Ponant has introduced more than a dozen new luxury expedition itineraries scheduled for 2023. The fresh additions span Antarctica, the Arctic, Northern Europe, Oceania and Asia-Pacific.
The company will set sail with 9 new luxury expeditions in warmer waters off Northwest Australia and through Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as well as 5 new departures to the Arctic, Alaska and Antarctica.
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Among the tropical expeditions is an odyssey between Northeast Australia and Indonesia where travellers can experience the magic of UNESCO site Komodo National Park.
Komodo National Park is also part of a new itinerary from Bali to Singapore, with other highlights including a visit to the island of Sumbawa as well as southern Borneo, home to a vast population of orangutans.
In the Arctic, Le Commandant Charcot will set sail from Greenland to Spitsbergen, exploring the world’s largest icebergs and fjords with majestic ice plunging into the blue waters below as bird colonies congregate on uninhabited islands. Also on-board Le Commandant Charcot, guests will travel deep into Antarctica, retracing the Heroic Age expeditions of the White Continent as it travels from New Zealand to Argentina, crossing the Antarctic Circle to the Bellingshausen Sea.
Of Ponant’s 75 luxury expeditions departures scheduled for 2023, a total of 14 new sailings are planned aboard the French cruise line’s 10 small-luxury ships.
Highlight itineraries from the expanded program include:
“Tropical Odyssey between North-East Australia and Indonesia”
Cairns, Australia – Benoa, Bali | aboard Le Lapérouse | 15 nights
From 20 February to 7 March 2023
Priced from AU$13,140 per person in a Deluxe Stateroom* (15% savings with the PONANT Bonus when guests book early.*)
Find out more about this cruise here.
“Intriguing Indonesia”
Benoa, Bali – Singapore | aboard Le Lapérouse | 9 nights
From 7 March to 16 March 2023
Priced from AU$7,090 in a Deluxe Stateroom* (25% savings with the PONANT Bonus when guests book early*)
Find out more about this cruise here.
“Islands and Fjords: from Greenland to Spitsbergen”
Reykjavik, Iceland to Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen | aboard Le Boréal | 12 nights
From 31 July to 12 August 2023
Priced from AU$15,980 per person in a Prestige Stateroom* (30% savings with the PONANT Bonus when guests book early*)
Flight + Transfer Longyearbyen/Paris included
Find out more about this cruise here.
“From Dumont d’Urville to Mawson: retracing Heroic Age expeditions”
Dunedin, New Zealand – Ushuaia, Argentina | aboard Le Commandant Charcot | 26 nights on board
From 13 February to 12 March 2023
Priced from AU$56,630 per person in a Prestige Stateroom* (30% savings with the PONANT Bonus when guests book early*)
Flight Auckland/Dunedin + transfers & transfers Ushuaia/Santiago included
Find out more about this cruise here.
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