Private Tour

3 days on Australian WW1 battlefields starting from Ypres or Lille

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Overview

Available languages

English
French

72 hours

Mobile ticket

I am very flexible tours can be amended to go to visit some graves of your relatives. All tours are private. For transport I use a comfortable Mercedes Vito Tourer fully equiped for tours.

I spent my life on these battlefields and I am guiding people since 20 years.

I can provide a walker or a wheelchair.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Private transportation

All Fees and Taxes

Bottled water

Air-conditioned vehicle

A booklet recording the event

Souvenirs and drinks out of the lunches

What To Expect

Day 1

Australians in Flanders; Fromelles, Messines, Passendale and Ypres

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

1

Museum of the Battle of Fromelles

The museum will explain how these 250 soldiers were found and how they have been laid to rest in Pheasant Wood Cy.

45 minutesAdmission Included
2

Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery

The last resting place of the 250 soldiers found in the mass grave of Fromelles.

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
3

Stand near the "Cobbers" statue on the 1st German line and see No Man's Land and the allied lines.

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
4

VC Corner Australian Cemetery

The only exclusive Australian cemetery in France

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
5

The Ploegsteert Memorial

One of the many memorials it stands near Hill 63 where the 1st Australian Tunneling Cie built the Catacombs

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
6

NZ Messines Ridge Memorial

Stand on the battlefield where ANZACs launched the battle in June 1917.

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
7

Viisit the Polygon Wood and the memorial to the 5th Australian Division.

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
8

Passchendaele Museum

Visit the very best WW1 museum in Flanders.

1 hourAdmission Included
9

Tyne Cot Cemetery

The largest CWGC's cemetery.

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
10

Ypres Cloth Hall

Stand on the main square in Ypres see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and spend some free time in town.

1 hourAdmission Not Applicable
11

Last Post ceremony

Attend the Last Post at the Menin Gate before heading back to your hotel.

1 hourAdmission Not Applicable
Day 2

The battlefields of the Arras - Bullecourt area

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

1

Le Memorial International De Notre-Dame-De-Lorette

A ring of Remembrance built by the French Government

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
2

Necropole Nationale Francaise de Notre-Dame de Lorette

The French largest WW1 cemetery.

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
3

Memorial' 14-18

Spend some time in a nice WW1 musuem.

45 minutesAdmission Included
4

German War Cemetery Saint-Laurent-Blangy

See the difference, compare a German cemetery with the others.

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
5

A stunning memorial dedicated to the action of the Canadians.

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
6

Carriere Wellington

See how the armies took advantage of the local quarries

1 hourAdmission Included
7

The Bullecourt Digger

Stand in the Australian Memorial park in Bullecourt.

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
8

A nice little museum that was made by the local mayor Mr Letaille and his wife.

30 minutesAdmission Included
Day 3

The Somme, Villers-Bretonneux, the SJMC, Le Hamel and Pozieres

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

1

See the famous school rebuilt with the help of Australian schoolchildren

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
2

The memorial commemorates 11 000 Australian soldiers.

1 hourAdmission Not Applicable
3

Visit the centre build by the Australian Government.

1 hourAdmission Included
4

Stand on the battlefield where Sir John Monash led the battle won in 94 minutes

45 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
5

The basilica with the Golden Madonna and the Child on the top.

Admission Unknown
6

Lochnagar Crater

See one of the Somme mine craters

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
7

Pozieres Memorial

Stand near the 1st Australian Division Memorial

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
8

One the strong points captures by the Australians

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
9

Tank Corps Memorial

stands at the place where tanks are used for the first time on 15 Septembre 1916.

15 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
10

Memorial de Thiepval

the largest of all these memorial bears the names of 72 000 soldiers.

5 hours 30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable
11

Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel

Ending the tour at the New Foundland Memorial Park.

30 minutesAdmission Not Applicable

Options

3 days on Australian WW1 battlefields starting from Ypres or Lille

Pickup included

From EUR 1600