ABOUT THE HONDIUS

Hondius will be the first vessel to be built to class “LR PC6”, meeting the latest and highest demands of Lloyd’s Register for “Polar Class 6” vessels, the highest Polar Class notation for ice-strengthened vessels. The vessel will also fully comply with the mandatory requirements of the Polar code, adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), for safe ship operation and the protection of the Polar environment.

Hondius will be the strongest icestrengthened vessel in the Polar Regions and will be equipped with stabilizers, and very suitable for advanced, innovative exploratory quality voyages in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions.

Hondius Falkland Islands

Hondius Antarctica

Hondius Junior Suite

Hondius Library

Hondius Observation Lounge

Hondius Quadruple Porthole

Hondius Superior

Hondius Triple Porthole

Hondius Twin Deluxe

Hondius Twin Porthole

Hondius Twin Window

FACILITIES AND AMENITIES:

A sizable observation lounge

fully provisioned bar, and separate

Library room

SHIP SPECIFICATIONS:

Staff & Crew: 72

Guests: 174 in 82 cabins

Length: 107.6 meters

Breadth: 17.6 meters

Draft: 5.30 meters

Propulsion: 2 x ABC main engines, total 4,200 kW

Displacement: 5,590 tonnes

Ice class: Polar Class 6 (equivalent 1A-Super)

Speed: 15 knots

Built: New build 2019

Registered: The Netherlands

UPCOMING TRIPS FOR THIS SHIP

Antarctica – Basecamp

Gentoo penguin, Antarctica

13 DAYS

Nov 23, 2024 – Dec 5, 2024

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USD 9.100

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Antarctica – Basecamp

Adelie penguins, Brown Bluff, Antarctica

13 DAYS

Dec 5, 2024 – Dec 17, 2024

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USD 9.100

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Malvinas/Falkland Islands – South Georgia – Antarctica

South Georgia and Falkland Islands

19 DAYS

Dec 17, 2024 – Jan 4, 2025

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USD 14.600

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Malvinas/Falkland Islands – South Georgia – Antarctica

Albatross, polar front

19 DAYS

Jan 4, 2025 – Jan 22, 2025

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USD 15.750

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Antarctica – Discovery and Learning Voyage

11 DAYS

Jan 22, 2025 – Feb 1, 2025

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USD 8.650

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Malvinas/Falkland Islands – South Georgia – Antarctica

king penguin chicks

20 DAYS

Feb 1, 2025 – Feb 20, 2025

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USD 15.750

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Malvinas/Falkland Islands – South Georgia – Elephant Island – Antarctica – Polar Circle

Albatross, polar front

23 DAYS

Feb 20, 2025 – Mar 14, 2025

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USD 16.700

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Antarctica Whale Watching

10 DAYS

Mar 14, 2025 – Mar 23, 2025

From

USD 6.300

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Malvinas – South Georgia – Antarctica. Puerto Madryn to Ushuaia

king penguin chicks

21 DAYS

Oct 28, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025

From

USD 14.350

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Antarctica Classic

gentoo penguins

11 DAYS

Nov 17, 2025 – Nov 27, 2025

From

USD 7.750

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Antarctica – Basecamp

Gentoo penguin, Antarctica

13 DAYS

Nov 27, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025

From

USD 9.700

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Antarctica – Basecamp

Perito Moreno Glacier ice

13 DAYS

Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 21, 2025

From

USD 9.700

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Malvinas – South Georgia – Antarctica

king penguin chicks

19 DAYS

Dec 21, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026

From

USD 15.600

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Antarctica Classic

gentoo penguins

11 DAYS

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 18, 2026

From

USD 9.250

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Antarctica Classic

gentoo penguins

11 DAYS

Jan 18, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026

From

USD 9.250

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Malvinas – South Georgia – Antarctica

Albatross, polar front

20 DAYS

Jan 28, 2026 – Feb 16, 2026

From

USD 16.900

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Malvinas – South Georgia – Elephan Island – Antarctica – Polar Circle

Adelie penguins diving

23 DAYS

Feb 16, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026

From

USD 17.800

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Antarctica Classic

11 DAYS

Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 20, 2026

From

USD 7.400

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Antarctica Crossing the Polar Circle

Humpback whale, Antarctica

12 DAYS

Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026

From

USD 8.200

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