Aqua Lares
Aqua Lares is a 77-metre former icebreaker reimagined as a superyacht, offering a rare blend of rugged capability and refined comfort. Purpose-built for exploration and now sailing some of the world’s most remote destinations, this vessel embraces the spirit of relaxed luxury. With just 15 individually designed cabins – including three expansive Owner’s Suites – Aqua Lares accommodates up to 30 guests in understated elegance. Each cabin features bespoke furnishings, warm wood finishes, and curated textiles, creating a serene retreat after days spent at sea.
As the world’s only superyacht offering both private charters and individual cabin bookings for small-ship expeditions across East Africa and the Arctic Circle, Aqua Lares sets a new standard in expedition accommodation. Guests enjoy a one-to-one crew-to-guest ratio, ensuring highly personalised service throughout six beautifully appointed decks. Onboard amenities include a fine dining restaurant, spa and wellness spaces, a cinema, outdoor jacuzzi, and a sun deck lounge – each designed to offer comfort, connection, and a front-row seat to the ever-changing seascape.
Aqua Lares sails two distinct seasonal itineraries. In East Africa, guests can explore the Seychelles archipelago, including UNESCO-listed Aldabra Atoll, the granite cliffs of La Digue, and the remote African Banks – destinations rarely accessible to larger vessels. During the Arctic summer, the ship ventures north to Svalbard, navigating icy fjords and glacier-lined coasts in search of polar bears, walruses, and seabird colonies. Whether snorkelling in coral-rich waters or cruising past towering icebergs, each voyage is designed to immerse guests in the natural wonders of these extraordinary regions.
Facilities
Outdoor and indoor jacuzzis, spa, massage treatment room, outside dining area, cinema room, lounges and bars, outdoor exercise area, helicopter landing area, swim platform.
There are 15 cabins including three Owner's Suites (five room categories in total). Rooms have either king-sized, double, or twin beds, and all have ensuite bathrooms, with a walk-in shower, overhead rain-shower, and organic hair/bath amenities.
Six decks: Sun Deck, Bridge Deck, Owner's Deck, Upper Deck, Main Deck, Lower Deck.
Local Wildlife
Svalbard mammals: polar bear, walrus, Arctic fox, Svalbard reindeer, ringed seal, bearded seal, bowhead whale, beluga, narwhal, minke whale, fin whale, orca, humpback whale.
Svalbard birds: Brunnich's guillemot, rock ptarmigan, Atlantic puffin, razorbill, little auk, common guillemot, northern fulmar, Sabine's gull, ivory gull, northern gannet, snow bunting, common eider, black-legged kittiwake, Arctic skua, Arctic tern, pomarine skua, tundra bean goose, greylag goose, greater white-fronted goose, barnacle goose, brent goose, long-tailed duck, ruddy shelduck, dunlin, pectoral sandpiper, common redshank, red knot, green-winged teal, common ringed plover, red-throated diver, gyr falcon.
Seychelles cetaceans: spinner dolphin, common bottlenose dolphin, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, pantropical spotted dolphin, Risso's dolphin, dwarf sperm whale, short-finned pilot whale, sperm whale, humpback whale, blue whale.
Seychelles birds: Seychelles fody, Aldabra fody, Aldabra drongo, Aldabra white-eye, white-throated rail, Seychelles warbler, Seychelles bulbul, Seychelles kestrel, Seychelles magpie-robin, Seychelles blue-pigeon, comoro blue-pigeon, Seychelles sunbird, Seychelles swiftlet, Seychelles scops owl, Seychelles parrot, black-naped tern, white-tailed tropicbird, red-tailed tropicbird, great frigatebird, crab-plover, Malagasy pond-heron, red-footed booby, ruddy turnstone.
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