L'Austral

Ponant Cruises · ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2011

L'Austral measures 10,944 gross tons, with room for 224 guests. L'Austral sails 10-night cruises from Callao (Lima) and moves to Ushuaia in Nov 2026.

See cruise scheduleShip specifications
BuiltYear built
2011
TonnageGross tonnage
10,944
Decks
7
Cabins
132
Guests
224
264 at full occupancy
Crew
140

L'Austral cruise schedule

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

    1. Callao (Lima)
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      Fri 30 Oct 18:00
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    2. At sea
      Sat 31 Oct
    3. At sea
      Sun 1 Nov
    4. At sea
      Mon 2 Nov
    5. At sea
      Tue 3 Nov
    6. Valparaiso-Santiago
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      Wed 4 Nov 07:00
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    Numbers match the port order

Showing 6 of 33 cruises

Where L'Austral sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Arctic , Antarctica, with more in the Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands. L'Austral sails from Callao (Lima) (Oct 2026), Valparaiso-Santiago (Nov 2026) and Ushuaia (Nov 2026 – Feb 2027).

Callao (Lima)Valparaiso-SantiagoUshuaiaBuenos AiresRio de JaneiroSanta Cruz de TenerifeMálagaBarcelonaLisbonHonfleurCobh (Cork)DublinGreenockReykjavíkKangerlussuaqNuukNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports L'Austral visits

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

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How L'Austral 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
10 h
median · 3.5 – 96 h
Port days
81%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
49
staying past midnight
Late departures
75
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 3 ports · 0 sea days10 nights12 cruises
  • 6 ports · 0 sea days7 nights6 cruises
  • 0 ports · 4 sea days5 nights1 cruise
  • 8 ports · 3 sea days14 nights1 cruise
  • 5 ports · 10 sea days18 nights1 cruise

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 Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out.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.

L'Austral specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
ice-strengthened cruise ship class
Year built
2011
Status
In service
IMO
9502518
MMSI
578000700

Size

Gross tonnage
10,944 GT
Length
142.1 m
Beam
18 m
Decks
7
Cruising speed
16 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
224
Guests, full occupancy
264
Cabins
132
Crew
140
Guests per crew member
1.6
Space per guest
48.9 GT

How it compares

317th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with Le Boreal

Gross tonnage

  • L'Austral10,944
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • L'Austral224
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

ice-strengthened cruise ship class sister ships

Same design and size as L'Austral

See the Ponant Cruises fleet

Also from Ponant Cruises: Le Commandant Charcot, Le Bellot, Le Dumont d'Urville, Le Jacques Cartier, Le Bougainville, Le Champlain

About L'Austral

L'Austral was built by Fincantieri as a sister of Le Boréal for Compagnie du Ponant. She was officially inaugurated in Marseille, Ponant's home port, on 26 April 2011, alongside Le Boréal and Le Levant. In April 2026 she was dry-docked at Astican in Las Palmas, where she and Le Boréal were fitted with new bulbous bows designed to cut fuel use and emissions.