Practical details
Plan
your voyage
Everything you would want to know before you ask — fares, inclusions, logistics and the small print, written in large, plain language.
Included in the fare
All of it. Genuinely.
All-suite, all-veranda. 132 suites, each with teak veranda, marble bath and butler service.
Four venues, no set seating, no surcharges. Fine wines, spirits and champagne included, always.
A curated programme in every port — from Zodiac landings to private tastings — included in the fare.
Gratuities, Wi-Fi, laundry on longer voyages, and expedition gear where the ice requires it.
The practicalities
Before you sail
Our air desk arranges preferred business-class routings to every embarkation port; Grand Voyage guests fly included. Private transfers to the ship, always.
Passports valid six months beyond travel; our concierge handles visas where required and reminds you before you need reminding.
Dress is elegant-casual; the Antarctic and expedition voyages carry no formal nights at all. Laundry and pressing included on voyages over 21 nights.
The ship carries a physician and a small medical centre. Suites with step-free access are available on every deck; tell us what you need and it will simply be arranged.
Questions
Asked often, answered plainly
Nearly everything. All dining in all four venues, all beverages including fine wines and spirits, all scheduled shore experiences, gratuities, Wi-Fi, and — on expedition voyages — parkas, boots and Zodiac landings. The few exceptions: spa treatments, premium cellar wines, and private arrangements ashore.
Two hundred and sixty-four at most, in 132 suites, served by 240 crew. It is the size at which a ship can still anchor off Bequia or overnight in a Norwegian fjord — and at which the staff know your name by the second morning.
Elegant-casual: linen and knitwear by day, something considered by night. On the Grand World Voyage there are two optional gala evenings; on expedition voyages, none. Comfort is a form of elegance; we enforce only the spirit of the thing.
Emphatically yes, provided you like wildlife more than nightlife. Zodiac landings are graded gentle to active, the expedition team guides every step, and the ship's PC6 ice class means the Drake Passage is a story, not an ordeal.
The concierge desk builds private pre- and post-voyage arrangements: a riad in Marrakech after the Mediterranean, the Alaska Railroad after Glacier Bay, a vineyard in Mendoza after Antarctica. The voyage is the spine; the bookends are yours.
Full refund to 120 days before sailing; a sliding scale thereafter, all set out plainly in the booking terms. We recommend — and can arrange — comprehensive travel cover. The sea rewards the prepared.
