Which luxury tour operators are best for wildlife trips in Peru?

By Richard Jasinski·Updated 5 November 2026

These 10 luxury travel companies name a Peru wildlife trip on their own websites. Of them, Metropolitan Touring, Natural Habitat Adventures and Natural World Safaris 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 wildlife trips in Peru?

The 10 luxury travel companies below name a Peru wildlife trip on their own websites; Metropolitan Touring, Natural Habitat Adventures and Natural World Safaris have the most Google reviews. Compare the trips on each card, with lengths and prices where the company gives them.

Lake Titicaca, Peru
Lake Titicaca, Peru. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table holds 141 companies: the luxury and premium tour operators ChatGPT names most often when asked about tours. Their own websites were read on 3 and 5 November 2026, with their Google and Trustpilot listings matched by name. This page carries every company in the table whose own website, in the pages read those days, sells a Peru wildlife trip: 10 companies. Only companies that meet the Uncompromised Travel definition of luxury are on this page: they mainly sell private trips planned to order at a luxury standard, publish prices of about US$500 per person per day or more, run groups of 16 or fewer in luxury hotels, or run their own small expedition ships or yachts. Cards are in alphabetical order. Each line gives what the company's own website says, as read on that day, with a link to the page it came from; a second reader checked a tenth of the table's rows against the pages. No company paid to be on this page.

Enigma Peru

Best for
Amazon lodges and river cruises
Peru wildlife trip
Plans nature and wildlife journeys in Peru, combining Amazon lodges and river cruises to suit each traveller's interests.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: signature-experiences/nature-wildlife.

Kada Travel

Best for
Amazon cruise and Ballestas Islands
Peru wildlife trip
Sells a 13-day private family journey from $11,500 per person that pairs an Amazon river cruise from Iquitos into Pacaya Samiria with Humboldt penguins at the Ballestas Islands and Machu Picchu.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: en/bespoke-journeys/amazon-cruise-paracas-machu-.

Kuoda Travel

Best for
Four nights on the Amazon
Peru wildlife trip
Sells an Amazon River cruise trip with an ideal length of 11 days that follows Cusco and Machu Picchu with a four-night river cruise from Iquitos.
Reviews
Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 44 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: destinations/peru/luxury-amazon-river-cruise.

Lindblad Expeditions

Best for
Machu Picchu and Amazon voyage
Peru wildlife trip
Sells a 10-day Exploring Peru: Machu Picchu and the Amazon expedition from $11,429 per person; its Peruvian Amazon voyages sail the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve aboard Delfin II and Delfin III.
Reviews
Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 84 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: destinations/amazon.

Metropolitan Touring

Best for
16 days ending on the Amazon
Peru wildlife trip
Sells a 16-day Amazon Cruise and Inca Landmarks tour that ends with an Amazon River cruise aboard Delfin III in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve.
Reviews
Google: 4.5 out of 5 from 549 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: peru/tours/amazon-cruise-inca-landmarks-peru-tou.

Natural Habitat Adventures

Best for
Pacaya Samiria river expedition
Peru wildlife trip
Runs a 9-day Great Amazon River Expedition in Peru on a riverboat it charters exclusively, focused on the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, from $9,495 plus air (the page names no currency).
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
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: south-america/amazon-river-cruise.

Natural World Safaris

Best for
17 days ending in the Amazon
Peru wildlife trip
Sells a 17-day Classic Peru Safari from $7,000 per person, ending with days tracking wildlife in the Peruvian Amazon from Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica.
Limits it publishes
The person making a booking must be 18 years of age or older.
Money protection
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.
Reviews
Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 139 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Southwind Experience

Best for
10-day Amazon river cruise
Peru wildlife trip
Sells a 10-day Peru Amazon River Cruise on a riverboat with an observation deck for wildlife viewing, from a land cost of $10,300. A 7-day version is also offered.
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.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: destinations/peru, private-trips.

Steppes Travel

Best for
11-day Amazon river cruise
Peru wildlife trip
Sells an 11-day Navigate the Peruvian Amazon trip from £6,000 per person, a river boat cruise combined with the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and Cusco.
Money protection
ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages; clients should check that everything booked is listed on the ATOL certificate. ABTOT covers non-flight packages (number 5488). Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in an independent trust account managed by Serenity Trust; no ATOL number is given.
Reviews
Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: destinations/peru, financial-protection.

Wexas Travel

Best for
Amazon cruise and Sacred Valley
Peru wildlife trip
Sells a 13-day tailor-made Amazon river cruise and Sacred Valley holiday from £9,000 per person including flights.
Money protection
Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but where it acts as agent protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line; no ATOL number is shown.
Reviews
Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 61 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website
wexas.com

Which of these companies protect your money?

3 of the 10 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.

  • 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.
  • Steppes Travel: ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages; clients should check that everything booked is listed on the ATOL certificate. ABTOT covers non-flight packages (number 5488). Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in an independent trust account managed by Serenity Trust; no ATOL number is given.
  • Wexas Travel: Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but where it acts as agent protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line; no ATOL number is shown.

Which of these publish a price for a Peru wildlife trip?

7 of the 10 give a price in the line quoted on their card; ask the others for a written quote with the same inclusions.

Which other companies on this page sell a Peru wildlife trip?

Metropolitan Touring has the most Google reviews of the 10; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.

Who to contact first

Start with the 3 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.

Peru wildlife 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?

3 of the 10 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Natural World Safaris, Steppes Travel and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.

Which of these have the most Google reviews?

Metropolitan Touring, Natural Habitat Adventures and Natural World Safaris, 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 wildlife trip. 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.

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.