PONANT has revealed it will position expedition ship Le Jacques-Cartier in the Kimberley for its highly-anticipated 2024 program.

Seabourn Pursuit, the second of two luxury, purpose-built expedition ships to be operated by Seabourn, has been confirmed to sail the Kimberley coastline in mid-2024.

The future of Island Escape Cruises’ 2022 Kimberley deployment remains uncertain after the small-ship operator cancelled a fourth scheduled voyage of its only vessel, the super yacht Island Escape.

Swan Hellenic has released full details of its 2022/2023 cultural expedition cruises as its fleet grows to two and then three purpose-built, ultramodern ice-class expedition cruise ships.

Passengers on the next Kimberley expedition with Island Escape Cruises have been informed of their voyage’s cancellation this coming weekend. Guests booked on the cruise paid between NZ$14,950 and NZ$20,950 per person for their suite.

EXCLUSIVE: The travel plans of guests booked to sail with Island Escape Cruises in the Kimberley have been thrown into disarray after the small-ship operator is understood to have cancelled last weekend’s sailing at the 11th hour.

Silversea Cruises resumed operation in Australian waters last weekend after a more than two year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic. Silver Explorer broke the silence, setting off on a 10-day exploration of the Kimberley coast from Darwin on Saturday 4 June 2022.

Silversea Cruises and Darwin Port conducted a plaque exchange to signify Silver Explorer’s maiden call in Darwin last week, as the luxury cruise line marked its long-awaited return to Australian waters after more than two years.

Since welcoming the resumption of cruising in April 2022, PONANT’s newly restructured Asia Pacific Business Development Team have been making a vast impact on the Australian travel industry through a variety of dedicated partnership opportunities.

Imagine cruising the Kimberleys in a three-masted luxury yacht with only 32 other guests. It’ll be possible from April next year when PONANT debuts its iconic sailing yacht Le Ponant that’ll be based in the Asia Pacific region for six months of the year.

PONANT’s small expedition ship Le Lapérouse arrived into Darwin, Northern Territory, yesterday following a 2-year pandemic stand-by in Noumea, New Caledonia.

PONANT will restart its highly anticipated Kimberley 2022 expedition season after Western Australia said it would welcome small interstate and international expedition ships to its waters. WA’s current ruling permits vessels up to a maximum of 350 persons.