Ponant Explorations and Smithsonian Journeys have announced their Wave Season offering, featuring $1,000 in shipboard credit per stateroom or suite on all 2026 alliance voyages.
The offer includes more than 30 sailings around the world, and shore excursions will be included in every port of call.
Available on bookings made now through March 31, 2026, each applicable voyage welcomes two Smithsonian Journeys Experts who will offer an insider’s view into each destination through a series of onboard lectures and discussions.
The offer is exclusively available in the Americas.
The company said in a press release that travel advisors will receive up to $500 for every newly deposited booking they secure.
The offer includes the following voyages:
- “Coastal Vietnam by Sea: Singapore to Hong Kong”
- “Panama and Costa Rica by Sea: The Natural Wonders of Central America”
- “Cruising the Caribbean’s Windward Islands”
- “South Africa and Namibia by Sea: Around the Cape of Good Hope”
- “Treasures of Japan and South Korea by Sea”
- “Voyage to Indonesia: Dragons, Reefs, and the Spice Islands”
- “A Circumnavigation of Sicily”
- “Celtic Voyage: The Hebrides and the Irish Sea”
- “Mediterranean Island Voyage: Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Elba”
- “Scottish Isles and Norwegian Fjords Voyage”
- “Iceland Voyage: Land of Fire and Ice”
- “Cruising the Norwegian Fjords”
- “Cruising the Greek Islands of the Southern Aegean”
- “Cruising the Dalmatian Coast and the Ionian Sea: Venice to Athens”
- “Cruising the Aegean: Turkey and the Greek Isles”
- “Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast by Sea”
- “Corsica and the Tuscan Archipelago by Sea”
- “Cruising the Historic Cities of the Baltic Sea”
- “A Voyage Along the Great Lakes”
- “London to Lisbon: Cruising Europe’s Western Shores”
- “Ancient Wonders and Culinary Delights: Cruising Southern Italy and Sicily”
- “Southern France and the Italian Riviera by Sea”
- “Fall Foliage on the St. Lawrence: Québec to the Canadian Maritimes”
- “Cruising the Mediterranean: Sicily, Sardinia and Mallorca”
- “Lisbon to the Canary Islands by Sea: Spain, Morocco, & Atlantic Isles,” and
- “Cruising Southern Spain and Portugal”
A complete list of voyages is available on the company’s website.