Operator ·

Lindblad Expeditions

62 crossings between 58 ports in 26 countries. On 27 they are the only operator on the water; on 12 they are the quickest of several; on 16 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Lindblad Expeditions

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

44% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 27 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

16 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

3 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 62 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

21 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Clarkston WA – Portland OR Lindblad Expeditions 144 h 00 American Cruise Lines 144 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Lavrion – Piraeus-Athens Lindblad Expeditions 168 h 00 Celestyal Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Colon – Puntarenas 545 km Lindblad Expeditions 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Guayaquil – Quito 265 km Lindblad Expeditions 240 h 00 HX Expeditions 96 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Longyearbyen – Tromso 958 km Lindblad Expeditions 264 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages 192 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Barcelona – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2174 km Lindblad Expeditions 288 h 00 Costa Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Buenos Aires – Valparaiso-Santiago Lindblad Expeditions 288 h 00 Scenic Cruises 288 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

Edinburgh Bus Station – Portsmouth UK Lindblad Expeditions 288 h 00 Azamara Cruises 288 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Oslo – Tromso 1149 km Lindblad Expeditions 288 h 00 Hurtigruten 120 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Saigon – Siem Reap 413 km Lindblad Expeditions 312 h 00 Emerald Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Barcelona – Piraeus-Athens Lindblad Expeditions 312 h 00 Princess Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 16 rivals

Juneau – Seattle 1441 km Lindblad Expeditions 312 h 00 UnCruise Adventures 312 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Callao-Lima – Quito Lindblad Expeditions 336 h 00 HX Expeditions 216 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Longyearbyen – Reykjavik 1993 km Lindblad Expeditions 360 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages 240 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Dakar – Lisbon (Oriente) 2793 km Lindblad Expeditions 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises 312 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Kobe-Osaka – Sapporo-Otaru Lindblad Expeditions 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises 312 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Oslo – Reykjavik 1745 km Lindblad Expeditions 384 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages 288 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Bergen – Oslo 305 km Lindblad Expeditions 384 h 00 Hurtigruten 24 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Reykjavik – St Johns NL Lindblad Expeditions 384 h 00 Quark Expeditions 336 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Bergen – Lisbon (Oriente) 2613 km Lindblad Expeditions 384 h 00 Scenic Cruises 288 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Lautoka – Papeete 3492 km Lindblad Expeditions 408 h 00 Oceania Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals

Where they are the only boat

27 crossings with no other operator on record.

Callao-Lima – Nauta 96 h 00 rate not held

Panama City – land tour 120 h 00 rate not held

Guayaquil – San Cristobal Island 144 h 00 rate not held 3201 km

Piraeus-Athens – Zadar bus station 168 h 00 rate not held

Inverness – Kyle of Lochalsh 192 h 00 rate not held

Callao-Lima – San Cristobal Island 192 h 00 rate not held

Puerto Natales – Ushuaia 192 h 00 rate not held 441 km

Lavrion – Zadar bus station 192 h 00 rate not held 1027 km

Cartagena Colombia – Panama City 192 h 00 rate not held

Buenos Aires – Puerto Natales 216 h 00 rate not held 2212 km

La Paz – Loreto 264 h 00 rate not held 231 km

Loreto – San Jose del Cabo 264 h 00 rate not held 368 km

Barcelona – Lavrion 312 h 00 rate not held 1914 km

Barcelona – Ponta Delgada 312 h 00 rate not held 2410 km

Loreto – Los Angeles 312 h 00 rate not held 1088 km

Seattle – Sitka 336 h 00 rate not held 1368 km

Easter Island Chile – Papeete 360 h 00 rate not held

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Sitka 360 h 00 rate not held 1183 km

Puerto Montt – Punta Arenas 384 h 00 rate not held 1309 km

Kobe-Osaka – Nome 480 h 00 rate not held

Anchorage AK – Sapporo-Otaru 480 h 00 rate not held

Nome – Reykjavik 504 h 00 rate not held 14967 km

Nome – Nuuk 528 h 00 rate not held 14839 km

Anchorage AK – Reykjavik 576 h 00 rate not held

Kobe-Osaka – Reykjavik 1632 h 00 rate not held

Colon – land tour not held rate not held

Anchorage AK – Nome not held rate not held

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Lindblad Expeditions crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 62 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.