Who are the best luxury tour operators for Ecuador?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026
These 5 luxury tour operators say on their own websites that they plan or sell trips to Ecuador. Of them, Metropolitan Touring, Enchanting Travels and Quasar Expeditions have the most Google reviews. Each card gives what the company's own Ecuador page says, with the trip, length or price where it names one.
Who are the best luxury tour operators for Ecuador?
The 5 luxury tour operators below say on their own websites that they plan trips to Ecuador; Metropolitan Touring, Enchanting Travels and Quasar Expeditions have the most Google reviews. Compare what each sells there, then how each company protects your money.
Enchanting Travels
- Best for
- 11-day Amazon and Cuenca trip
- Ecuador
- Sells Amazonian Getaway, Devil's Nose and Cuenca, an 11-day Ecuador trip from US$5,590 per person.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 139 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 3,298 reviews, newest 2 November 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- enchantingtravels.com
Kuoda Travel
- Best for
- 11-day Avenue of Volcanoes trip
- Ecuador
- Plans an 11-day custom trip to mainland Ecuador along the Avenue of Volcanoes.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 44 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- kuodatravel.com
Metropolitan Touring
- Best for
- Highland hacienda and craft tour
- Ecuador
- Sells the two-day Imbabura Hacienda & Handicrafts Tour from USD 648 per person for 2026 departures and USD 682 for 2027, with a private guide, transport and hacienda lunch included.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.5 out of 5 from 549 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- metropolitan-touring.com
Quasar Expeditions
- Best for
- Six-day Quito and Amazon extension
- Ecuador
- Offers Quito + Sacha Lodge, a six-day Quito and Amazon extension sold on top of its Galápagos rates, from US$2,965 per person, double occupancy, at its Authentic level.
- Reviews
- Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 115 reviews; Trustpilot: 5.0 out of 5 from 779 reviews, newest 12 June 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- quasarex.com
Southwind Experience
- Best for
- Nine-day Andean haciendas tour
- Ecuador
- Runs the nine-day Andean Haciendas Tour in Ecuador's highlands from $6,600 per person, double occupancy, land cost for 2027, excluding international flights, for groups of 7 to 12 (the page names no currency).
- 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
Which of these publish a price for Ecuador?
4 of the 5 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 Ecuador?
Metropolitan Touring has the most Google reviews of the 5; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Enchanting Travels: 11-day Amazon and Cuenca trip
- Quasar Expeditions: Six-day Quito and Amazon extension
- Kuoda Travel: 11-day Avenue of Volcanoes trip
- Southwind Experience: Nine-day Andean haciendas tour
Who to contact first
Start with the cards whose own line fits your dates and way of travelling and ask each the same questions 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.
Ecuador 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.
How were these companies chosen?
Each is a company in the Uncompromised Travel luxury table whose own website says it plans or sells this trip; the box on this page gives the rule and the days the websites were read.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
2 of the 5: Enchanting Travels and Quasar 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?
Metropolitan Touring, Enchanting Travels and Quasar Expeditions, 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 Ecuador, 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.