Explorer yachts at eighty metres represent the far end of what private charter can do. These are vessels built to cross oceans independently, operate in ice, carry submarines and helicopters, and stay self-sufficient for weeks without a marina. At this scale the specification becomes industrial: reinforced steel hulls, four thousand nautical miles of fuel range, and redundancy across every critical system.
Four explorer yachts sit in this band. La Datcha, a seventy seven metre Damen SeaXplorer, was purpose-built for expedition and carries a helicopter, a submarine, a snowcat and a full dive centre. Naia, a seventy three metre Freire, combines expedition range with a spa, a pool and a beach club. Sherakhan, a seventy metre converted patrol vessel, accommodates twenty six guests across thirteen cabins and has been refitted for luxury operation. Kogo, a seventy one metre Alstom Leroux Naval conversion, carries fifteen guests with a pool and a helipad.
Weekly rates run from five hundred and ninety five thousand euros for Kogo and Naia to seven hundred and fifty thousand for La Datcha, with the median near six hundred and forty five thousand. Add an advance provisioning allowance of roughly thirty percent, which climbs higher on genuinely remote itineraries where fuel, resupply and permit costs accumulate.
These yachts go where the rest of the fleet does not. Antarctica, the Norwegian fjords, Svalbard, Alaska, Patagonia and the Kimberley coast. Tell us the destination and we will tell you which yacht reaches it.
