Le Soléal

Ponant Cruises · ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2013

Le Soléal measures 10,992 gross tons, with room for 224 guests. Le Soléal sails 10-night cruises from Cairns and moves to Darwin in Nov 2026.

See cruise scheduleShip specifications
BuiltYear built
2013
TonnageGross tonnage
10,992
Decks
7
Cabins
132
Guests
224
264 at full occupancy
Crew
140

Le Soléal cruise schedule

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

Showing 6 of 29 cruises

Where Le Soléal sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Asia, with more in the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean. Le Soléal sails from Cairns (Oct 2026 – Dec 2026), Darwin (Nov 2026 – Aug 2027) and Benoa (Bali) (Nov 2026 – Jun 2027).

CairnsDarwinBenoa (Bali)Dunedin (Port Chalmers)LautokaGuam Island MarianasKobe-OsakaBusanKeelungSingaporeBroome WAFremantleManilaNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Le Soléal visits

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

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Soléal 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
9.5 h
median · 4 – 168 h
Port days
67%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
22
staying past midnight
Late departures
39
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 8 ports · 0 sea days8 nights3 cruises
  • 8 ports · 4 sea days14 nights2 cruises
  • 12 ports · 0 sea days12 nights2 cruises
  • 5 ports · 3 sea days10 nights2 cruises
  • 4 ports · 4 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 Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out.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 Soléal specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
ice-strengthened cruise ship class
Year built
2013
Status
In service
IMO
9641675
MMSI
578000200

Size

Gross tonnage
10,992 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
49.1 GT

How it compares

315th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with Le Lyrial

Gross tonnage

  • Le Soléal10,992
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Soléal224
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

ice-strengthened cruise ship class sister ships

Same design and size as Le Soléal

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 Le Soléal

Le Soléal is the third of Ponant's Boréal-series ships, delivered by Fincantieri at Ancona, Italy, in June 2013 as the line's new flagship. In August and September 2013 she sailed from Greenland to Anadyr through the Northwest Passage, the first crossing by a French commercial ship. She has 132 staterooms and suites.