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Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom
Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2023
Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal
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, ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2022
Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Le Boreal
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2022
Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom
Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom
Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom
Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom
Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Le Boreal
Valann12
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
For a long time I have wanted to visit Antarctica and it was a privilege to be one of comparatively few people who have visited the white continent. Friends talked us into taking a cruise which took in South Georgia and its penguin colonies are amazing. We also visited western Falklands but I wouldn't recommend it as has been too heavily farmed and the wildlife compared with South Georgia is not ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2018
Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Le Boreal
Lockyer
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
Chilean Fjords were on my wish list for several years. I chose Ponant because it seemed that the cruise would fulfil my wishes and because there was a special price offer due to a jubilee year and no single supplement. As a lone traveller this is important. I liked the fact that everything onboard was included in the price. Service was excellent and the staff discreet and friendly. The expedition ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2018
Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Le Boreal
Glennjones
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
Pretty well everything about this voyage was great.
The only concern I had was the obvious lack of experience from some of the expedition crew in their lack of ability and skill in operating the RIB's ( zodiac ).
In saying that I was just a bit careful who I travelled with.
But all of their lectures were great. And they were quite passionate in what they did in regards to the preservation ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2018
Cabin Type: Prestige Stateroom
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