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Le Bellot vs Viking Laga

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Le Bellot is an intimate Ponant Cruises ship carrying 184 passengers, in service since 2020. Viking Laga is an intimate Viking River Cruises ship carrying 190 passengers. Viking Laga has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Le Bellot if you want more crew per passenger: it has a crew member for every 1.6 passengers (vs 3.6).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Le BellotViking Laga
Cruise line Ponant Cruises Viking River Cruises
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted 2020 —
Gross tonnage 9,976 —
Passengers 184 190
Crew 112 53
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better 1.6 (better) 3.6
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier 54.2 —
Decks 4 —
Length 430 ft —
Beam 59 ft —
Speed 14 mph —
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 8 / 10 —
Cruises on sale 3 4
Upcoming sailings 8 46
Cruise lengths 7 to 11 nights 7 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted — $2,399

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Viking Laga has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Le Bellot: 9.0
  • Adventure & nature Le Bellot: 10.0
  • Cultural Le Bellot: 6.0
  • Dining Le Bellot: 7.0
  • Entertainment Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Family friendly Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Party Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Romantic Le Bellot: 8.0
  • Spa & fitness Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Staterooms Le Bellot: 7.0

Ponant Cruises

Le Bellot

Like the other ships in the Ponant Explorers class of expedition vessels, Le Bellot was designed to provide comfort for its passengers in chic French stylings even as it roamed to some of the globe's most remote and isolated regions.

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3 cruises on sale.

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