Charter your own private expedition yacht
New Zealand-built expedition yacht Heritage Explorer joins Heritage Expeditions’ small ship fleet, creating new opportunities of discovery around the shores of New Zealand.
Setting a new standard for discovery travel in New Zealand, Heritage Explorer combines the ultimate in comfort with unique itineraries and a personalised experience, with a maximum of just 18 guests on board.
Heritage Explorer is a 30-metre, 4-deck New Zealand-flagged vessel built in 2004 by the renowned wooden boat-building family Carey’s Boatyard in Picton.
Cutting a striking profile in the water, Heritage Explorer boasts a considered design that’s both ahead of its time and showcases a clever balance of privacy, comfort, spaciousness, and agility—allowing her to explore the best of New Zealand’s backyard while introducing new levels of bespoke comfort.
Heritage Explorer continues Heritage Expeditions’ proud history as ambassadors for conservation, pioneers of discovery, and leaders in expedition travel to the world’s best-kept secrets. Heritage Expeditions pioneered conservation-driven, authentic small ship expedition cruising in 1984 and has been sharing some of the most wild, least-explored, and biologically rich regions on the planet with small numbers of guests ever since.