What are the best luxury walking holiday companies?

These 21 luxury travel companies name walking or hiking trips they sell on their own websites. Of them, Metropolitan Touring, SA Expeditions and Natural Habitat Adventures have the most Google reviews. Each card's line names the walk or the kind of walking trip.

What are the best luxury walking holiday companies?

These 21 luxury companies name walking or hiking trips on their own websites; Metropolitan Touring, SA Expeditions and Natural Habitat Adventures have the most Google reviews. Choose by the walk and the place on each card, then compare protection and reviews.

Which of these companies protect your money?

7 of the 21 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.
• Cazenove+Loyd: Holds ATOL number 3208, issued by the Civil Aviation Authority.
• Lightfoot Travel: Says each sales location has the maximum level of industry bonding possible, including ATOL membership in the UK, with licensing in Singapore and Hong Kong; no ATOL number is given.
• Natural World Safaris: For UK and EU clients, cover is included through ATOL or Trust My Travel. For clients outside the UK and EU it is available for a small extra fee through Trust My Travel; no ATOL number is given.
• Peter Sommer Travels: Is an ABTA member, number Y6151.
• Red Dot Tours: ATOL number 5517 covers its flight-inclusive packages. ABTOT membership number 5664 covers non-flight packages.
• 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 fit walking holidays?

Metropolitan Touring has the most Google reviews of the 21; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.

• SA Expeditions: Trekking trips in Patagonia
• Natural Habitat Adventures: Hiking and walking trips
• Audley Travel: Walking trips
• Natural World Safaris: Camping safari with walking

Who to contact first

Start with the 7 companies on this page that name a scheme protecting your payments on their own websites, then add any other card that fits your dates.

• Audley Travel
• Cazenove+Loyd
• Lightfoot Travel
• Natural World Safaris
• Peter Sommer Travels
• Red Dot Tours
• VBT Bicycling Vacations

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.

Richard Jasinski · Uncompromised Travel · written from Valencia · first published 4 November 2026 · updated 4 November 2026