Following the success of its first catamaran – Spirit of Ponant – in Corsica and the Seychelles in 2024, PONANT EXPLORATIONS is expanding to more exceptional destinations.

PONANT EXPLORATIONS has launched sales for its 2027 Kimberley season, opening with seven departures between May and August 2027 aboard the modern and purpose-built small expedition ships Le Jacques-Cartier and Le Soléal.

In January 2027, PONANT will combine haute cuisine with diplomacy and polar exploration on a special voyage through the Gulf of Bothnia aboard Le Commandant Charcot, in partnership with the Club des Chefs des Chefs (CCC).

PONANT EXPLORATIONS’ Fly, Stay & Cruise package for the 2026 Kimberley season is now available for booking offering a “seamless” way to discover the region’s rugged beauty.

Jonathan Shackleton, a cousin of the famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, will travel aboard PONANT’s luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot, on a once-in-a-lifetime expedition from Ushuaia, Argentina to Hobart, Tasmania in 2026.

PONANT EXPLORATIONS is offering guests a chance to experience as total solar eclipse in select regions of the Northern Hemisphere, on 12 August 2026.

PONANT’s 2IC, Belinda Hindmarsh has revealed the “magic recipe” to the Aussie and Kiwi traveller market’s success in the Australia and New Zealand market.

Ponant Explorations Group is mulling pairing up back-to-back sailings of its voyages across its brands including expedition, river and land, LATTE can exclusively reveal.

PONANT/Paul Gauguin Cruises welcomed a group of travel partners from around the country to Darwin earlier this week to a very rare ship visit of ms Paul Gauguin. The 330-passenger luxury ship was passing through the Northern Territory capital having just undergone its latest refurbishment in Singapore which was centred on sustainable engine enhancements to meet Ponant’s stringent green credentials.

A new world first is on the cards for PONANT EXPLORATIONS as it confirmed its luxury icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot will embark on a full circumnavigation of Antarctica between January and March 2028.

PONANT EXPLORATIONS’ Le Commandant Charcot will visit Australia for the first time in February 2026 as the final destination of an Antarctic semi-circumnavigation, and the starting point of an exploration of Eastern Antarctica.

A new chapter is underway for PONANT as it becomes PONANT EXPLORATIONS GROUP, following its recent acquisition of a majority stake in Aqua Expeditions.