Who are the best luxury tour operators for China?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026
These 7 luxury tour operators say on their own websites that they plan or sell trips to China. Of them, Natural Habitat Adventures, Wexas Travel and Martin Randall Travel have the most Google reviews. Each card gives what the company's own China page says, with the trip, length or price where it names one.
Who are the best luxury tour operators for China?
The 7 luxury tour operators below say on their own websites that they plan trips to China; Natural Habitat Adventures, Wexas Travel and Martin Randall Travel have the most Google reviews. Compare what each sells there, then how each company protects your money.
Ampersand Travel
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- China
- Sells a Cultural China tour, A Beginner's Luxury Tour.
- Limits it publishes
- Sets a minimum spend of £3,000 per person, covering accommodation, flights, transfers, guides, activities and sightseeing in the itinerary.
- Money protection
- ATOL number 6065 covers its air holiday packages.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 6 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- ampersandtravel.com
Indagare
- Best for
- Tailor-made trips booked as an agent
- China
- Runs The Silk Road: A Journey Through Ancient China, a 13-day trip aboard the Golden Eagle Silk Road Express from 28 March to 9 April 2027.
- Founded
- 2007
- Reviews
- Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 17 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- indagare.com:443
Jacada Travel
- Best for
- Tailor-made trips booked as an agent
- China
- Plans a 15-day trip called The Culture, History and Heritage of China.
- Founded
- 2008
- Reviews
- Google: 4.4 out of 5 from 55 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 2,621 reviews, newest 2 November 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- jacadatravel.com
Martin Randall Travel
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- China
- Runs cultural tours in China that move from the Forbidden City to Xi'an and out along the Silk Roads.
- Money protection
- ATOL number 3622 covers its flight packages and ABTOT number 5468 covers non-flight packages.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 58 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- martinrandall.com
Natural Habitat Adventures
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- China
- Runs The Wild Side of China, a 12-day nature trip into wild panda habitat, from $13,995.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 299 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- nathab.com
Steppes Travel
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- China
- Runs an 11-day China group tour from 12 to 22 June 2027, from £4,995 per person excluding flights.
- Money protection
- ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages; clients should check that everything booked is listed on the ATOL certificate. 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.
- Website
- steppestravel.com
Wexas Travel
- Best for
- Plans trips run by other companies
- China
- Sells an 18-day tailor-made China holiday visiting Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Guilin and Shanghai, from £6,135 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?
4 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.
- Ampersand Travel: ATOL number 6065 covers its air holiday packages.
- Martin Randall Travel: ATOL number 3622 covers its flight packages and ABTOT number 5468 covers non-flight packages.
- Steppes Travel: ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages; clients should check that everything booked is listed on the ATOL certificate. 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.
- 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 China?
3 of the 7 give a price in the line quoted on their card; ask the others for a written quote with the same inclusions.
Which other companies on this page plan trips to China?
Natural Habitat Adventures has the most Google reviews of the 7; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Wexas Travel: Plans trips run by other companies
- Martin Randall Travel: Group departures and private trips
- Jacada Travel: Tailor-made trips booked as an agent
- Steppes Travel: Group departures and private trips
Who to contact first
Start with the 4 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.
China tour operators: the questions people ask
What should I ask a tour company before booking?
What the price includes, line by line; the deposit and when the balance is due; what you lose if you cancel; and which scheme protects your money.
Do these companies publish prices?
Some do on their trip pages and some quote only on request. The cards give what each company says; ask for a written quote with the same inclusions from each.
Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?
4 of the 7 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Ampersand Travel, Martin Randall Travel, Steppes Travel and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
1 of the 7: Jacada Travel. 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?
Natural Habitat Adventures, Wexas Travel and Martin Randall Travel, 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 plans or sells trips to China, with the trip's name, length or price where the page gives one. 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 and 4 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. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.