Which luxury tour operator is best for a solo trip to Australia?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 5 November 2026
These 6 luxury tour operators name an Australia trip on their own websites and say they cater for solo travellers. Of them, Backroads, Walk into Luxury and VBT Bicycling Vacations have the most Google reviews. Each card gives the trip and what the company says about solo travellers, each with its own source.
Which luxury tour operator is best for a solo trip to Australia?
These 6 luxury tour operators name an Australia trip and say they cater for solo travellers; Backroads, Walk into Luxury and VBT Bicycling Vacations have the most Google reviews. Compare the trip and the second line on each card, then protection and reviews.
Backroads
- Best for
- Tasmania tour, roommate matching
- Australia trip
- Runs an 8-day Tasmania Hiking & Walking Tour from $7,599 per person (the page names no currency).
- For solo travellers
- Will try to find a roommate of the same gender for solo travellers who would rather share a room.
- Founded
- 1979
- Reviews
- Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 123 reviews; Trustpilot: 2.3 out of 5 from 12 reviews, newest 28 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- backroads.com
GeoEx
- Best for
- Custom trips planned for one
- Australia trip
- Lists a 13-day custom Australia trip from $16,250 based on double occupancy (the page names no currency).
- For solo travellers
- Plans solo journeys, either on one of its small group departures or as a trip designed entirely for the traveller.
- 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
Inspiring Travel Company
- Best for
- Tailor-made solo holidays
- Australia trip
- Sells Sydney, Rock and Reef with a Twist, 16 nights from £19,225 per person, with flights listed as included.
- For solo travellers
- Plans tailor-made holidays for solo travellers, built around their own pace.
- Reviews
- Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 745 reviews, newest 27 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- inspiringtravel.co.uk
Tauck
- Best for
- 10-day escorted Australia tour
- Australia trip
- Runs Spotlight on Australia, a 10-day escorted tour.
- For solo travellers
- Says its Tauck Directors look after each guest's needs, so solo travellers feel secure and looked after from arrival to departure.
- Limits it publishes
- Requires at least one guest in the travelling party to be 21 or older to make a reservation.
- Founded
- 1925
- Reviews
- Google: 3.4 out of 5 from 40 reviews; Trustpilot: 2.7 out of 5 from 93 reviews, newest 13 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- tauck.com
VBT Bicycling Vacations
- Best for
- Guided tour, single rooms available
- Australia trip
- Runs a 10-day Australia Discovery Tour with Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef from $8,995 per person, double occupancy (the page names no currency).
- For solo travellers
- Offers a limited number of single rooms on most of its programmes, subject to availability.
- 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
Walk into Luxury
- Best for
- Small-group walk for solo walkers
- Australia trip
- Runs a 4-day guided Cape to Cape Walk in Western Australia from A$3,895 per person, twin share in a one-bedroom villa, with Margaret River food and wine.
- For solo travellers
- Says the small-group setting of its Cape to Cape Walk suits solo walkers, who can meet like-minded travellers.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 72 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- walkintoluxury.com
Which other companies on this page take solo travellers to Australia?
Backroads has the most Google reviews of the 6; these 3 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Walk into Luxury: Small-group walk for solo walkers
- VBT Bicycling Vacations: Guided tour, single rooms available
- Tauck: 10-day escorted Australia tour
Who to contact first
Start with the company on this page that names a scheme protecting your payments on its own website, 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.
Australia solo trips: 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.
Can I book with these companies directly?
Yes. Each card links the company's own website; ask for a written quote that lists what the price includes.
Do these companies all sell the same kind of trip?
No. Each card names what the company's own website gives; lengths, styles and prices differ, so compare the cards before you ask for quotes.
Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?
1 of the 6 names a protection scheme on its own website: VBT Bicycling Vacations. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
4 of the 6: Backroads, GeoEx, Inspiring Travel Company and Tauck. 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?
Backroads, Walk into Luxury and VBT Bicycling Vacations, 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 Australia trip and says it caters for solo travellers. 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 5 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. Photos show the places named in their captions, not any company's trips. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.