Plancius Ship Reviews

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

Rex - Len  - USA Travelled: December 2019

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?”

Ice climbing; camping, especially the feeling when our zodiac pulled away and I found myself somehow connected with Shackleton and the seabirds flying overhead; seeing a dozen or more Elephant Seals woven together in the pebbles surrounded by penguins; and the sheer exhilaration of participating in the polar plunge with like-minded thrill seekers!

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Cris  - USA Travelled: December 2019

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?”

Seeing nature at its purest form.

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Cynthia  - Netherlands 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?”

Walking into the snow between thousands pinguins.

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Bernard Johan Sijbrand  - 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?”

The entire trip was one great moment. It was everything I expected and more probably the one moment is the realization that animals in Antarctica are not afraid of people because we are not a threat to them. I have previously seen that only in the Galapagos.

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YOUNGCHAN  - Korea Travelled: January 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?”

Seeing lots of Penguins!!

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