Our Ships

Grosvenor Teacher Fellows Lyanne Abreu (left) and Claire Flynn (right) with National Geographic Specialist Mary Adelaide Williamson (centre) in Port Lockroy, Antarctica.

Our expedition ships are framing devices, metaphoric yellow rectangles, through which you look at the world. Our ships galvanise your gaze, directing it outward, enabling you to pay the same rapt and informed attention to wildlife and wild places that our species gives to the culture we value—art, music, and performance. As a result, after an expedition your senses are heightened. You see your surroundings in keener detail, and benefit from dopamine and other rich brain rewards that come from sustained attention, not just ‘clicks’ or ‘likes.’

It’s what makes ship-based travel so vital to the Lindblad-National Geographic mission to explore and understand the world. And now that our fleet has grown—with more blue-water ships, come more blue-sky possibilities.

And life onboard is remarkable. Being in the wild doesn’t mean renouncing comfort, cossetting amenities, or superb food. Our hotel team will know what you like and how you like it from Day One. Regardless of how often you’re in your cabin, it will be immaculate when you return. And, understanding the age-old adage that “an expedition travels on its stomach,” our chefs and their galley teams make dining daily full of interest, discovery and in many cases, the rich flavours of the region you’re exploring. Wherever possible, and our team has expanded the notion of possible (see page 76), it will be local and/or sustainably produced or caught.

We invite you to dream big in 2021-23.

Self-Disinfecting Ships

Lindblad Expeditions became the first self-disinfecting fleet with the rollout of the ACT CleanCoat™ system in 2019. This photocatalytic cleaning process activates when illuminated, continuously breaking down unwanted microbes such as bacteria, viruses, mould, and airborne allergens. The positive environmental impacts of this non-toxic, chemical-free system are many: less plastic in the supply chain and waste stream, and more than one million gallons of water saved annually. The system lowers our carbon footprint and creates a cleaner, healthier shipboard environment for guests and crew alike.