Le Bougainville

Ponant Cruises · Explorer class · 2019

Le Bougainville measures 9,976 gross tons, with room for 184 guests. Le Bougainville sails 7-night cruises from Valletta and moves to Fort-de-France in Dec 2026.

See cruise scheduleShip specifications
BuiltYear built
2019
TonnageGross tonnage
9,976
Decks
7
Cabins
92
Guests
184
184 at full occupancy
Crew
112

Le Bougainville cruise schedule

26 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

Showing 6 of 26 cruises

Where Le Bougainville sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda, with more in the Mediterranean, Black Sea. Le Bougainville sails from Valletta (Oct 2026 – Aug 2027), Málaga (Nov 2026) and Cádiz (Dec 2026).

VallettaMálagaCádizFort-de-FranceDeparting from Vieux FortVeniceVillefranche-sur-MerPiraeusBarcelonaNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Le Bougainville visits

63 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Bougainville sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
11 h
median · 3.5 – 21 h
Port days
84%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
22
staying past midnight
Late departures
46
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 6 ports · 0 sea days7 nights5 cruises
  • 5 ports · 2 sea days7 nights5 cruises
  • 6 ports · 1 sea day7 nights5 cruises
  • 7 ports · 0 sea days8 nights3 cruises
  • 9 ports · 0 sea days10 nights2 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Le Bougainville specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
Explorer class
Year built
2019
Status
In service
IMO
9814040
MMSI
578001300

Size

Gross tonnage
9,976 GT
Length
131 m
Beam
18 m
Decks
7
Cruising speed
15 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
184
Guests, full occupancy
184
Cabins
92
Crew
112
Guests per crew member
1.6
Space per guest
54.2 GT

How it compares

322nd largest of 350 ships in service, shared with Le Champlain and Le Lapérouse

Gross tonnage

  • Le Bougainville9,976
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Bougainville184
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

Explorer class sister ships

Same design and size as Le Bougainville

See the Ponant Cruises fleet

Also from Ponant Cruises: Le Commandant Charcot, Le Lyrial, Le Soléal, L'Austral, Le Boreal, Le Dumont d'Urville

About Le Bougainville

Le Bougainville is the third of Ponant's Explorer-class ships. Her hull was built at Vard's yard in Romania, and Vard Søviknes in Norway delivered her on 5 April 2019. She left the yard a few days later for her first season. The expedition ship has 92 staterooms and suites for 184 guests.