Le Lapérouse

Ponant Cruises · Explorer class · 2018

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

See cruise scheduleShip specifications
Built
2018
Tonnage
9,976
Decks
7
Cabins
92
Guests
184
184 at full occupancy
Crew
110

Le Lapérouse cruise schedule

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

    1. Dakar
      ParkingHotels
      Wed 11 Nov 6:00 pm
      Port crowd
    2. At sea
      Thu 12 Nov
    3. Bijagos-Bissagos Islands
      Fri 13 Nov 11:59 pmWed 18 Nov 1:00 pm
    4. Dakar
      ParkingHotels
      Thu 19 Nov 7:00 am
      Port crowd

Showing 6 of 29 cruises

Where Le Lapérouse sails

Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Mediterranean, with more in the Hawaii, Mexico, Panama Canal. Le Lapérouse sails from Dakar (Nov 2026), Fort-de-France (Dec 2026 – Apr 2027) and Colon (Dec 2026 – Mar 2027).

DakarFort-de-FranceColonPuntarenas (Puerto Caldera)Santa Cruz de TenerifeLisbonGreenockBergenFredrikstadOsloVallettaPiraeusCivitavecchiaNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Le Lapérouse visits

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

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Lapérouse 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 – 43 h
Port days
82%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
10
staying past midnight
Late departures
48
after 8:00 pm · latest 11:59 pm

Cruise patterns

  • 7 ports · 0 sea days7 nights5 cruises
  • 7 ports · 0 sea days8 nights4 cruises
  • 0 ports · 9 sea days10 nights2 cruises
  • 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights2 cruises
  • 5 ports · 1 sea day7 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 Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out.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 Lapérouse 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
9814026
MMSI
578000900

Size

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

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
184
Guests, full occupancy
184
Cabins
92
Crew
110
Guests per crew member
1.7
Space per guest
54.2 GT

How it compares

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

Gross tonnage

  • Le Lapérouse9,976
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Lapérouse184
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

Explorer class sister ships

Same design and size as Le Lapérouse

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 Lapérouse

Le Lapérouse is the first of Ponant's six Explorer-class ships. Her keel was laid on 1 March 2017, with the hull built at Vard Tulcea in Romania, and Vard Søviknes in Norway delivered her on 15 June 2018. She began her maiden voyage on 19 June 2018 and was named in Iceland on 10 July 2018. The expedition ship has 92 staterooms and suites for 184 guests.