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Adventure has a new name. Setting sail in 2025, our new state-of-the-art ship, the Douglas Mawson, is the last in a line of purpose-built vessels that have redefined small ship expedition cruising.
Named after the legendary Australian geologist and explorer, our new small ship embodies Mawson’s pioneering spirit and is designed for global discovery. Featuring the revolutionary Ulstein X-BOW® and purpose-built with enhanced sustainability features, it takes on average 154 adventurers to the world’s wildest places in smooth, quiet comfort. It boasts our most extensive range of cabins yet, including a range of single cabins.
The Douglas Mawson features a host of amenities to help you connect with like-minded travellers and elevate your time onboard our floating base camp for adventure. After a long day of exploring, head to the back deck to swim in the heated outdoor swimming pool, find a sun bed to read on, or soak in one of two Jacuzzis. Work up a sweat in the gym before unwinding in the sauna, resolve to learn something new in the Citizen Science Centre, then enjoy a delicious meal with new and old friends in one of two restaurants. Or, with multiple observation areas throughout the ship, simply relax in comfort while you keep watch for wildlife or incredible landscapes unfold before you.
While enjoying the luxurious amenities onboard, you can rest assured that our aim to get you off the ship to explore the natural environment as much as possible through our unique activities program remains unchanged.
The Douglas Mawson’s inaugural season will mark AE Expeditions’ return to East Antarctica for the first time in 15 years, with new itineraries to include a Mawson’s Antarctica voyage to East Antarctica in honour of the ship’s namesake, departing from Hobart, a semi-circumnavigation of Antarctica, and immersive explorations of the Subantarctic Islands.
1st December 2025 for 10 nights | |
Hobart, Tasmania ~ Bruny Island, Tasmania ~ ~ Hunter Island ~ Kent Group National Park ~ Flinders Island, Tasmania ~ Wineglass Bay, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania ~ Maria Island, Tasmania ~ Port Arthur, Tasmania ~ Hobart, Tasmania | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £6,582pp Balcony £6,226pp Suite £9,185pp Please Call for Flights |
11th December 2025 for 23 nights | |
Hobart, Tasmania ~ Macquarie Island, Tasmania ~ ~ Commonwealth Bay ~ Auckland Islands ~ Carnley Harbor, Auckland Islands ~ Auckland Islands ~ Campbell Island ~ Dunedin | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £20,986pp Balcony £24,390pp Suite £33,467pp Please Call for Flights |
2nd January 2026 for 14 nights | |
Dunedin ~ Oban, Stewart Island ~ Fiordland National Park ~ Snares Islands ~ Macquarie Island, Tasmania ~ Auckland Islands ~ Carnley Harbor, Auckland Islands ~ Auckland Islands ~ Campbell Island ~ Dunedin | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview Balcony £12,877pp Suite £17,683pp Please Call for Flights |
16th January 2026 for 24 nights | |
Dunedin ~ Auckland Islands ~ Carnley Harbor, Auckland Islands ~ Auckland Islands ~ Campbell Island ~ ~ Macquarie Island, Tasmania ~ Dunedin | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview Balcony Suite £34,412pp Please Call for Flights |
8th February 2026 for 33 nights | |
Dunedin ~ Auckland Islands ~ Carnley Harbor, Auckland Islands ~ Auckland Islands ~ Campbell Island ~ Macquarie Island, Tasmania ~ ~ Antarctic Peninsula ~ Ushuaia | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £24,357pp Balcony £26,415pp Suite £41,042pp Please Call for Flights |
11th March 2026 for 21 nights | |
Ushuaia ~ ~ Antarctic Peninsula ~ South Georgia Island ~ Falkland Islands ~ Ushuaia | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £18,654pp Balcony £14,236pp Suite £20,998pp Please Call for Flights |
8th May 2026 for 10 nights | |
Dublin ~ Waterford ~ Cork ~ Bantry ~ Dingle ~ Galway ~ Killybegs ~ Londonderry ~ Belfast ~ Dublin | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £7,235pp Balcony £8,896pp Suite Please Call for Flights |
15th May 2026 for 13 nights | |
Dublin ~ Belfast ~ Londonderry ~ Killybegs ~ Galway ~ Dingle ~ Bantry ~ Cork ~ Waterford ~ Douglas ~ Troon ~ Edinburgh | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £9,063pp Balcony £9,285pp Suite Please Call for Flights |
23rd May 2026 for 14 nights | |
Edinburgh ~ Inverness ~ Troon ~ Londonderry ~ Belfast ~ Lake District National Park ~ Holyhead ~ Waterford ~ Falmouth ~ Plymouth ~ Cowes, Isle of Wight ~ Portsmouth ~ London Tower Bridge | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview Balcony £14,308pp Suite £19,647pp Please Call for Flights |
2nd June 2026 for 8 nights | |
London (Greenwich) ~ London Tower Bridge ~ Portsmouth ~ Caen ~ Saint-Malo ~ Saint Peter Port ~ Honfleur ~ Paris | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £5,281pp Balcony £5,448pp Suite £8,451pp Please Call for Flights |
10th June 2026 for 14 nights | |
Madrid ~ Burgos ~ Gijón ~ La Coruña ~ Vigo ~ Porto ~ Lisbon ~ Portimão ~ Cádiz ~ Tangier ~ Casablanca ~ Marrakech | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £7,732pp Balcony £8,407pp Suite £13,026pp Please Call for Flights |
20th June 2026 for 12 nights | |
Marrakech ~ Casablanca ~ Tangier ~ Seville ~ Cádiz ~ Gibraltar ~ Málaga ~ Granada ~ Cartagena ~ Valencia ~ Palma de Mallorca ~ Barcelona | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £8,228pp Balcony £8,896pp Suite £13,123pp Please Call for Flights |
30th June 2026 for 12 nights | |
Barcelona ~ Port-Vendres ~ Marseille ~ Nice ~ La Spezia ~ Livorno ~ Portoferraio ~ Bastia ~ Bonifacio, Corsica ~ Porto Santo Stefano ~ Rome | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £7,265pp Balcony £7,887pp Suite £12,248pp Please Call for Flights |
8th July 2026 for 11 nights | |
Rome ~ Porto Santo Stefano ~ Gaeta ~ Naples ~ Castellammare di Stabia ~ Messina ~ Palermo ~ Porto Empedocle ~ Siracuse, Sicily ~ Valletta | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £6,797pp Balcony £7,420pp Suite £11,469pp Please Call for Flights |
17th July 2026 for 11 nights | |
Valletta ~ Reggio di Calabria ~ Gallipoli ~ Bari ~ Dubrovnik ~ Split ~ Ancona ~ Ravenna ~ Rovinj ~ Venice | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £5,737pp Balcony £5,871pp Suite £9,119pp Please Call for Flights |
25th July 2026 for 10 nights | |
Venice ~ Fusina ~ Koper ~ Rovinj ~ Rab Island ~ Zadar ~ Sibenik ~ Split ~ Dubrovnik | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £5,070pp Balcony £5,470pp Suite £8,496pp Please Call for Flights |
2nd August 2026 for 12 nights | |
Dubrovnik ~ Hvar Island ~ Korčula ~ Kotor ~ Durrës ~ Sarandë ~ Corfu ~ Delphi ~ Náfplion ~ Athens | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £7,060pp Balcony £7,672pp Suite £11,899pp Please Call for Flights |
10th August 2026 for 11 nights | |
Athens ~ Corinth ~ Katakolon ~ Kalamáta ~ Khania ~ Agios Nikólaos, Kríti ~ Rhodes ~ Santorini ~ Mykonos ~ Athens | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £7,265pp Balcony £7,887pp Suite £12,248pp Please Call for Flights |
19th August 2026 for 12 nights | |
Athens ~ Chíos ~ Lemnos ~ Istanbul ~ Çanakkale ~ Kusadasi ~ Bodrum ~ Marmaris ~ Pátmos ~ Athens | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £7,172pp Balcony £7,339pp Suite £11,399pp Please Call for Flights |
29th August 2026 for 11 nights | |
Athens ~ Mykonos ~ Kusadasi ~ Pátmos ~ Rhodes ~ Agios Nikólaos, Kríti ~ Khania ~ Santorini ~ Ermoupoli, Syra ~ Athens | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £6,405pp Balcony £6,939pp Suite £10,810pp Please Call for Flights |
7th September 2026 for 9 nights | |
Athens ~ Corinth ~ Zakynthos ~ Katakolon ~ Kalamáta ~ Gythio ~ Náfplion ~ Athens | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £5,515pp Balcony £5,693pp Suite £8,807pp Please Call for Flights |
14th September 2026 for 17 nights | |
Athens ~ Mykonos ~ Kusadasi ~ Santorini ~ Khania ~ Katakolon ~ Corfu ~ Kotor ~ Dubrovnik ~ Bari ~ Gallipoli ~ Crotone ~ Messina ~ Salerno ~ Naples | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £11,054pp Balcony £11,365pp Suite £17,594pp Please Call for Flights |
28th September 2026 for 16 nights | |
Naples ~ Olbia ~ Bastia ~ Nice ~ Toulon ~ Sète ~ Barcelona ~ Palma de Mallorca ~ Granada ~ Tangier ~ Cádiz ~ Portimão ~ Lisbon | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £9,230pp Balcony £10,509pp Suite £15,514pp Please Call for Flights |
8th November 2026 for 19 nights | |
Ushuaia ~ ~ Antarctic Peninsula ~ ~ Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands ~ ~ South Georgia Island ~ Ushuaia | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £19,663pp Balcony £21,302pp Suite £31,387pp Please Call for Flights |
7th December 2026 for 11 nights | |
Ushuaia ~ ~ Antarctic Peninsula ~ ~ Ushuaia | |
Cruise Only from Oceanview £12,288pp Balcony £13,360pp Suite £19,600pp Please Call for Flights |