Ponant Cruises
Le Bougainville
- Cruises
- 5
- From
- —
Ship comparison
Le Bougainville vs Viking Rota
Viking River Cruises
Viking Rota
- Cruises
- 10
- From
- $2,499
The verdict
Which should you choose?
Le Bougainville is an intimate Ponant Cruises ship carrying 184 passengers, in service since 2019. Viking Rota is an intimate Viking River Cruises ship carrying 190 passengers. Viking Rota has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.
Choose Le Bougainville if you want more crew per passenger: it has a crew member for every 1.7 passengers (vs 3.6).
Choose Viking Rota if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 10 cruises on sale (vs 5).
Side by side
Specifications
marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.
| Le Bougainville | Viking Rota | |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise line | Ponant Cruises | Viking River Cruises |
| Ship size | Intimate | Intimate |
| Maiden voyagenewer highlighted | 2019 | — |
| Gross tonnage | 9,900 | — |
| Passengers | 184 | 190 |
| Crew | 110 | 53 |
| Passengers per crew memberfewer is better | 1.7 (better) | 3.6 |
| Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier | 53.8 | — |
| Decks | 6 | — |
| Length | 430 ft | — |
| Beam | 59 ft | — |
| Speed | 14 mph | — |
| Cruiseable ratingout of 10 | 7 / 10 | — |
| Cruises on sale | 5 | 10 |
| Upcoming sailings | 11 | 67 |
| Cruise lengths | 9 to 11 nights | 7 to 14 nights |
| Fares fromlower highlighted | — | $2,499 |
Bliss scores
How they rate, out of 10
Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.
Viking Rota has no Bliss scores yet.
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Ponant Cruises
Le Bougainville
Featuring innovative and environmentally friendly equipment, elegantly designed cabins, spacious suites with large windows and lounge areas that open onto the outside, Le Bougainville launched in August 2019 as one of the new luxury expedition yachts from France-based Ponant cruise line.
Sailing now
5 cruises on sale.
Viking River Cruises
Viking Rota
Sailing now
10 cruises on sale, from $2,499.
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