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Great for Solo Travelers

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Le Dumont d'Urville

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SA789
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

Ponant is one of the few cruise lines that offers multiple cruises without a single supplement. For almost the same price as a Caribbean cruise on a premium cruise line (double for solos), I was able to book a mid-ship balcony cabin on an ultra-luxury Ponant cruise. Le Dumont d'Urville is a beautiful mega-yacht with a modern, minimalist design. Food, drinks, service, cabins, lectures and so forth ...
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Sail Date: December 2022


Lovely Cruise, Needs some Improvements

Review for a South America Cruise on Le Bellot

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davidh68
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We wanted to see Maya sites and wanted to try Ponant. We have sailed on Cunard, Celebrity, Oceania, Windstar, Seabourn, Holland America and Viking - 20+ cruises in all, 6 on Seabourn. I would say 80-90 percent of the passengers spoke French as their primary language. We enjoyed that. The officers are French, the staff Indonesian or Filipino. We were rather taken aback to see the captain ...
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Sail Date: December 2022


Double Thrill

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Le Dumont d'Urville

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Mademoiselle de La Mar
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Our 2022 Ponant cruise, along with our 2020 Ponant cruise - same ship- was the thrill of a lifetime because the smaller ships can get into ports the large ships can't visit. I also was thrilled to take two ecotours on this ship - one right before Covid lockdown in 2020, and then again, this winter in 2022. The ship captain was kind enough to ALWAYS translate for us, though we were the only two ...
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Sail Date: January 2022


Not what we expected

Review for a South America Cruise on Le Champlain

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shrkdive1
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We had such hopes for this trip. The ship & itinerary fit our needs on paper but in reality we were disappointed with the execution of this cruise. Not only did embarkation change from Puerto Morelos to Cozumel after booking our flights but the trip was advertised to include diving in Honduras. On boarded we learned Puerto Cortes was a dirty shipping port with no diving. The water was green ...
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Sail Date: February 2020


Great Ship; Great Crew; Poor Corporate Communication; Meh Itinerary

Review for a South America Cruise on Le Champlain

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AussieBoyTX
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Le Champlain is a lovely ship with only ninety-two cabins, 165 passengers and 115 crew members. We felt the on-board experience was excellent in almost every respect and were impressed that most crew members knew us by name, or at least by cabin number and preferences midway through the cruise. Ponant has had difficulties with the local Mexican government and they have been unable to embark ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Traveled with children


Ponant - The Cruise Line From Hell

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Le Champlain

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Moat
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Ponant Cruise Line – The Cruise Line from Hell In October my wife and I boarded Ponant Le Champlain at Boston USA for a 2 week cruise to Mexico. My description “the cruise line from hell” relates to the “campylobacter” food poisoning I suffered. Food poisoning/upset stomachs is not necessarily unusual but in this case I became seriously ill. The food poisoning in my case can easily be ...
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Sail Date: October 2019


Highly recommend for anyone and everyone, even the very unfit.

Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal

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CJSANDFS
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I wanted to go to Antarctica in comfort and Ponant offered an excellent 'no single supplement' deal. Le Boreal is an elegant and well maintained ship with wonderful staff. It was very annoying not to get our travel documents until 2 weeks before departure. I was stressing about the baggage limits and the timing of the flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia. It turned out I need not have worried as ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom


Attention to detail is sublime

Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Lyrial (Ponant)

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Shoredock
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

From the moment we arrived at the Buenos Aries airport to board our charter flight to Ushuaia , the attention to detail with this cruise line was evident. From having boarding passes ready to go, to buses in you should wear divided by language, there was nothing it was left chance. The ship was immaculate and in wonderful shape, however it pale by comparison to the genuine friendliness and ...
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Sail Date: February 2019


Amazing Antarctica

Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Lyrial (Ponant)

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Hiwalker
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

This trip began in Buenos Aires with a night at the Hyatt located in Recoleta. We have sailed with Ponant previously so knew the expeditions off boat would be great. We had two trips in zodiacs each day whilst on the Antarctic peninsula, one a landing and the other a zodiac trip to take photographs. All were amazing and the expedition staff were extremely knowledgeable and generous with their ...
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Sail Date: February 2019


Solo cruise in Antarctica

Review for a Antarctica Cruise on L'Austral

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kerrianno
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

I chose Ponant based on the dates available, as well as a lower single supplement than I saw on other cruises that I researched. Ponant alsoninvluded the flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia which was a bonus. I spent a night in Buenos Aires after my flight from JFK, and met the Ponant team at the airport the next morning. The representatives were easy to find and I was quickly waiting in line to ...
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Sail Date: February 2019


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