Who are the best luxury tour operators for Costa Rica?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026
These 9 luxury tour operators publish a Costa Rica trip on their own websites with its length or its price. Of them, SA Expeditions, Audley Travel and Juniper Tours 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 Costa Rica?
The 9 luxury tour operators below publish a Costa Rica trip with its length or price on their own websites; SA Expeditions, Audley Travel and Juniper Tours 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.
Every line below was read from the company's own website on 3 November 2026; each card links the pages it came from.
Audley Travel
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Costa Rica
- Runs an 11-day Simply Costa Rica tour from £4,850 per person; it also sells a 14-day Natural Costa Rica tour from £6,600 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
Big Five Tours & Expeditions
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Costa Rica
- Runs an 8-day Costa Rica adventure, Costa Rica and their Locals; it also sells a 9-day Costa Rica couples trip.
- 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.
- Website
- bigfive.com
Blue Parallel
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Costa Rica
- Runs a 7-day Osa Peninsula, Pacuare River and Papagayo Peninsula trip from $25,500 per person for two people.
- Founded
- 2003
- Website
- blueparallel.com
GeoEx
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- Costa Rica
- Runs a 10-day custom trip, Costa Rica Discovery, from $10,600 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
Juniper Tours
- Best for
- Group departures and private trips
- Costa Rica
- Offers a 10-day Best of Costa Rica sample itinerary covering Arenal, Monteverde and Manuel Antonio.
- Founded
- 2020
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 214 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- junipertours.com
Pelorus
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Costa Rica
- Sells A Heli-Surfing Adventure in Costa Rica at £27,000 per person for four guests.
- Money protection
- ABTOT protects non-flight packages for Pelorus Adventures Limited.
- Reviews
- Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- pelorustravel.com
SA Expeditions
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Costa Rica
- Runs a 9-day Costa Rica Luxury Adventure from $7,490 per person.
- 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.
- Website
- saexpeditions.com
Southwind Experience
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Costa Rica
- Runs an 8-day Costa Rica Family Odyssey with land costs from $5,900 per person for 7 to 12 participants or $6,400 for 4 to 6, in US dollars and excluding flights.
- Limits it publishes
- Private trips need a minimum tour length of 7 days and at least 60 days of advance notice, with a suggested minimum budget of $6,000 to $9,000 per person per week for most destinations.
- Website
- southwindadventures.com
Voyageurs du Monde
- Best for
- Private trips planned to order
- Costa Rica
- Sells an 18-day Grand Tour of Costa Rica priced from €5,900 to €7,200.
- Reviews
- Trustpilot: 4.6 out of 5 from 793 reviews, newest 26 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- voyageursdumonde.fr
Which of these companies protect your money?
2 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.
- Pelorus: ABTOT protects non-flight packages for Pelorus Adventures Limited.
Which of these publish a price for Costa Rica?
7 of the 9 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 fit Costa Rica?
SA Expeditions has the most Google reviews of the 9; these 4 share the same kind of trip by its Best for label.
- Audley Travel: Private trips planned to order
- Big Five Tours & Expeditions: Private trips planned to order
- Pelorus: Private trips planned to order
- Blue Parallel: Private trips planned to order
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:
- The exact Costa Rica 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.
Costa Rica tour operators: the questions people ask
Which luxury tour operators publish a price for a Costa Rica trip?
The cards above quote each company's own line on Costa Rica; 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 Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica?
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?
2 of the 9 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Audley Travel and Pelorus. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
4 of the 9: Audley Travel, GeoEx, SA Expeditions and Voyageurs du Monde. 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, Audley Travel and Juniper Tours, 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 a Costa Rica trip with its length or its price, in a line that names Costa Rica. 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.
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