Photo tour: Inside Pacific Provider, one of the world’s smallest cruise vessels

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Are you the type of cruiser who just can’t stand a crowd? Our latest Cruise Ship Tour, in the carousel above, offers a deck-by-deck look at what just may be the least-crowded cruise vessel on the world’s oceans, Offshore Outpost Expeditions’ Pacific Provider. 

Specializing in intimate, outdoorsy getaways in the Sea of Cortez and Alaska, the 163-foot-long “expedition yacht” carries just 12 passengers, despite being a similar size to expedition cruise vessels that hold five times that number.   

As can be seen in the tour, Pacific Provider is built for adventure with zodiacs, skiffs, kayaks and paddleboards on board that are used during daily excursions. The vessel also carries crabbing and shrimping equipment for passenger use.

During a typical Pacific Provider sailing, the vessel anchors daily in a new, scenic spot where passengers can ferry ashore for hikes or explore by kayak or skiff. The skiffs also are used for fishing outings.  

Created by veteran travel writer and ship photographer Peter Knego, the Pacific Provider tour is part of our ongoing series of cruise ship galleries. For deck-by-deck tours of dozens of other passenger vessels sailing the world’s oceans and rivers, click on the links below:

Adventure Canada: Ocean Endeavour 
AmaWaterways: AmaViola; AmaCerto 
American Cruise Lines: American Constellation  
American Queen Steamboat Company: American Queen; American Empress
Azamara Club Cruises: Azamara Quest  
Avalon Waterways: Avalon Myanmar; Avalon Visionary; Avalon Passion 
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line:  Grand Classica 
Carnival Cruise Line: Carnival Imagination; Carnival Inspiration; Carnival Miracle; early icons of the Carnival fleet; Carnival Vista 
Celebrity Cruises: Celebrity Solstice 
Celestyal Cruises:Celestyal Olympia
Costa Cruises: Costa Diadema; Costa Atlantica; Costa Luminosa 
CroisiEurope: Elbe Princesse 
Cruise Maritime Voyages: Discovery; Astoria 
Crystal Cruises: Crystal Symphony; Crystal Mozart; Crystal Mahler 
Cunard Line: Queen Mary 2 
Disney Cruise Line: Disney Wonder; Disney Fantasy; Disney Magic; Disney Dream, Fantasy compared 
Emerald Waterways: Emerald Sky; Emerald Radiance 
Hapag-Lloyd:  Europa 2 
Hebridean Island Cruises:  Hebridean Princess 
Holland America Line:  Amsterdam; Koningsdam; Westerdam; Rotterdam; Maasdam; Oosterdam  
Hurtigruten:  Midnatsol; Lofoten; Nordstjernen; Fram; Trollfjord 
MSC Cruises: MSC Meraviglia 
Norwegian Cruise Line:  Norwegian Getaway; Norwegian Escape; Norwegian Sky; Norwegian Joy; Norwegian Bliss 
Oceania Cruises:  Nautica; Sirena; Marina; Insignia 
Offshore Outpost Expeditions:  Pacific Provider 
Paul Gauguin Cruises:  Paul Gauguin
PO Cruises:  Britannia
Ponant:  Le Soleal 
Princess Cruises:  Regal Princess; Diamond Princess; early icons of the Princess fleet; Star Princess; Golden Princess 
Regent Seven Seas Cruises:  Seven Seas Mariner; Seven Seas Explorer; Seven Seas Voyager; Seven Seas Navigator 
Royal Caribbean International:  Quantum of the Seas; Anthem of the Seas; Freedom of the Seas; Harmony of the Seas; Symphony of the Seas 
Scenic Cruises:  Scenic Gem; Scenic Sapphire 
Seabourn Cruise Line:  Seabourn Encore
Silversea: Silver Galapagos; Silver Cloud; Silver Cloud (before 2017 makeover); Silver Muse 
Star Clippers:  Royal Clipper 
Tauck: Inspire; Savor; Emerald 
UnCruise Adventures: Safari Endeavour; Safari Voyager 
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection: S.S. Maria Theresa; River Countess
Viking River Cruises: Viking Skirnir; Viking Herja; Viking Hild 
Viking Ocean Cruises: Viking Star; Viking Sea; Viking Sky; Viking Sun; Viking Orion 
Windstar Cruises: Star Pride; Star Breeze; Wind Spirit

Retired ocean liners, cruise ships and yachts:  SS Rotterdam; Royal Yacht Britannia 
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