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Highlights

The Polar Regions Aboard Our Luxury Icebreaker
Winter 2023/24, A Season of Possibilities
PONANT & Smithsonian Journeys
The Mediterranean—Summer 2022 & 2023

Luxury Icebreaker

Le Commandant Charcot

Go further into the ice for an even more exclusive experience in the polar regions.

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Winter 2023/24

A Season of Possibilities

PONANT just released 70 sailings, including 23 brand new ones, so you can continue your exploration of the world in the relaxed comfort of our intimate ships.

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Enriched to Inspire

PONANT | Smithsonian Journeys

Join us on curated, all inclusive itineraries which feature Smithsonian Journeys experts and included excursions that celebrate our instinct to explore.

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Summer 2022 & 2023

With its lands bathed in sunshine, its crystal clear waters and its legendary sites, the Mediterranean is a complete destination.

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Navigate to the novel and unknown—discover the new Le Commandant Charcot website.
Explore an immersive digital experience deep at the heart of extreme lands and environments, as if you were really there.

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Our ships

Discover our exceptional ships

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Sisterships
Ponant Explorers
ICEBREAKER

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Sisterships

Ponant Explorers

ICEBREAKER

The Ponant signature

Explore to better understand, learn, share and protect

Experience a meaningful voyage

Inspiring, human and environmental conscious experiences, accompanied by our experts

Sail to secret shores

Stopovers and moorings off the beaten track, sometimes unexplored

Travel consciously

The latest green technoloy used, environmental impact studies and activities co-constructed with local people

Explore the world on human-sized ships

A limited number of staterooms and suites for intimate voyages

Enjoy a journey crafted just for you

Bespoke onboard services for the most customized cruise available

Inspirations

A selection of inspiring content to help you prepare for your next cruise.

Expedition to Spitsbergen

Explore the most beautiful fjords and all the shades of these majestic natural sites

PONANT & Smithsonian Journeys

A unique alliance

PONANT Expeditions

PONANT expeditions offer a blend of luxury, adventure, and exploration aboard intimate yachts to every corner of the globe.

Top 5 most beautiful islands in the world

Visit Le Commandant Charcot

360° virtual tour of Le Commandant Charcot

The Blue Eye, a unique underwater multi-sensory lounge

Experience the Blue Eye, a below-waterline lounge designed especially for the PONANT Explorers series by architect Jacques Rougerie to sublimate the underwater world.

"We enjoyed travelling without organisational worries, the salutary contact with the ocean, the stopovers combining nature and civilisation thanks to the local guides, the enthusiasm of the naturalists and the caring attitude of the crew." Liliane S.