How much does a trip with Kensington Tours cost?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026
Kensington Tours designs privately guided, tailored trips. Its sample trip prices are in US dollars per person, double occupancy; they are subject to change. For land trips a 30% deposit is due at booking and the balance 90 days before departure; cruises and villas have their own terms.
How much does a trip with Kensington Tours cost?
The four sample trips read on its site run from $6,983 for the 9-day Essential Greece land trip to $16,890 for the 16-day North Cape and Coastal Fjords trip, which is a cruise under separate terms, in US dollars per person, double occupancy.
What do its trips cost?
What Kensington Tours's own website says, read 3 November 2026.
- Price basis: Its sample trip prices are in US dollars per person, double occupancy, for custom-designed private tours. Prices are subject to change. Source
- Essential Greece: Its 9-day Essential Greece sample trip starts from $6,983. Source
- Best of Japan: Its 9-day Best of Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka sample trip starts from $9,935. Source
- Safari and Zanzibar: Its 12-day Big Five Safari and Zanzibar sample trip starts from $10,666. Source
- North Cape cruise: Its 16-day North Cape and Coastal Fjords trip, shown on its home page as a Kensington Cruise on a Hurtigruten voyage, starts from $16,890. It is a cruise, not a land trip, so its separate cruise terms apply rather than the land deposit and cancellation lines below. Source
- Essential Greece per day: Worked out from the published price, the 9-day Essential Greece land trip comes to about $776 a day. Source
- Best of Japan per day: Worked out from the published price, the 9-day Best of Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka trip comes to about $1,104 a day. Source
- Safari per day: Worked out from the published price, the 12-day Big Five Safari and Zanzibar trip comes to about $889 a day. Source
- North Cape cruise per day: Worked out from the published price, the 16-day North Cape and Coastal Fjords cruise comes to about $1,056 a day; as a cruise it is not like for like with the land trips above. Source
What costs extra?
What Kensington Tours's own website says, read 3 November 2026.
- Domestic flights: On its New Zealand Signature trip, two internal flights, Rotorua to Christchurch and Christchurch to Queenstown, are not in the price and must be bought separately. Source
What are the deposit, balance and cancellation terms?
What Kensington Tours's own website says, read 3 November 2026.
- Deposit: A deposit of 30% of the total trip price is due at booking, with cruise and villa bookings under their own terms. Source
- Balance: The balance is due 90 days before departure. Source
- Cancellation: For trips without a cruise or villa, every cancellation of a confirmed booking carries a $350 per person administrative fee. Cancelling 90 days or more before departure refunds the price less that fee, 60 to 89 days loses the deposit, equal to 30% of the trip price, 30 to 59 days costs 50% of the trip price and 29 days or less 100%; supplier fees also apply. Source
How is your money paid and protected?
What Kensington Tours's own website says, read 3 November 2026.
- Protection: Its website does not say how payments are protected: no ATOL, ABTA, USTOA, bonding or trust account statement appears on the pages read. Source
- Payment: It takes the deposit by credit card, certified cheque, wire transfer or money order. Source
- Price changes: It can raise a booked trip's price for supplier cost increases, tariffs and taxes or exchange rate moves. Source
- Insurance: Travellers must hold travel insurance, from it or any other provider, with at least USD$200,000 of medical, evacuation and repatriation cover. Source
What kind of trips does it sell?
What Kensington Tours's own website says, read 3 November 2026.
- Private travel: It sells privately guided trips tailored to each traveller. Source
- Cruises and villas: It also sells ship-and-land journeys and private luxury villas. Source
- Agent role: For transport, hotels and other tour arrangements, it acts solely as agent for the client. Source
- Shared walk: Its New Zealand Signature trip includes a guided shared walk on Waiheke Island for no more than 8 participants. Source
- Hotels: On its Madrid to Valencia trip, travellers choose from five-star hotels to boutique ones. Source
How is Kensington Tours rated?
Google: 3.9 out of 5 from 46 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Kensington Tours trip prices: the questions people ask
How much does a Kensington Tours trip cost?
The four sample trips read run from $6,983 for the 9-day Essential Greece land trip to $16,890 for the 16-day North Cape and Coastal Fjords trip, a cruise under separate terms, in US dollars per person, double occupancy.
How much does Kensington Tours cost per day?
Worked out from the published prices, the 9-day Essential Greece trip comes to about $776 a day, the 12-day Big Five Safari and Zanzibar trip about $889 and the 9-day Best of Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka trip about $1,104. The 16-day North Cape and Coastal Fjords cruise comes to about $1,056, but as a cruise it is not like for like.
How much deposit does Kensington Tours take?
30% of the total trip price at booking. Cruise and villa bookings follow their own terms.
When is the Kensington Tours balance due?
90 days before departure.
What are the Kensington Tours cancellation fees?
For trips without a cruise or villa, every cancellation carries a $350 per person administrative fee. At 90 days or more before departure you get the price back less that fee; 60 to 89 days loses the 30% deposit, 30 to 59 days costs 50% of the trip price and 29 days or less 100%, plus supplier fees.
Can Kensington Tours raise the price after I book?
Yes, for supplier cost increases, tariffs and taxes or exchange rate moves.
Is my money protected with Kensington Tours?
Its website does not say how payments are protected; no ATOL, ABTA, USTOA, bonding or trust account statement appears on the pages read. It does require travel insurance with at least USD$200,000 of medical, evacuation and repatriation cover.
Are flights included in Kensington Tours prices?
Not always. On its New Zealand Signature trip, two internal flights, Rotorua to Christchurch and Christchurch to Queenstown, are not in the price and must be bought separately.
Where can I check these facts myself?
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