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.

41 cruises

In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Coastal Vietnam by Sea: Singapore to Hong Kong – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Singapore

To

Hong Kong

14 nightsaboard the shipLE JACQUES CARTIER

Next departure

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 15%

From

12,150 € /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

To

Colón

7 nightsaboard the shipLE CHAMPLAIN

Next departures

From

5,270 € /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Cruising the Caribbean's Windward Islands – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Vieux Fort

To

Vieux Fort

8 nightsaboard the shipLE BELLOT

Next departure

Offer(s)

No single supplement, PONANT Bonus 15%

From

6,200 € /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

South Africa and Namibia by Sea: Around the Cape of Good Hope – with Smithsonian Journeys

Package included

From

Durban

To

Walvis Bay

10 nightsaboard the shipLE BOUGAINVILLE

Next departures

From

6,950 € /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

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

Package included

From

Osaka

To

Busan

8 nightsaboard the shipLE SOLÉAL

Next departure

Offer(s)

No single supplement, PONANT Bonus 15%

From

8,660 € /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

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

Package included

From

Benoa, Bali

To

Darwin

12 nightsaboard the shipLE JACQUES CARTIER

Next departure

From

10,840 € /person*

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A Circumnavigation of Sicily – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Valletta

To

Valletta

8 nightsaboard the shipLE BOUGAINVILLE

Next departures

From

9,090 € /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

To

Nice

7 nightsaboard the shipLE BOUGAINVILLE

Next departure

From

8,330 € /person*

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

Package included

From

Nice

To

Valletta

7 nightsaboard the shipLE BOUGAINVILLE

Next departure

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 15%

From

7,180 € /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Scottish Isles and Norwegian Fjords Voyage – with Smithsonian Journeys

Last cabinsPackage included

From

Glasgow, Scotland

To

Bergen

7 nightsaboard the shipLE CHAMPLAIN

Next departures

From

6,920 € /person*

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In alliance withSmithsonian Journeys

Cruising the Norwegian Fjords – with Smithsonian Journeys

Package included

From

Bergen

To

Oslo

7 nightsaboard the shipLE LAPÉROUSE

Next departure

Offer(s)

PONANT Bonus 5%

From

9,090 € /person*

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

Package included

From

Athens

To

Athens

7 nightsaboard the shipLE BOUGAINVILLE

Next departures

From

5,970 € /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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