Who are the best luxury tour operators for Australia?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026
These 9 luxury tour operators publish an Australia trip on their own websites with its length or its price. Of them, Audley Travel, Backroads and Walk into Luxury have the most Google reviews. Which fits depends on how you want to travel; each card gives what the company's own website says.
Who are the best luxury tour operators for Australia?
The 9 luxury tour operators below publish an Australia trip with its length or price on their own websites; Audley Travel, Backroads and Walk into Luxury have the most Google reviews. Choose by the way you want to travel, using each card's Best for label, then compare the published prices and how each protects your money.
Audley Travel
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Australia
- Runs a 20-day Wine and Wildlife Australian safari from £10,945 per person; it also sells a 16-day Luxury in and around Sydney trip from £24,830 per person.
- Money protection
- ATOL number 4817 covers its flight-inclusive trips and ABTOT covers trips that do not include flights.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.4 out of 5 from 288 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.8 out of 5 from 5,084 reviews, newest 2 November 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- audleytravel.com
Backroads
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- Australia
- Runs an 8-day Tasmania multi-adventure tour from $8,099 per person.
- Founded
- 1979
- Reviews
- Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 123 reviews; Trustpilot: 2.3 out of 5 from 12 reviews, newest 28 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- backroads.com
Cazenove+Loyd
- Best for
- Tailor-made trips booked as an agent
- Australia
- Sells an 11-day Grandeur Down Under trip from £18,950 per person; it also sells a 14-day Western Australia Unveiled trip from £9,995 per person.
- Money protection
- Holds ATOL number 3208, issued by the Civil Aviation Authority.
- Reviews
- Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 9 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.8 out of 5 from 114 reviews, newest 18 June 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- cazloyd.com
GeoEx
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- Australia
- Runs a 13-day custom Australia trip covering an outback cattle station, Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef from $16,250 based on double occupancy.
- Reviews
- Trustpilot: 3.4 out of 5 from 2 reviews, newest 9 December 2025. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- geoex.com
Inspiring Travel Company
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Australia
- Sells a 16-night Ultimate Sydney, Rock and Reef trip from £19,225 per person.
- Reviews
- Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 745 reviews, newest 27 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- inspiringtravel.co.uk
Lightfoot Travel
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Australia
- Sells a 9-night Family Adventure in New South Wales from $5,000 per person.
- Money protection
- Says each sales location has the maximum level of industry bonding possible, including ATOL membership in the UK, with licensing in Singapore and Hong Kong; no ATOL number is given.
- Website
- lightfoottravel.com
VBT Bicycling Vacations
- Best for
- Guided group trips
- Australia
- Runs a 10-day Australia Discovery Tour with Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef from US$8,995 per person, based on double occupancy.
- Money protection
- Takes part in the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program, which it shares with affiliates of Xanterra Leisure Resort Holdings, so recovery may be only partial.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.1 out of 5 from 48 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- vbt.com
Walk into Luxury
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- Australia
- Sells a 6-day private Best of the Cape to Cape walk from A$4,995 per person.
- Limits it publishes
- The Cape to Cape walk needs a minimum of four guests to depart, unless a smaller number is allowed at the company's discretion.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 72 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- walkintoluxury.com
Wexas Travel
- Best for
- Plans trips run by other companies
- Australia
- Sells a 15-day tailor-made Highlights of Australia trip from £4,240 per person including flights; it also sells a 12-day Melbourne and Great Ocean Road self-drive from £2,715 per person including flights.
- Money protection
- Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but where it acts as agent protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line; no ATOL number is shown.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 61 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- wexas.com
Which of these companies protect your money?
5 of the 9 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.
- Audley Travel: ATOL number 4817 covers its flight-inclusive trips and ABTOT covers trips that do not include flights.
- Cazenove+Loyd: Holds ATOL number 3208, issued by the Civil Aviation Authority.
- Lightfoot Travel: Says each sales location has the maximum level of industry bonding possible, including ATOL membership in the UK, with licensing in Singapore and Hong Kong; no ATOL number is given.
- VBT Bicycling Vacations: Takes part in the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program, which it shares with affiliates of Xanterra Leisure Resort Holdings, so recovery may be only partial.
- Wexas Travel: Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but where it acts as agent protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line; no ATOL number is shown.
Which of these publish a price for Australia?
9 of the 9 give a price in the line quoted on their card; ask the others for a written quote with the same inclusions.
- Audley Travel
- Backroads
- Cazenove+Loyd
- GeoEx
- Inspiring Travel Company
- Lightfoot Travel
- VBT Bicycling Vacations
- Walk into Luxury
- Wexas Travel
Which other companies on this page fit Australia?
Audley Travel has the most Google reviews of the 9; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Backroads: Group departures and private trips
- Walk into Luxury: Group departures and private trips
- Wexas Travel: Plans trips run by other companies
- VBT Bicycling Vacations: Guided group trips
Who to contact first
Start with the 5 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:
- The exact Australia itinerary by night, with each stay named.
- 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.
Australia tour operators: the questions people ask
Which luxury tour operators publish a price for an Australia trip?
The cards above quote each company's own line on Australia; the section on prices lists those whose line carries a figure. Prices are as published on 3 November 2026 and change with season and group size.
Is it better to book Australia through a tour operator or direct?
A tour operator puts guides, stays and transfers into one booking and, where it names a protection scheme, protects your payments. Booking each part yourself means you arrange the guides, stays and transfers and check how each supplier protects your money.
How far ahead should I book a luxury trip to Australia?
None of the facts on this page sets a booking window. Ask each company when its preferred stays and guides fill for your dates and when its balance is due.
Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?
5 of the 9 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Audley Travel, Cazenove+Loyd, Lightfoot Travel, VBT Bicycling Vacations and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
5 of the 9: Audley Travel, Backroads, Cazenove+Loyd, GeoEx and Inspiring Travel Company. 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?
Audley Travel, Backroads and Walk into Luxury, 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 publishes an Australia trip with its length or its price, in a line that names Australia. 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.
Read next
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.