Who are the best luxury travel companies for a family trip with teenagers to Iceland?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026
These 12 luxury travel companies name an Iceland trip on their own websites and say they plan family trips that take teenagers. Of them, SA Expeditions, Natural Habitat Adventures and Audley Travel have the most Google reviews. Each card gives the trip and the family fact, each with its own source.
Who are the best luxury travel companies for a family trip with teenagers to Iceland?
These 12 luxury travel companies name an Iceland trip and say they plan family trips that take teenagers; SA Expeditions, Natural Habitat Adventures and Audley Travel have the most Google reviews. Check each card's family line for ages, then compare protection and reviews.
Audley Travel
- Best for
- Tailor-made family adventure trips
- Iceland trip
- Sells a Classic Iceland self-drive tour.
- For families
- Sells an Iceland family adventure trip.
- Money protection
- ATOL number 4817 covers its flight-inclusive trips and ABTOT covers trips that do not include flights. ATOL protection does not apply to all services; parts of a booking not listed on the ATOL certificate are not protected.
- 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
Brown + Hudson
- Best for
- Journeys designed with teenagers in mind
- Iceland trip
- Plans bespoke Iceland trips using hotels it picked, including Ranga, Kea in Akureyri, Budir and 101 in Reykjavik.
- For families
- Offers a Greece leadership journey designed with teenagers in mind, to be fun, interactive and instructive.
- Limits it publishes
- Charges a minimum non-refundable retainer fee of £1,500 for a bespoke trip.
- Reviews
- Google: 3.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews; Trustpilot: 3.2 out of 5 from 1 review, newest 2 January 2024. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- brownandhudson.com
Butterfield & Robinson
- Best for
- Bespoke family trips
- Iceland trip
- Offers a bespoke family trip to Iceland.
- For families
- Lists bespoke family trips, for example to Thailand.
- Founded
- 1966
- Reviews
- Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 33 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 209 reviews, newest 29 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- butterfield.com
Cookson Adventures
- Best for
- Private family adventures, children from 8
- Iceland trip
- Plans Iceland trips by helicopter to see its volcanoes and ice from the air.
- For families
- Offers its East Svalbard expedition camp as a family adventure for children aged 8 and over.
- Limits it publishes
- Typically works with a minimum spend of £150,000 per journey.
- Money protection
- ATOL number 12608 protects flight-inclusive packages on certain bookings, usually where clients are based or book in the UK. It may not protect all services.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 13 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- cooksonadventures.com
EYOS Expeditions
- Best for
- Private yacht family expeditions
- Iceland trip
- Arranges Iceland expedition yacht charters on vessels such as Hanse Explorer, Solace, La Datcha and OCTOPUS.
- For families
- Runs themed family expeditions by private yacht, shaped around the group's own needs.
- Website
- eyos-expeditions.com
GeoEx
- Best for
- Costa Rica trips suited to families
- Iceland trip
- Sells an Iceland: The Wild South custom trip from $20,750.
- For families
- Its team handles every detail of its Costa Rica trips, which it calls especially ideal for families.
- 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
Ker & Downey World Travel
- Best for
- Itineraries for younger or older children
- Iceland trip
- Runs a two-week private tour around Iceland's Ring Road.
- For families
- Can arrange itineraries designed for children, whether younger or older.
- Website
- kerdowney.com
Lindblad Expeditions
- Best for
- Explorers-in-Training programme for children and teens
- Iceland trip
- Sells an Arctic Edges voyage from the Iceland Westfjords to East Greenland.
- For families
- Invites children and teens to join its National Geographic Explorers-in-Training programme on Galápagos, Baja California and select Antarctica, Iceland and Greenland voyages.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 84 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- expeditions.com
Natural Habitat Adventures
- Best for
- Private departures for families
- Iceland trip
- Runs an Iceland tour that travels by private bus, plane, 4x4 super Jeep and boat.
- For families
- Lets families or groups of friends reserve entire polar bear departures on a private basis.
- 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
Pelorus
- Best for
- Priced family trips for parents with children
- Iceland trip
- Sells Fire, Ice and Four Wheels in Iceland, February to August, at £20,000 per person for 4 adults.
- For families
- Sells A Kenyan Adventure for all the Family, July to October, at £25,400 per person for 2 adults and 2 children.
- 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
- Family tours, including Machu Picchu Family
- Iceland trip
- Sells an 11-day Iceland Self-Drive Adventure from $5,790 per person.
- For families
- Sells family tours, for example a 7-day Galapagos Family Cruise from $7,690 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
VBT Bicycling Vacations
- Best for
- Teens from 13 welcome on most tours
- Iceland trip
- Runs an 8-day Iceland guided walking tour by yacht from $11,945 per person.
- For families
- Welcomes children aged 13 and over on most of its tours when accompanied by an adult.
- Money protection
- Shares the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program with affiliates of Xanterra Leisure Resort Holdings, which posts the US$1 million with USTOA; the shared sum may be sufficient to provide only a partial recovery of payments if VBT fails.
- 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
Which of these companies protect your money?
4 of the 12 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. ATOL protection does not apply to all services; parts of a booking not listed on the ATOL certificate are not protected.
- Cookson Adventures: ATOL number 12608 protects flight-inclusive packages on certain bookings, usually where clients are based or book in the UK. It may not protect all services.
- Pelorus: ABTOT protects non-flight packages for Pelorus Adventures Limited.
- VBT Bicycling Vacations: Shares the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program with affiliates of Xanterra Leisure Resort Holdings, which posts the US$1 million with USTOA; the shared sum may be sufficient to provide only a partial recovery of payments if VBT fails.
Which other companies on this page plan family trips to Iceland?
SA Expeditions has the most Google reviews of the 12; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Natural Habitat Adventures: Private departures for families
- Audley Travel: Tailor-made family adventure trips
- Lindblad Expeditions: Explorers-in-Training programme for children and teens
- VBT Bicycling Vacations: Teens from 13 welcome on most tours
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.
Iceland family trips with teenagers: 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 12 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Audley Travel, Cookson Adventures, Pelorus and VBT Bicycling Vacations. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
5 of the 12: Audley Travel, Brown + Hudson, Butterfield & Robinson, GeoEx and SA 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?
SA Expeditions, Natural Habitat Adventures and Audley 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 names an Iceland trip and says it plans family trips that take teenagers. 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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