PONANT to Start Offering Free Shore Excursions in Winter 2024-25

Starting with winter 2024-25 departures, PONANT will offer guests one included excursion per port of call. The 17 itineraries and 32 departures include sailing the Arabian fjords aboard a traditional dhow, learning how the Panama Canal was built, embarking on a Northern Lights expedition in the Arctic, or seeing Buddha statues in Sri Lanka’s Dambulla Cave Temple. 

The initiative is part of PONANT’s commitment to purposeful travel, allowing guests to dive deeper into local culture and heritage, challenge their sense of adventure through thrilling excursions, drive their curiosity through artistic programming, and inspire their sense of wonder by pondering spectacular natural landscapes.  

As capacities are limited, pre-booking will open around two months before departure, and requests will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability. For those who would like to get even further off the beaten track or experience more exclusive activities, optional paid excursions are also offered.   

For a list of included excursions, click here and then click on the “Included Excursions” tab.

The free excursion offer is valid from the 2024-25 winter season for all PONANT voyages, excluding sailings on board the m/s Paul Gauguin in French Polynesia.

PONANT’s French-flagged fleet comprises 13 small-capacity ships equipped with environmentally friendly equipment. With PONANT, exploration is refined, authentic and a source of inspiration, the company says. PONANT sails to the Arctic and the Antarctic as well as in the Atlantic and North Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, Asia, Oceania and South Pacific, the Caribbean, North, Central and South America. 

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