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Highlights

Antarctic Privilege offer
The Seychelles this winter
Your Grand Polar Adventure in the Arctic
The poles as never before

Privilege offer

Explore the Antarctic for €1,500 less!

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The Seychelles

Considered a paradise on earth, this archipelago will charm you with the magic of its fauna and flora.

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2023 & 2024 seasons

Like a veritable polar adventurer, sail legendary maritime routes

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Le Commandant Charcot

Explore the most secret areas of our planet in the Arctic and Antarctic.

See expeditions

Navigate to the novel and unknown: Discover the new Le Commandant Charcot website.
Live 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
Paul Gauguin Cruises

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Sisterships

Ponant Explorers

ICEBREAKER

Paul Gauguin Cruises

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

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

A unique collaboration

Learn to observe marine biodiversity and participate in the scientific monitoring of the wildlife

Meet Ted Cheeseman, the man behind Happywhale, an application that helps locate and identify cetaceans to better understand their movements and behaviour

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.