Ponant Le Boreal Cruise Reviews

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From Antarctica on a land expedition with penguin colony in foreground.
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Best picture of my trip. Gold Harbor, South Georgia Island.
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Photo of a zodiac cruise around a sound in Antarctica, off the Weddell Sea!
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Photo of Le Boreal at anchor in St. Andrew’s Bay, South Georgia Island.
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Terrific!

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Soars-55
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

We've talked about an Antarctic cruise for years...we like Ponant, and we are Smithsonian fans, so when the combination came up this seemed a good omen. We were extremely pleased to find superb support, assistance and communications from the Ponant-Smithsonian Journeys representative. She was in touch early and often. We had a couple of glitches and in each case were helped through the ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom


Superb service, food, cabin, comfort and crew. But a warning about balcony doors.

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westy7000
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This cruise was a few years coming because of Covid, cancellations and non-refundable payments. However, it was well worth waiting for. Food, crew, comfort, organisation, helpfulness, friendliness, arrival and departure processes were all excellent. This was an Expedition cruise which meant we had twice-daily expeditions on zodiacs to either explore or land on Antarctica. These expeditions were ...
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Sail Date: February 2023


Antarctic Perfection Aboard Le Boreal

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JazzyTheTraveler
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

TRIP REPORT LE BOREAL 11/21-12/7 2022 As a preface, this is exceedingly long because it aims to answer the questions that I had when I was researching this once in a lifetime trip (for most of us) in addition to providing an actual trip report. I found answers to some, but not all, of my questions leading up to this trip, but it required months of me reading literally the internet. So, ...
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Sail Date: November 2022

Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom


Great expedition cruise

Review for a South America Cruise on Le Boreal

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Cruising with style
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

On March 6, 2022 we boarded the Le Boreal, from Ponant in Ushuaia. We had wanted to go the Antartica, but decided to change to the Chilean Fjords itinerary, which we didn't regret! This was our first experience with Ponant and will not be the last! From the moment we were greeted at the hotel in Buenos Aires, we knew we would be having a wonderful experience. Registering was easy and quick ...
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Sail Date: March 2022

Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom


Bucket list adventure in Antarctia

Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal

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Train lover
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Since we did an Arctic cruise in 2017 wanted to also do Antarctica. We were lucky enough to be offered a deal of 2 for 1 so grabbed it and consider ourselves very lucky., It was actually a sailing with embarkation on 16 Feb from Ushuaia which was an APT charter. This sailing does not appear on the Cruise Critic list! Unlike some of the other reviews we found the staff to be very friendly, the ...
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Sail Date: February 2020

Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom


No Fire, No Ice, No Adventure

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Le Boreal

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Chris Marshall
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

The cruise was titled Fire and Ice in the Arctic and was promoted as "an unforgettable expedition". Unforgettable perhaps but for all the wrong reasons. For some reason Ponant did not publish details of the flights at the start and end of the cruise so we had to add two nights in Seattle for their convenience (at our expense). Boarding the charter flight from Seattle to Nome in Alaska was tedious ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Superior Stateroom


ICELANDIC LOOP

Review for a Arctic Cruise on Le Boreal

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plaeger606
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Having never heard of Ponant, we chose this cruise because it did a circumnavigation of Iceland which is what we wanted. The ship was extremely clean, comfortable, and well laid-out. Embarkation from a small port outside of Reykjavik was a breeze (as was disembarkation). Captain Etienne Garcia was terrific - his enthusiasm for the immense beauty of Iceland came through in every message from him ...
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Sail Date: July 2019

Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom


Superb overall experience on a modern and tastefully furnished ship

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Le Boreal

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FieldstonEagle
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

I am writing this following a April 2019 transatlantic crossing from Miami to Lisbon ( an itinerary to be repeated in 2020 ). This is a wonderful all inclusive experience as PONANT includes fine wines (including French champagne), alcoholic beverages, tips and even WiFi with no additional charge to the cost of the cruise. Cabins feature toiletries from Hermes and offer all the comforts one would ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom


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


Expedition of a lifetime

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betterthanexpected
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

We chose this cruise because it went to all the places we dreamed of going to. The expedition team were exceptional, very knowledgeable and made the trip forever memorable. Cruising to Falklands and South Georgia were a highlight. Captain and crew did an amazing job enabling us to land at all but one location Food was very good except never hot enough from the buffet on level 6. Many lovely ...
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Sail Date: February 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom


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