Adventure Travel Ratings: Big Five Tours & Expeditions - National Geographic Adventure Magazine

Best Adventure Travel Companies {On Earth}

Overall Score

91.20

Rating Criteria Scores

Overall91.20

Quality of Service98.00

Sustainability92.00

Spirit of Adventure94.00

Education92.00

Client Satisfaction80.00

Price$$$

Outfitter's Primary Activity

Luxury Adventures

Outfitter's Other Activities

Nature and Wildlife
Adventure Cruises
African Safari
Cultural Encounters
Family Adventures
Luxury Adventures

Big Five Tours & Expeditions

Big Five walks the line between the popular and the unexplored by giving clients what they want (snorkeling with penguins in the Galapagos, hiking through Costa Rican rain forest) paired with things they didn't know they wanted (a cameo appearance by the top expert on Galapagos ecotourism, a private tour of a fresh Costa Rican archaeological dig).

Signature Trip: Cultural Journey; small-boat cruising, kayaking, walking; 17 days; Vietnam, Cambodia

New in 2009

Name:Call of the Wild
Destination:India
Duration:18 days
Price:$10,995

Website

www.bigfive.com

Countries Visited

Africa:Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Morocco, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Asia:United Arab Emirates, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Jordan, Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Latin America:Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay
Oceania:Australia, Fiji, New Zealand

Photograph courtesy of Big Five Tours & Expeditions

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