Which luxury tour operators are best for cultural and history-led trips in Peru?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 5 November 2026
These 7 luxury travel companies name a culture and history-led Peru trip on their own websites. Of them, Backroads, Big Five Tours & Expeditions and Indagare have the most Google reviews. Each card gives the trip and what the company's own page says about it.
Which luxury tour operators are best for cultural and history-led trips in Peru?
The 7 luxury travel companies below name a culture and history-led Peru trip on their own websites; Backroads, Big Five Tours & Expeditions and Indagare have the most Google reviews. Compare the trips on each card, with lengths and prices where the company gives them.
Aracari
- Best for
- 13-day textiles journey
- Peru culture trip
- Sells a 13-day journey into Peruvian textiles from $11,830 per person (the page names no currency), based on two travelling together and including domestic flights, with a weaver in Chinchero and a visit to Taquile Island, known for its weaving.
- Website
- aracari.com
Backroads
- Best for
- Peru in its history collection
- Peru culture trip
- Lists its 7-day Peru Hiking & Walking Tour of the Sacred Valley, Cusco and Machu Picchu, from $6,299 per person, in its History in Motion collection of trips to ancient sites.
- 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
Big Five Tours & Expeditions
- Best for
- Caral-Supe and Kuelap in 11 days
- Peru culture trip
- Sells an 11-day Peru's Northern Climes and Cultures journey to the 5,000-year-old Sacred City of Caral-Supe and Kuelap, from $1,100 per person per day, land only, double occupancy.
- Founded
- 1973
- How to book
- Through a travel advisor: its own website says it sells only through the travel trade.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 57 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- bigfive.com
Indagare
- Best for
- Group journey with an art historian
- Peru culture trip
- Runs Peru: Art, Culture and the Andes, a 9-day small-group journey from Lima to Cusco hosted by art historian Page Knox, 4 to 12 March 2027, for up to 12 travellers.
- Founded
- 2007
- Reviews
- Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 17 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- indagare.com
Kada Travel
- Best for
- 11-day Andean history journey
- Peru culture trip
- Sells Living History of the Andes, an 11-day private family journey through Lima, Cusco and Lake Titicaca from $7,400 per person, with a San Blas textile museum and a pre-Columbian art space.
- Website
- kadatravel.com
Southwind Experience
- Best for
- 9-day Inca culture tour
- Peru culture trip
- Sells World of the Incas, a 9-day cultural tour of Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu that includes meetings with master weavers, from a land cost of $7,000.
- 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
The Luxury Holiday Company
- Best for
- Rail holiday on its culture list
- Peru culture trip
- Lists an 11-day tailor-made Belmond Andean Explorer rail holiday, Highlights of Peru, from £9,870 per person excluding flights, among its history and culture holidays.
- Money protection
- Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, with ABTOT cover entered under Wexas Ltd number 52; no ATOL number is given.
- Reviews
- Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 6 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- theluxuryholidaycompany.com
Which of these publish a price for a culture and history-led Peru trip?
6 of the 7 give a price in the line quoted on their card; ask the others for a written quote with the same inclusions.
- Aracari
- Backroads
- Big Five Tours & Expeditions
- Kada Travel
- Southwind Experience
- The Luxury Holiday Company
Which other companies on this page sell a culture and history-led Peru trip?
Backroads has the most Google reviews of the 7; these 3 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Big Five Tours & Expeditions: Caral-Supe and Kuelap in 11 days
- Indagare: Group journey with an art historian
- The Luxury Holiday Company: Rail holiday on its culture list
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.
Peru cultural 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 the trip 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 7 names a protection scheme on its own website: The Luxury Holiday Company. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
1 of the 7: Backroads. 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, Big Five Tours & Expeditions and Indagare, 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 sells a Peru trip led by culture and history. 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.