- Four Ponant Explorations ships will head to the Antarctica in 2027-28 winter season.
- Le Commandant Charcot will lead the charge heading to Charcot Island.
- There will also be voyages to discover the best of the Chilean Fjiords and Patagonia.
Ponant Explorations will launch 28 adventure-filled Antarctica voyages for the 2027-28 winter season with four ships exploring the White Continent.
Bookings open today.
For adventure seekers wanting to experience the ultimate polar voyage, luxury icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot will head for the Bellingshausen Sea and Charcot Island, offering an unforgettable journey to the edge of the world. Here they will encounter ice cliffs, infinite ice floes and majestic icebergs. They will also watch with amazement at the wildlife as penguins, seals, whales and orcas roam the immaculate region. They will also be able to go kayaking, hiking, snowshoeing and taking a polar plunge. It is a journey reserved for the adventure seekers who dare to reach the unreachable.
Prices for the 16 day-itinerary from Ushuaia to Ushuaia which departs on 2 and 28 December 2027 start from $34,900 pp.
Le Commandant Charcot will also offer a 14-day itinerary to meet Emperor Penguins in the heart of the Weddell Sea. Guests will be able to see endless ice floes, majestic icebergs in immaculate silence. They will also be able to see Adelie penguins.
Prices for the 14-day itinerary from Ushuaia to Ushuaia with departures on 27 October, 8 and 20 November and 16 December 2027 start from $34,500pp.
Ponant Explorations will offer 12 departures to the White Continent aboard Le Boreal and Le Lyrial with a 12-day journey with prices starting from $18,580pp. Guests will be able to watch huge calving glaciers, tabular icebergs and ice floes, Gentoo, Adelie and Chinstrap penguins, leopard, crabeater and Weddell seals.
For guests looking to experience black sand beaches to packed ice, Ponant is offering a 19-day itinerary visiting Falkland Islands and South Georgia with prices starting from $25,910pp. In this universe of silence and light, they will watch with wonder icebergs and glaciers in thousands of shades of white. Then there’s the wildlife from Gentoo, Adelie and Chinstrap penguins to seals, whales and seabirds. An unforgettable journey.
For adventure seekers looking to get the best of the Chilean Fjords to the magic of Patagonia, Ponant Explorations is offering a 15-day itinerary from Valparaiso to Ushuaia aboard L’Austral and Le Lyrial with prices starting from $23,790pp. They will cruise the legendary Cape Horn to mysterious Tierra del Fuego via the Strait of Magellan’s gigantic glaciers. They will visit remote villages on the island of Chiloe, walk on wooden walkways built on stilts to discover one of the last great wilderness areas with gigantic glaciers and dense subpolar forest that envelops the fjords.
There’s also a 20-day itinerary aboard Le Lyrial from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires departing in March 2028. This polar voyage in the Southern Ocean will visit the UNESCO-listed Valdes Peninsula, Falklands Islands and South Georgia. Prices start from $23,790pp. Guests will experience isolated beaches, snow-topped mountains, arid steppes, windswept coastlines and exceptional wildlife including elephant seals, sea lions, sei whales, guanacos, penguins and dolphins. This will be a rare immersion into one of the planet’s last spectacular wilderness areas.
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