May 30, 2025
New sailing options to the British Isles, Arctic and Polynesia
Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) has introduced three new expedition voyages to its program in 2026. The added sailings are chartered expedition fleet ships of PONANT EXPLORATIONS Group.
Read More…May 19, 2025
Three Northern Hemisphere sailings to offer total solar eclipse viewing
PONANT EXPLORATIONS is offering guests a chance to experience as total solar eclipse in select regions of the Northern Hemisphere, on 12 August 2026.
Read More…December 19, 2024
Save up to 30% across all* Antarctica departures
PONANT is offering savings of up to 30% on its 2026-2027 Antarctic season voyages, across all departures*. As sisterships Le Boréal, Le Lyrial, Le Soléal and L’ Austral set sail on 36 departures across six distinct itineraries between January 2026 and March 2027, PONANT invites travellers to discover the small-ship difference as they gain privileged access to explore one of the final frontiers.
Read More…December 9, 2024
Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio to join guests in Svalbard in search of polar bears
Crystal has announced its 2025 Chairman’s Cruise will be a special Arctic expedition aboard the chartered Le Lyrial, on an exclusive 15-day itinerary from Oslo, Norway to Reykjavik, Iceland.
Read More…March 15, 2024
Five ships, 40 departures including the return of Le Commandant Charcot
PONANT has released its Antarctic 2025/26 program, spanning October 2025 to March 2026 with 34 departures sailing eight itineraries aboard PONANT Sisterships – Le Boréal, Le Soléal, L’Austral and Le Lyrial, as well as six departures aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker.
Read More…July 10, 2023
Decadent new partnership with Pierre Hermé Paris
PONANT and Pierre Hermé Paris are combining their talents to celebrate an exploration of the senses and the inimitable art of “goûter” – afternoon tea – à la française. United by a shared philosophy, the two firms are offering an authentic multi-faceted experience of the senses.
Read More…March 19, 2023
Le Commandant Charcot missing from the line-up
PONANT has released its 2024/2025 sailing program of Antarctica to be operated by three ships – Le Lyrial, L’Austral and Le Boréal. Off the schedule for the 24/25 season is the deployment of the luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot.
Read More…November 29, 2022
Reservations launched for Northern Hemisphere Summer 2024 voyages
Bookings have opened for PONANT’s Northern Hemisphere Summer 2024 voyages bound for the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Northern Europe, with 50 new sailings.
Read More…September 9, 2022
Over a dozen new departures between March-November next year
Ponant has released a new brochure centred wholly on Luxury Expeditions and Yacht-Style Voyages for March to November 2023.
Read More…October 14, 2021
Special offers on select back-to-back itineraries in the Mediterranean and Europe
PONANT has released an exclusive offer for Australian and New Zealand guests looking to book a European escape in 2022, offering a half-priced deposit of 12.5%, valid on all new bookings made between 12 October and 30 November 2021.
Read More…April 12, 2021
From Corsica and Sicily to the Cyclades, and Barcelona to Istanbul
Ponant has unveiled an extensive collection of around 60 itineraries in the Mediterranean for 2022, ranging from seven- to 14-nights and departing between March and October.
Read More…March 19, 2020
Service resumption date still to be confirmed
French luxury cruise line Ponant has frozen operation of its entire fleet, effective 15 March 2020, and introduced flexible rebooking options in response to the current COVID-19 public health crisis. A return-to-service date remains “undetermined”, the company said in a social media post.
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