This paper obtains the soliton solution for the Calogero–Degasperis and the potential Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equations. The tanh–coth and the tan–cot methods are used to retrieve the solutions. Finally, the ansatz method is also used to integrate these equations with any arbitrary constant coefficients. Finally, a fewnumerical simulations are also given. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.