled nature and ancient cultures.
The leader in expeditions to the polar regions, PONANT lets travelers live their dreams of adventure. Set out to discover the icy vastness, and the fauna of Antarctica — humpback whales, seals, and penguins. In the Arctic, fjords, glaciers, icebergs of changing colors and varied fauna await you — polar bears, Arctic foxes, walruses, orcas, whales, and special moments of interaction with Inuit people.
A tropical expedition to remote and seldom visited destinations allows you to discover the ancient customs of many tribes that still live on the land of their forefathers. Whether they are Papuan, Polynesian or Māori people, you will gain an understanding of their culture. During visits to their villages, you’ll interact with these warm and friendly people, ensuring priceless memories.
From the sun-kissed shores of the Mediterranean to the nuanced light of the North Sea, from the Greek Islands, setting for the adventures of Ulysses, to the Baltic, once crossed by the amber traders, visiting Europe by sea is a unique travel experience.
Destinations
Polar and tropical expeditions from Antarctica to Papua New Guinea and classic yachting cruises from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean, PONANT takes you up close and personal to unspoiled nature and ancient cultures.
The leader in expeditions to the polar regions, PONANT lets travelers live their dreams of adventure. Set out to discover the icy vastness, and the fauna of Antarctica — humpback whales, seals, and penguins. In the Arctic, fjords, glaciers, icebergs of changing colors and varied fauna await you — polar bears, Arctic foxes, walruses, orcas, whales, and special moments of interaction with Inuit people.
A tropical expedition to remote and seldom visited destinations allows you to discover the ancient customs of many tribes that still live on the land of their forefathers. Whether they are Papuan, Polynesian or Māori people, you will gain an understanding of their culture. During visits to their villages, you’ll interact with these warm and friendly people, ensuring priceless memories.
From the sun-kissed shores of the Mediterranean to the nuanced light of the North Sea, from the Greek Islands, setting for the adventures of Ulysses, to the Baltic, once crossed by the amber traders, visiting Europe by sea is a unique travel experience.
