From Secluded French Polynesia to Pitcairn Island
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Fourteen nights from Papeete out to Pitcairn, where some fifty descendants of the Bounty mutineers live, by way of the Tuamotu atolls and the Gambier. One of the genuinely remote voyages in the Pacific, and a round trip rather than a one-way crossing.
From $14,830 per person · solo from $21,440
Why This Ship, Out Here
Le Jacques carries about 180 guests. She is small enough to enter lagoons and anchorages the larger ships cannot reach, which is the whole point of a route like this one, and she carries Zodiacs for landings where there is no pier at all.
Solo fares are listed beside the per-person price for every grade, so you can see the supplement rather than be told about it. The cheapest solo berth here is $21,440.
The Journey
The heart of French Polynesia, its market, its black-sand coast and the green interior standing behind the town.
The northernmost Tuamotu, its lagoon divided by coral ridges into a grid of shallow blue basins found nowhere else.
A Tuamotu atoll whose lagoon throws green light onto the underside of the clouds above it.
A pearl-diving atoll that sees almost no visitors, its village facing a lagoon few ships ever enter.
The capital of the Gambier, beneath Mount Duff, where a coral-stone cathedral built by nineteenth-century converts still dominates the village.
A small island in the Gambier lagoon, its old watchtower and white-sand shore left almost entirely to itself.
The only settlement on Pitcairn, home to some fifty descendants of the Bounty mutineers, and among the remotest inhabited places on earth.
A quiet atoll beside Hao, reached through a single pass, where the copra boats still set the rhythm of the week.
One of the longest atolls in the Tuamotus, forty miles of reef enclosing water the colour of bottle glass.
One of the largest atolls on earth, a ring of coral around a lagoon you could fit an island inside.
The heart of French Polynesia, its market, its black-sand coast and the green interior standing behind the town.
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The Fare
A French ship, most of it in. Here is exactly where the line sits.
Your stateroom, all dining aboard, house wines, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner, and the Zodiac landings that make these itineraries possible.
Airfare, travel insurance, shore excursions and personal expenses. Air is the largest single cost on a route this remote, so we price the whole journey with flights before you commit.
Your Ship
About 180 guests, French at heart, and built to go where the big ships cannot.
Ponant build small, and it is the reason to sail with them out here. Le Jacques takes about 180 guests, carries a fleet of Zodiacs, and calls at islands where the only way ashore is off the back of the ship.
Every Stateroom on This Sailing
| Stateroom | Solo | Per person |
|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Stateroom Deck 3 Waitlist | $18,440 | $12,830 |
| Prestige Stateroom Deck 4 Waitlist | $20,440 | $14,160 |
| Prestige Stateroom Deck 5 | $21,440 | $14,830 |
| Prestige Stateroom Deck 6 | $22,640 | $15,630 |
| Deluxe Suite Deck 3 | $31,420 | $21,480 |
| Deluxe Suite Deck 4 Waitlist | $31,420 | $21,480 |
| Deluxe Suite Deck 5 Waitlist | $31,420 | $21,480 |
| Deluxe Suite Deck 6 | $31,420 | $21,480 |
| Prestige Deck 5 | $42,410 | $28,810 |
| Prestige Suite Deck 6 | $44,600 | $30,270 |
| Privilege Suite Deck 5 | $46,810 | $31,740 |
| Privilege Suite Deck 6 | $46,810 | $31,740 |
| Grand Deluxe Suite Deck 6 Waitlist | $51,400 | $34,800 |
| Owner's Suite Deck 5 | $79,240 | $40,420 |
Fares are per person, cruise only, for the 15 November 2026 departure, pulled from Ponant direct. Solo is the total for one guest; per person is based on double occupancy. Waitlisted grades are shown greyed and cannot be booked. Where a solo fare reads On request, Ponant has not published a single rate for that grade and we will confirm it for you. Other departures price differently; the dates below carry their own fares. Airfare is arranged separately.
1 Departure
The day by day above follows the 15 November 2026 departure.
Ready When You Are
From $14,830 per person, solo from $21,440, and our planning from first question to the flight home.
Fares are per person, cruise only, for the 15 November 2026 departure as published by Ponant, including any Ponant Bonus. Airfare additional. Waitlisted grades cannot be booked. Fares are capacity-controlled and may change or be withdrawn without notice. Elevida Luxury Journeys is an independent affiliate of Travel Planners International.