Find Your Signature Expedition

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  What draws you to an expedition voyage?

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    The world's wildest places without giving up comfort and service
  • B.
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    Depth of naturalist knowledge and the story behind what I am seeing
  • C.
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    A calm, adults-only, credible expedition experience with the smoothest ship I can find
  • D.
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    Somewhere elegant and less obvious, with French sensibility and gastronomy
  • E.
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    Something exactly to my specifications, ship or suite or itinerary a standard brochure will not cover
• 2.
  Your ideal expedition destination is...

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    Antarctica by Fly and Cruise, the Kimberley of Australia, or an Arctic route the mainstream cruise lines cannot reach
  • B.
    The Galapagos with the best naturalists, or the Arctic and Antarctic with a Nat Geo photographer at your side
  • C.
    Antarctica or the Arctic on a brand-new adults-only ship, or the Great Lakes with Citizen Science 
  • D.
    Polar on a French icebreaker, French Polynesia on a small ship, or the Amazon or Mekong on a river expedition 
  • E.
    Somewhere the four other options do not quite reach 
• 3.
  The service style that feels most like you at sea...

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    Butler service in every suite, door-to-door pricing, all-inclusive premium beverages 
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    Working, expert-led, photographer-and-scientist-forward, undersea specialists exploring alongside you
  • C.
    Nordic understatement, no casino, adults-only, thoughtful and unhurried
  • D.
    French flair, gastronomy at the center, elegant intimacy
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    A ship or suite category with something specific I want, helicopter access, submersible, private yacht scale
• 4.
  The Drake Passage question. Your instinct...

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    Fly over it. Silversea Fly and Cruise is a compelling reason to sail with them
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    Sail it. The naturalists on Lindblad will make even the crossing a learning experience
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    Sail it, but on a ship with the smoothest stabilizer technology I can find
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    Sail it, French-style, on Le Commandant Charcot which is built as an icebreaker for exactly this water
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    Fly if the you want to, sail if the ship warrants it, or skip the Peninsula entirely for a different polar route
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  When you picture your voyage, you are...

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    On the top deck of an all-suite ship, watching the peninsula slide past with a glass of something cold in hand
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    In a Zodiac at eye level with a leopard seal, camera in hand, the naturalist quietly narrating
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    In the Aula lecture theater on Viking Octantis listening to a guest speaker, with the ship as steady as a ballroom floor 
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    At an intimate dinner ashore in Papeete, or watching Le Commandant Charcot punch through pack ice at 82 degrees
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    On a helicopter tour over the Antarctic peninsula, or on the top suite of a ship a friend has never heard of

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  You are Elegant Voyager

  Your expedition family is SilverseaYou want to meet the wildest places on earth without giving up the comforts that make travel a pleasure. Silversea Expeditions is exactly that balance: an all-suite ship with butler service, door-to-door pricing that includes your flights and transfers, and a Zodiac fleet that puts you on the ice, in the archipelago, or ashore in the Kimberley by mid-morning. I have sailed Silversea in the Antarctic, the Arctic, and the Galapagos, three separate voyages, three distinct worlds. The Fly and Cruise Antarctic program lets you skip the Drake entirely, chartering a plane over the Passage and stepping onto the peninsula sooner. It is my most-recommended expedition experience for a first luxury adventure at the edges of the map.
• 2.
  You are The Naturalist

  Your expedition family is National Geographic-LindbladYou do not just want to see wildlife, you want the naturalist standing beside you at the rail to explain what you are seeing and why it matters. National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is where you go for the depth that only comes from a Nat Geo photographer, a research biologist, a cultural historian, and an undersea specialist on every voyage. Their Galapagos fleet is the deepest of any luxury operator: four dedicated ships ranging from 16 guests to 96, so the wildness of the archipelago meets you at exactly your preferred scale. Their polar itineraries reach further and stay longer, with photography instruction and shore excursions built for the curious traveler who is going to come home changed.
• 3.
  You are Nordic Explorer

  Your expedition family is Viking ExpeditionsYou want the calm, the design, and the grown-up rhythm that Viking is known for, applied to the wildest waters on the planet. Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris are adults-only expedition ships built in 2022 with the smoothest sailing technology of any luxury expedition fleet (they are the only expedition ships in their class with a U-tank stabilizer, an unusually stable answer to the Drake Passage question). Included excursions, Nordic understatement, no shipboard casino or partying. When I sailed Viking Octantis in the Great Lakes I found the same intelligent, unhurried Viking rhythm I know from their river and ocean fleets. Viking Expeditions is where you go for a mature, calm, credible polar experience without the chaos of children.
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  You are The Global Discoverer

  Your expedition family is Ponant Group: Ponant, Paul Gauguin, Aqua ExpeditionsYou want the world's less-obvious luxury: the French sensibility of Ponant with its polar icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot reaching further into the polar regions than nearly any commercial ship, the intimate French Polynesian voyages of Paul Gauguin where I celebrated a milestone birthday, or the small-ship Amazon and Mekong programs of Aqua Expeditions. One corporate family, three distinct products, all designed for the sophisticated traveler who wants elegance, gastronomy, and access to places most cruise lines cannot reach. The right choice within the family depends entirely on where you want to go and how you like to be at sea, exactly the conversation I love having with clients.
• 5.
  You are The Bespoke Adventurer

  Your expedition is one we design togetherYour vision does not fit a single brand box, and that is a strength. Maybe you want the top suite on Quark with helicopter tours over the peninsula (I have booked that one and my clients loved it). Maybe you want Scenic Eclipse for its submersible and helicopters, or the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection for a smaller yacht scale, or an expedition combined with a private jet extension, or a full ship charter for a family celebration in the polar regions. This is the conversation where an advisor earns their fee: hearing your specific vision, matching it to the right ship, suite, season, and land pre or post, and then building the entire program with the operator who does that particular thing best. Let us talk about what you actually want.