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Photo Ambassadors
Voted #1—Condé Nast Travelers Reader’s Choice Awards
Enriched to Inspire
Solo Travelers

Photo Ambassadors

From capturing a unique perspective to demonstrating scale, our Photo Ambassadors will show you how to capture beauty of our awe-inspiring world.

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Winner

Best Small Ships & Best Expedition Ships

We are honored to announce that PONANT has received not one, but two Condé Nast Traveler’s 2022 Reader’s Choice Awards! Best Small Ships and Best Expedition Ships.

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Enriched to Inspire

PONANT | Smithsonian Journeys

Enriched voyages to inspiring shores in the company of Smithsonian Journeys Experts.

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Solo Travelers

Whether you pride independent adventures or want to travel with loved ones while still enjoying the serenity of your own space, we offer a large variety of cruises with the solo traveler in mind.

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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.

The adventure starts here

Our ships

Discover our exceptional ships

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Sisterships
Ponant Explorers
ICEBREAKER

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Sailing ship

Sisterships

Ponant Explorers

ICEBREAKER

The Ponant signature

Explore to better understand, 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

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.

Visit Le Paul Gauguin

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.

Carribean essentials

Hoist the sails with Le Ponant

An uniquely and exclusive voyage experience aboard this legendary yacht

Explore Arctic's richness

On the look-out for wildlife, explore the most beautiful fjords and glaciers in Spitsbergen

"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.