An intimate, elegant three-masted sailing yacht carrying only a handful of guests, cruising from the Mediterranean and the Seychelles to the Caribbean and the polar seas, with French style and expedition reach.
Le Ponant is a sleek three-masted sailing yacht carrying only a few dozen guests, French in style and intimate in scale, cruising from the Mediterranean and the Seychelles to the Caribbean and even the polar seas.
Its size is the point: it slips into anchorages the big ships cannot, and combines real sailing and expedition reach with contemporary staterooms, fine French dining and a marina for the sea.
Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.
Staterooms are clean and contemporary in French style, many opening to the water, aboard a yacht small enough that the sea is always close.
Held together they suit a family or party; the yacht can be chartered exclusively.
Dining is French and refined, fresh, seasonal menus and good wines, on deck and in an elegant dining room as remote coasts pass.
The small scale keeps it personal; private dining is simply arranged.
The yacht’s size lets it reach coves and coasts the big ships cannot, from Mediterranean islands to Seychelles atolls and polar shores, with a marina for swimming and, on expedition voyages, Zodiacs for landings.
Shore days and naturalist-led landings fill the voyage; your designer shapes the route.
Wellness aboard is elemental, the sun deck, the marina and the sea air, with treatments on some voyages.
Days under sail in remote waters are their own restoration.
Le Ponant is crewed for its intimate scale, warm, expert, French, with naturalists on expedition voyages.
Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the staterooms or the charter, times the embarkation and stays one call away throughout.
Le Ponant ranges from the classic cruising grounds to the far ones, the Seychelles, the Caribbean, the polar seas, always reaching what larger ships miss.
It is the intimate, far-ranging way to sail the world’s coasts.
Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.
An intimate yacht reaching coves the big ships cannot.
The whole yacht taken for a milestone voyage.
From Seychelles atolls to polar shores, with Zodiac landings.
Coasts and coves only a small yacht can reach.
Le Ponant embarks by itinerary, worldwide. We arrange your flights, a night in the port city and your embarkation.
The Satopia Advantage™
We hold the relationship with Le Ponant, so we can hold your staterooms together on your dates, or charter the whole yacht. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply embark.
The right staterooms, or a full charter, matched to your party and the voyage. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.
Every day composed by one travel designer: the route and the landings, the shore days and the embarkation, present when wanted, unseen when not.
Drawn from recent guests.
Flying into Athens brings you close to the quieter port of Lavrio rather than the busier terminals. The scenic drive to the yacht takes around an hour and a half. Planning your schedule to account for this distance helps ensure a smooth arrival before stepping on board.
Make time to visit the subterranean salon during your sailing. With ambient ocean sounds and large windows looking directly into the sea, it offers a deeply serene atmosphere unlike anywhere else on board. Evening visits provide a particularly quiet space to watch marine life float past while enjoying a quiet drink.
The yacht pairs with the coasts it sails. A few we would join to a voyage, each arranged as one seamless experience.
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Le Ponant is priced by the stateroom, by voyage, or by full charter. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before departure. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any conditions of carriage are set out in your confirmation.
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