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Which luxury tour operators are B Corp certified?

By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026

These 7 luxury tour operators say on their own websites that they are certified B Corporations. B Lab, the body that certifies them, publishes a directory where any certification can be checked by name.

Which luxury tour operators are B Corp certified?

These 7 luxury tour operators say they are certified B Corporations on their own websites; SA Expeditions, Big Five Tours & Expeditions and Butterfield & Robinson have the most Google reviews. Check the name in B Lab's directory, which shows the score and the date certified.

Every line below was read from the company's own website on 3 November 2026; each card links the pages it came from.

Torres del Paine National Park, Chilean Patagonia
Torres del Paine National Park, Chilean Patagonia. Photo: Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table holds 141 companies: the luxury and premium tour operators ChatGPT names most often when asked about tours. Their own websites were read on 3 November 2026, with their Google and Trustpilot listings matched by name. This page carries every company in the table whose own website says it is a certified B Corporation: 7 companies. Only companies that meet the Uncompromised Travel definition of luxury are on this page: they mainly sell private trips planned to order at a luxury standard, publish prices of about US$500 per person per day or more, run groups of 16 or fewer in luxury hotels, or run their own small expedition ships or yachts. Cards are in alphabetical order. Each line gives what the company's own website says, as read on that day, with a link to the page it came from; a second reader checked a tenth of the table's rows against the pages. No company paid to be on this page.

Big Five Tours & Expeditions

Best for
Private trips planned to order
Certification
Is a Certified B Corporation.
Founded
1973
How to book
Through a travel advisor: its own website says it sells only through the travel trade.
Reviews
Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 57 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: about-us.

Butterfield & Robinson

Best for
Group departures and private trips
Certification
Is a Certified B Corporation. It measures and offsets the carbon footprint of every trip.
Founded
1966
Reviews
Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 33 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 209 reviews, newest 29 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: home page.

Enigma Peru

Best for
Group departures and private trips
Certification
Has held B Corporation certification since 2022.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: responsible-operation.

Indagare

Best for
Tailor-made trips booked as an agent
Certification
Became a Certified B Corporation in 2026.
Founded
2007
Reviews
Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 17 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: our-story.

Mahlatini

Best for
Private trips planned to order
Certification
Is a certified B Corp. It was the first Indo-African specialist tour operator to join the global B Corp community.
Money protection
Some flight-inclusive holidays are protected by the ATOL scheme. Guests' money is also held through its travel trust, Trust My Travel; no ATOL number is given.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: about-mahlatini, financial-protection.

SA Expeditions

Best for
Private trips planned to order
Certification
Is a B Corp certified business.
Reviews
Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 379 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 1,304 reviews, newest 31 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: home page.

Steppes Travel

Best for
Group departures and private trips
Certification
Has been a Certified B Corporation since August 2022.
Money protection
ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages and ABTOT covers non-flight packages (number 5488). Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in an independent trust account managed by Serenity Trust; no ATOL number is given.
Reviews
Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: about-us, financial-protection.

Which of these companies protect your money?

2 of the 7 name a scheme that protects guest payments on their own websites, such as ATOL for UK flight packages, ABTA or USTOA membership, or a trust account; the rest do not name one on the pages read.

  • Mahlatini: Some flight-inclusive holidays are protected by the ATOL scheme. Guests' money is also held through its travel trust, Trust My Travel; no ATOL number is given.
  • Steppes Travel: ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages and ABTOT covers non-flight packages (number 5488). Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in an independent trust account managed by Serenity Trust; no ATOL number is given.

Who to contact first

Start with the 2 companies on this page that name a scheme protecting your payments on their own websites, then add any other card that fits your dates.

What to ask each one to set out in writing:

  • What the price includes and excludes, line by line: stays, guides, transfers, internal flights, park or entry fees.
  • The deposit, when the balance is due and what you lose if you cancel.
  • Which scheme protects your money and the number to check it.

B Corp tour operators: the questions people ask

What does B Corp certified mean for a tour operator?

B Lab has assessed the company on its social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency and it met B Lab's standard. It is a company-wide certification, not a rating of any one trip.

How do I check a B Corp certification?

Search the company's name in B Lab's directory on bcorporation.net; it shows whether the certification is current and the score it was given.

Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?

2 of the 7 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Mahlatini and Steppes Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.

Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?

2 of the 7: Butterfield & Robinson and SA Expeditions. Each card gives the TrustScore, the review count and the newest review date, read 3 November 2026.

Which of these have the most Google reviews?

SA Expeditions, Big Five Tours & Expeditions and Butterfield & Robinson, in that order. A count says how many people reviewed a company, not whether it fits your trip; each card gives the rating and count, read 3 November 2026.

Where can I check these facts myself?

Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, with the date they were read.

How were these companies chosen?

Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table, built from the luxury tour operators ChatGPT names most often; its own website says it is a certified B Corporation. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.

Is any company on this page paying to be here?

No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be on it.

Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: what each company published on its own website, read on 3 November 2026, with links to the pages read, with its Google and Trustpilot figures where the listing carries the company's own name, from the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table. Cards are in alphabetical order. Photos show the places named in their captions, not any company's trips. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.

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