Hondius Ship Reviews

Reviews from Swoop customers who have travelled aboard the Hondius over the last ten seasons.

Brian  - USA Travelled: March 2026

10

Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”

Humpback whale encounters!

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Saty  - UK Travelled: March 2026

9

Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”

Having watched Blue Planet , experiencing the wild life in real and literally smelling the animals in their habitat was great. Seeing the Glaciers and ice floats rarely shown for the beautiful sculptures that they are was my highlight, not to mention to experience the rough seas that the early adventurers took in their boats

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Brian Wayne  - USA Travelled: March 2026

10

Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”

Seeing the Antarctic Ice for the first time, the first Iceberg, the lighting contrast between the mountains of rock and the glaciers, the whales, the seals, the penguins...... Oh, and scuba diving in what I stated above, seeing it first person. Really special!

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Kathryn  - USA Travelled: February 2026

10

Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”

Stepping foot on the continent.

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Jiri  - Czech Republic Travelled: February 2026

10

Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”

South Georgia

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Monika  - UK Travelled: February 2026

10

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King penguins swimming round the zodiac

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Anonymous  - UK Travelled: January 2026

10

Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”

Several come to mind - first sighting of a massive berg - size of a multi-storey car park (the visible bit) as we left South Georgia - multiple Humpback whales (15-20) surrounding our zodiac for best part of an hour - Orca pod systematically hunting and drowning a fin whale - penguins galore on S Georgia

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Maximo Sigler  - USA Travelled: December 2025

10

Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”

All of it

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