PONANT EXPLORATIONS and Smithsonian Journeys, the travel program of the Smithsonian Institution, have formed a unique alliance to offer themed sailings featuring experiences that embrace local cultures and dive deeper into a destination’s history, cuisine, language, environment and wildlife. In addition to the usual elements of the PONANT EXPLORATIONS experience, the listed price for these voyages includes transfers to and from the ship, talks and discussions aboard ship by world-class experts.PONANT EXPLORATIONS and Smithsonian Journeys, the travel program of the Smithsonian Institution, have formed a unique alliance to offer themed sailings featuring experiences that embrace local cultures and dive deeper into a destination’s history, cuisine, language, environment and wildlife. In addition to the usual elements of the PONANT EXPLORATIONS experience, the listed price for these voyages includes transfers to and from the ship, talks and discussions aboard ship by world-class experts.

44 cruises

In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Panama and Costa Rica by Sea: The Natural Wonders of Central America – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Colón (Panama)

To

Puntarenas (Costa Rica)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Champlain

Next departure

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 10%

From

AU$8,830 /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Panama and Costa Rica by Sea: The Natural Wonders of Central America – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Puntarenas (Costa Rica)

To

Colón (Panama)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Champlain

Next departures

From

AU$9,750 /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Treasures of Japan and South Korea by Sea – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Osaka (Japan)

To

Busan (South Korea)

8 nightsaboard the shipLe Soléal

Next departure

Offer(s)

Back to back offer, Free solo supplement, PONANT Bonus 5%

From

AU$15,320 /person*

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Voyage to Indonesia: Dragons, Reefs, and the Spice Islands – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Benoa, Bali (Indonesia)

To

Darwin (Australia)

12 nightsaboard the shipLe Jacques Cartier

Next departure

From

AU$17,270 /person*

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Celtic Voyage: The Hebrides and the Irish Sea – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

London (United Kingdom)

To

Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)

8 nightsaboard the shipLe Bellot

Next departures

Offer(s)

Back to back offer, PONANT Bonus 15%

From

AU$10,840 /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Mediterranean Island Voyage: Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and Elba – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Valletta (Malta)

To

Nice (France)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Bougainville

Next departure

From

AU$13,280 /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Mediterranean Island Voyage: Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and Elba – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Nice (France)

To

Valletta (Malta)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Bougainville

Next departures

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 5%

From

AU$12,690 /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Scottish Isles and Norwegian Fjords Voyage – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)

To

Bergen (Norway)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Lapérouse

Next departures

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 10%

From

AU$11,630 /person*

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Iceland Voyage: Land of Fire and Ice – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Reykjavík (Iceland)

To

Reykjavík (Iceland)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Bellot

Next departures

Offer(s)

Back to back offer, PONANT Bonus 15%

From

AU$13,720 /person*

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Cruising the Greek Islands of the Southern Aegean – with Smithsonian Journeys

Package included

From

Athens (Greece)

To

Athens (Greece)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Bougainville

Next departures

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 5%

From

AU$10,550 /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast and the Ionian Sea: Venice to Athens – with Smithsonian Journeys

Package included

From

Venice (Italy)

To

Athens (Greece)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Boréal

Next departure

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 10%

From

AU$10,360 /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Cruising the Aegean: Turkey and the Greek Isles – with Smithsonian Journeys

Package included

From

Athens (Greece)

To

Istanbul (Turkey)

7 nightsaboard the shipLe Boréal

Next departures

Offer(s)

Back to back offer, PONANT Bonus 20%

From

AU$8,980 /person*

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*Price is per person, based on double occupancy, based on availability, and subject to change at any time. The category of stateroom to which this price applies may no longer be available.

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