Ocean cruises

Set sail for shimmering new horizons on a modern breed of ship that’s setting the bar in luxury travel. From the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, cruising just got personal with six-star facilities, spacious suites, butler service and gourmet dining. They even have mega toys like zodiac boats and two-man subs. Your key to the world, ocean cruising hasn’t just recaptured the spirit of its glamorous heyday, it’s elevated it to art form.

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Explora Journeys Cruises

Explora Journeys brings a refreshing approach to the cruise scene, by redefining the luxury ocean experience. Focusing on guests who have never been on a cruise before and are ‘cruise curious’, with small ships designed to be more like luxury hotels at sea.

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Silversea Cruises

Intimate and personalised, offering the creature comforts of an ultra-luxury cruise while the boat size is kept small enough to ply the narrow waterways or bring you to smaller ports where the others can’t go. Outstanding service with nearly one crew member for every guest, and all suites benefit from dedicated butler service.

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Scenic Eclipse Cruises

Experience an unforgettable blend of all-inclusive luxury and the ultimate in sustainable adventures with Scenic Cruises, making it a truly unique travel experience on the open water. Each ship offers world-class amenities with immersive exploration, offering a unique blend of relaxation and discovery.

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The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection brings together impeccable cuisine with seamless service and luxurious surroundings, with modern comfort and casual elegance in mind.

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Four Seasons Yachts

Four Seasons has brought its impeccable and much-loved hotel brand to the high seas, with its ultra-luxurious cruise experience showcasing exceptional service with a contemporary, exquisite design.

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Orient Express Sailing Yachts

Stepping on board the Orient Express Sailing Yacht will evoke a sense of nostalgia and timeless elegance, unlike any other experience. Offering a high-end, bespoke slow sailing journey that combines the allure of luxurious cruising with impeccable service and elegant design.

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Ponant Cruises

Ponant endeavours to bring you bespoke and intuitive service, luxury facilities and immersive itineraries, creating intimate voyages with eco-sustainability at its core. Every cruise and experience programme is planned with the utmost care, knowledge and passion, responding with the first-class courtesy you deserve.

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Regent Seven Seas

Embark on an unparalleled journey with Regent Seven Seas Cruises, where every detail is meticulously crafted to exceed expectations.

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Seabourn Cruises

Lose yourself in refined luxury with Seabourn. With a private yacht-like atmosphere you will experience premium service from the highly trained attentive crew, along with a sensational-inclusive offering and exhilarating expedition cruises that aim to bring you closer to nature.

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Oceania Cruises

Oceania is passionate about taking you all over the globe, all the while offering small luxurious ships with personal attentive service. Dedicated to creating in-depth itineraries so you can experience immersive tours in the heart of culinary and cultural traditions.

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Ponant Le Bellot

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

8 nights
Departing 4th May 2025 from London (Greenwich)

In alliance with Smithsonian Journeys.

This cruise is part of a collection of PONANT voyages that are specially-tailored for English-speaking travelers who want to engage with the world. In addition to the usual elements of the PONANT experience, the listed price for these voyages includes transfers to and from the ship, talks and discussions aboard ship by world class experts, and a shore excursion or activity in each port of call that encourages guests to embrace the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of the local environment and culture.

Join us for this 9-day cruise aboard Le Bellot exploring the rich history and culture that thrives on either side of the Irish Sea.

Begin with a night aboard ship docked near London Bridge, then set sail in the early morning down the Thames to discover historic Dover Castle, perched high on the emblematic White Cliffs, and perhaps visit the nearby UNESCO Heritage site of Canterbury Cathedral.

Enjoy a morning on the Isle of Wight visiting Osborne House, Queen Victoria's favorite residence, before a relaxing afternoon cruising along the shores of the English Channel. Arrive the following day some 30 miles off the southwest coast of Cornwall in the Isles of Scilly, where you visit the world-famous Tresco Gardens.

Crossing the Irish Sea, you call in Kinsale, Ireland, your gateway to proudly Irish Cork and its iconic Jameson Distillery. Holyhead, Wales, on the Isle of Anglesey, is where you may visit medieval Caernarfon Castle, built in the late 13th century by Edward I as the architectural capstone to the English conquest of Wales, or you may choose to explore the National Trust's Bodnant Garden.

Belfast, Northern Ireland's dynamic capital, is home to Titanic Belfast, a state-of-the-art museum on the site of the yard where the ill-fated ship was built. It is also your opportunity to experience the spectacular unspoiled scenery of the Antrim Coast and the famed Giant’s Causeway of over 40,000 interlocking, hexagonal columns, formed by the cooling of molten lava some six million years ago.

Your final full day is spent exploring the fabled Hebrides, beginning in the charming fishing port of Tobermory, whose distillery produces a renowned single malt scotch whisky, before proceeding to Duart Castle, ancestral home of Clan Maclean on the Isle of Mull, and ending with the mystical abbey of the Isle of Iona, home to the first Christian settlement in Scotland.

Your voyage comes to an end in Fairlie, gateway to Glasgow, Scotland's modern cultural capital.

£6,200 pp

Ponant Le Commandant Charcot

Inuit Spring of Ammassalik with Ponant Le Commandant Charcot

10 nights
Departing 4th May 2025 from Reykjavík

With featured guest Nicolas Tolstoï, French photo ambassador.

After the long winter, a thick coat of ice preserves the shores of the East coast of Greenland. These shores have long been coveted by the great explorers and approaching them means being in tune with powerful yet fragile nature; only the present matters here. Aboard Le Commandant Charcot, designed for polar exploration, you will explore the hypnotic and icy landscapes of the Ammassalik and Blosseville regions. You will respectfully access these exceptional lands, which are inaccessible to traditional ships during the spring. The uncertainty here offers surprises and immaqa (perhaps, in Inuktitut) moments frozen in time. As is taught by Inuit wisdom, life thrives on the present moment.

The colourful traditional houses make the isolated villages stand out in the surrounding whiteness. The Inuit (men, in Inuktitut) follow the rhythm of the changing seasons and the ice, as they perpetuate their traditions, such as hunting on dog sleds. An outing alongside the last hunters of the polar region will have you intoxicated by various sensations aboard this ancient means of transport. Among the first outside visitors of the season, you will be warmly welcomed by the community. During privileged exchanges mixed with joyful and authentic moments, you will learn about the village customs on the ice floe. Inuit hospitality is no myth, it is given in the warmth of a look or an exchanged smile.

As the midnight sun illuminates the white desert and the calving glaciers, you will walk through different states and forms of ice, a constantly evolving spectacle. Aboard Le Commandant Charcot or on the ice floe, you will have opportunities for exploration among the fields of ice and the scenery of the hummocks that are as sublime as they are chaotic. You will enjoy an outing by kayak or zodiac in a polynya (area of open water surrounded by ice), or a polar hike to approach the icebergs caught in the ice floe. From the enveloping refuge of the ship, you will be able to admire a flock of eiders flying above the horizon, a majestic blue whale hugging the waves, or the great nanuk – the polar bear – and its impressive silhouette.

On the East coast of Greenland, all notions of time and distance are forgotten. The only thing that counts is the intensity of the moment spent in the heart of the ice. “Delight in what comes up”, as Sylvain Tesson wrote in The Velvet Queen.

Find out more about the world of Le Commandant Charcot here!

We are privileged guests in these extreme lands where we are at the mercy of weather and ice conditions. Our navigation, mainly in the fjords, will be determined by the type of ice we come across; as the fast ice must be preserved, we will take this into account from day to day in our itineraries. The sailing programme, outings, activities and observation of fauna cannot be guaranteed and are subject to weather and ice conditions. The experiences are unique and vary from day to day and for each departure. The Captain and the Expedition Leader will make every effort to ensure that your experience is as rich as possible, while respecting safety instructions and regulations imposed by the AECO.

£15,400 pp

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  • We listen to you, and tailor your cruise to your travel style, pairing you with the right ship and the right destinations.
  • We can make your itinerary as relaxing, active or cultural as you like. There is no one size fits all when it comes to cruising with Scott Dunn – it’s all about you.

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  • We take care of all the logistics, including your cruise, flights, transfers, and luxury hotels, ensuring a smooth journey from start to finish.
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  • Whether before, after or during your luxury cruise, we curate the best experiences on land to compliment your journey by sea, accompanied by our expert local guides.
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  • Our cruises are carefully chosen for their five-star offering: fine dining, luxe facilities, attentive staff, and personal in-cabin butler service.
  • We have personally experienced these ships and will only suggest those that meet the level of service and luxury that our guests expect.

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