MV Plancius is not a luxury ship but a true explorer vessel. With only 108 passengers in 50 cabins, it is one of the smallest and offers some of the lowest rates in the industry. We love the great range of extra activities on offer.
for the Royal Dutch Navy and was named Hr. Ms. Tydeman.
The ship sailed for the Dutch Navy until June 2004 when it was
purchased by Oceanwide Expeditions.
Plancius is a Dutch flagged completely rebuilt and converted
passenger vessel complies with the latest SOLAS- regulations, classed by Lloyd’s Register in London.
Plancius – the ‘basecamp’ for our activity program Oceanwide
Expeditions offers an exploratory educational travel program in the polar regions spending as much time ashore as possible.
Special interest activities are available on selected voyages: Kayaking, Hiking, Snowshoeing, Mountaineering, Field
Camping, Ski Trekking, Polar Diving and Zodiac Cruising.
• Comfortable and nicely decorated, but not luxurious. It’s made for explorers
• Spacious yet small ship character, comfort & style and modern
technology
• Base camp for active, adventure and wildlife minded modern
explorers
• 4 quadruple porthole cabins, 9 twin porthole cabins, 25 twin
cabins with window and 2 twin deluxe cabins, - all (ca. 15 m2),
and 10 superior cabins ca. 21 m2)
• All cabins offer lower berths (either two single beds or one
queen-size bed), except for the 4 quadruple cabins (2 bunk beds),
• Restaurant/lecture room (deck 3) and a spacious observation lounge (with bar, deck 5) with large windows offer full panorama view
• Large open deck spaces (with full walk-around possibilities on deck 4), giving excellent opportunities to enjoy the scenery and wildlife
• Equipped with 10 Mark V inflatable zodiacs, including 40 HP 4-stroke outboard engines
• 2 gangways on starboard side, that guarantees a swift zodiac
operation
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