PONANT to Visit The Antarctic in 2025-2026
PONANT will offer Antarctic cruises from October 2025 to March 2026, with ships navigating the White Continent during the southern summer months. MORE ABOUT THE SEASON PONANT’s Antarctic season will include 34 sailings and eight itineraries, allowing guests to explore diverse ecosystems from t
PONANT and Smithsonian Journeys Announce Small Ship Explorations
PONANT has partnered with Smithsonian Journeys to offer 30 sailings in 2025 on small exploration ships. The itineraries will feature experts and immersive experiences, focusing on local cultures, history, cuisine, language, environment, and wildlife of destinations. The partnership aims to inspire g
PONANT Conducts an International Safety Exercise in the Polar Region
PONANT continues to enhance maritime safety standards through innovation. On September 30, 2023, Le Commandant Charcot conducted a second safety drill in the polar region at Herschel Island in the Northwest Passage. “We carried out a first rescue exercise on the ice in September 2021 during th
Luxury Sailing Adventures With PONANT: An Exclusive Behind The Scenes Look
Are you an avid traveler looking for new and exciting ways to explore the world? Do you crave adventure and luxury all wrapped up in one unforgettable experience? Look no further than PONANT, the French cruise line that offers one-of-a-kind sailing adventures to some of the most fascinating destinat
PONANT Reveals New Excursion Offerings
PONANT has exciting news for guests sailing Winter 2024-2025! Experience one complimentary excursion per port of call on any of the 17 itineraries and 32 departures available. Immerse yourself in traditional dhow boat rides through Arabian fjords or expert-led talks on constructing the Panama Canal.
PONANT And The Explorer Club Reveal 30-Day ExplorationS
Between 2024 and 2026, PONANT and The Explorers Club will collaborate to further exploration and advance field research in less-traveled destinations globally. Guests can embark on 12 expeditions across five continents, beginning with a 30-day Antarctic itinerary from January 7 to February 5, 2024,
PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot To Sail Through St Lawrence River Winter 2025
From January to February 2025, PONANT will offer four voyages aboard the cruise lines ship, Le Commandant Charcot through Canada’s St. Lawrence River. MORE ABOUT THE EXPEDITIONS The 13-day expeditions will combine sub-zero adventuring such as kayaking, ice-fishing, dog sledding, and skijorin
Cruise To Uncharted Destinations With Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot
Embarking on PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot to the Arctic is unlike any other adventure you’ll ever experience. PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot will take you places no other ship can. From witnessing the majestic Northern Lights to exploring remote islands and meeting local indigenous commu
PONANT Announces New Expert Led Expeditions To Antarctica’s Peninsula
PONANT is now offering guests the chance to embark on small-ship polar expeditions led by world-renowned experts. The Emperor Penguins of Weddell Sea itinerary, which departs November 3-17, 2023, is an adventure into Antarctica’s most remote regions, where guests will witness emperor penguins,
PONANT Celebrates 35TH Anniversary With Sailings In 35 Destinations
PONANT is celebrating its 35th anniversary with 10 percent savings on 200 sailings across 35 destinations! Explorers can discover the fjords of Greenland, the icebergs in Baffin Bay, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and various other destinations. Guests can utilize the savings on bookings mad
PONANT And Smithsonian Journeys Announce 2024 Voyages With New Itineraries
PONANT and Smithsonian Journeys announced their 2024 small ship expeditions, which will allow guests to explore the history, environment, local culture, and cuisine of each destination. PONANT, which designs small ship voyages, and Smithsonian Journeys, the Smithsonian Institution’s travel program
Ponant AND Smithsonian Journeys Announce Cruises In ANTARCTICA WINTER 2023
Look out for Winter 2023! Ponant Cruises announced they are collaborating with Smithsonian Journeys on a series of co-branded sailings offering 21 cruises to Antarctica. Two experienced Smithsonian Journeys Experts will lead each trip with backgrounds in art history, a solar astrophysicist, or an in
Who’s Cruising to Antarctica for the 2021 Total Solar Eclipse?
A trip to Antarctica to watch a total eclipse of the sun can be the voyage of a lifetime, traveling to the ends of the Earth in order to witness such an extreme astronomical event in an environment so stark and dramatic. On December 4, 2021, the path of totality – that is, the area […]
Steve Leland’s 2020 Travel Recap
After nine months of travel lockdown, 2020 hindsight takes on new relevance as we grapple with how things could have been done differently, but then again who could have imagined the havoc that a renegade virus would wreak on the travel industry. Finishing out 2019 with a Transatlantic cruise from L
PONANT Announces Solar Eclipse Cruise
Need something to look forward to? 2021 is almost here and it’s bringing with it a total solar eclipse! On December 4, 2021, the moon will fully pass between the Sun and the Earth, obscuring the sun for a period of a few minutes. The catch? The only area in the world where the solar […]
Editor-in-Chief Awards 2019
2019 Editor-in-Chief Awards As editor-in-chief of Porthole Cruise Magazine, Bill Panoff travels a lot. So each year, he reports back on his favorite travel experiences around the world. Here are this year’s picks of those who left amazing impressions in terms of service, quality, and memorable mom
Aquatic Sensory Immersion Wows Guests
It’s not enough to just have a state of the art polar-class expedition ship anymore. Cruise lines are doing everything possible to make their expedition experience a cut above the rest and French cruise line Ponant Yacht Cruises is leading the way with their new Blue Eye Lounge experience. Their
LUXURY Cruise Ships Setting Sail in 2019 (VIDEO)
The luxury cruise sector is on the rise, so let’s check out what’s on the horizon for 2019… Viking Jupiter | 930 Passengers | 47,000 Tons Viking Jupiter is the 6th ship in the Viking Ocean Cruises fleet. Built in 2018, the intimately sized ship will set sail in February 2019. Viking Jupiter cr
Is Yachting the New Cruising?
Last week, Porthole Cruise Magazine attended Seatrade Cruise Global, the cruise industry’s largest event complete with information, networking, and news from the cruise lines themselves where we saw more than one yacht cruise on display. Sailing to remote, underdeveloped, stunning regions of the w
News Briefs – Seven Seas Mariner’s amazing upgrade, and more….
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 9, 2018 Seven Seas Mariner is undergoing a major upgrade before returning to Alaska. The world’s first all-suite, all-balcony cruise ship will undergo a 20-day dry-dock this April, getting a new mosaic-tiled pool, an open layout and teak flooring on the poo
