Le Champlain

Ponant Cruises · Explorer class · 2018

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

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Ponant expedition ship Le Champlain under way off Shetland
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Built
2018
Tonnage
9,976
Decks
7
Cabins
92
Guests
184
184 at full occupancy
Crew
112

Le Champlain cruise schedule

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

Showing 6 of 30 cruises

Where Le Champlain sails

Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia, with more in the Ireland, United Kingdom. Le Champlain sails from Valletta (Nov 2026), Málaga (Nov 2026) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Dec 2026 – Jan 2027).

VallettaMálagaLas Palmas de Gran CanariaDakarBrestTromsøGreenockCopenhagenHelsinkiBergenFredrikstadBordeauxLisbonNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Le Champlain visits

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

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Champlain sails

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

Port intensity

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

Time in port
9 h
median · 1.5 – 120 h
Port days
92%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
18
staying past midnight
Late departures
37
after 8:00 pm · latest 11:59 pm

Cruise patterns

  • 7 ports · 0 sea days7 nights11 cruises
  • 1 port · 1 sea day8 nights3 cruises
  • 6 ports · 0 sea days8 nights3 cruises
  • 10 ports · 0 sea days10 nights3 cruises
  • 8 ports · 0 sea days9 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 Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out.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 8:00 pm, local time.

Le Champlain specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
Explorer class
Year built
2018
Status
In service
IMO
9814038
MMSI
578001100

Size

Gross tonnage
9,976 GT
Length
131.4 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 Bougainville and Le Lapérouse

Gross tonnage

  • Le Champlain9,976
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Champlain184
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

Explorer class sister ships

Same design and size as Le Champlain

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 Champlain

Le Champlain is the second of Ponant's Explorer-class ships. Her hull was built at Vard's yard in Romania, and Vard Søviknes in Norway delivered her on 27 September 2018. She began with sailings along the Norwegian coast and fjords in October 2018. The expedition ship has 92 staterooms and suites for 184 guests.