PONANT cruises: World's leading luxury yacht expeditions cruise line

Highlights

Le Commandant Charcot Spring & Summer 2024 & 2025
Antarctica—Departures through 2026
PONANT Sails Away with Cruise Critic Editors’ Pick for Arctic Expeditions!
PONANT + Smithsonian Journeys—Madagascar and the Seychelles

Le Commandant Charcot

Exclusive Access to the Northernmost Reaches of the Earth

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Antarctica

Antarctica will have you overflowing with emotion and wonder, offering a sublime spectacle of unspoiled nature and iconic fauna.

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Winner

We’re on the Top of the World as the Best in the Arctic

We are so honored to announce that PONANT has won the Cruise Critic Editors’ Pick Award for Best in the Arctic (Expedition Category)!

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Ponant | Smithsonian Journeys

Explore the natural treasures of Madagascar and the Seychelles with Smithsonian Journeys.

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Inspire

From sunny cruises to polar odysseys, let's find the destination that inspires you.

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Our ships

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Sisterships
Ponant Explorers
ICEBREAKER

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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.

Le Commandant Charcot

Immersive tour: discover this pioneering ship as you have never seen her before

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.

Tyrrhenian wonders

Greenland : spirit of nature

Discover an intense territory, between wild nature and Inuit traditions.

Central America in its purest form

Much more than simply a bridge between the Northern and Southern parts of a diverse, multifaceted continent, Central America has its own riches.

« A total immersion between Belize and Honduras that fulfilled all my expectations: diversity of activities, cultural richness, adventures in the heart of nature, not forgetting the paradise islands, lagoons and mangroves. An authentic experience… »
Raphaël M., aboard Le Bellot