3 days on Australian WW1 battlefields starting from Ypres or Lille
- Live Guide
- Pickup Service
- Private Tour
- E-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.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Ploegsteert Sector Battlefield Experience
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Day 1 Australians in Flanders; Fromelles, Messines, Passendale and Ypres
Stop At: 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.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery
The last resting place of the 250 soldiers found in the mass grave of Fromelles.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
Stand near the "Cobbers" statue on the 1st German line and see No Man's Land and the allied lines.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: VC Corner Australian Cemetery
The only exclusive Australian cemetery in France
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Ploegsteert Memorial
One of the many memorials it stands near Hill 63 where the 1st Australian Tunneling Cie built the Catacombs
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: NZ Messines Ridge Memorial
Stand on the battlefield where ANZACs launched the battle in June 1917.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
Viisit the Polygon Wood and the memorial to the 5th Australian Division.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
Visit the very best WW1 museum in Flanders.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery
The largest CWGC's cemetery.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ypres Cloth Hall
Stand on the main square in Ypres see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and spend some free time in town.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Last Post ceremony
Attend the Last Post at the Menin Gate before heading back to your hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
Day 2 The battlefields of the Arras - Bullecourt area
Stop At: Le Memorial International De Notre-Dame-De-Lorette
A ring of Remembrance built by the French Government
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Necropole Nationale Francaise de Notre-Dame de Lorette
The French largest WW1 cemetery.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Memorial' 14-18
Spend some time in a nice WW1 musuem.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: German War Cemetery Saint-Laurent-Blangy
See the difference, compare a German cemetery with the others.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
A stunning memorial dedicated to the action of the Canadians.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Carriere Wellington
See how the armies took advantage of the local quarries
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Bullecourt Digger
Stand in the Australian Memorial park in Bullecourt.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
A nice little museum that was made by the local mayor Mr Letaille and his wife.
Duration: 30 minutes
Day 3 The Somme, Villers-Bretonneux, the SJMC, Le Hamel and Pozieres
Stop At:
See the famous school rebuilt with the help of Australian schoolchildren
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
The memorial commemorates 11 000 Australian soldiers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At:
Visit the centre build by the Australian Government.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At:
Stand on the battlefield where Sir John Monash led the battle won in 94 minutes
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At:
The basilica with the Golden Madonna and the Child on the top.
Stop At: Lochnagar Crater
See one of the Somme mine craters
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pozieres Memorial
Stand near the 1st Australian Division Memorial
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
One the strong points captures by the Australians
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tank Corps Memorial
stands at the place where tanks are used for the first time on 15 Septembre 1916.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Thiepval Memorial
the largest of all these memorial bears the names of 72 000 soldiers.
Duration: 5 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
Ending the tour at the New Foundland Memorial Park.
Duration: 30 minutes
Day 1 Australians in Flanders; Fromelles, Messines, Passendale and Ypres
Stop At: 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.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery
The last resting place of the 250 soldiers found in the mass grave of Fromelles.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
Stand near the "Cobbers" statue on the 1st German line and see No Man's Land and the allied lines.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: VC Corner Australian Cemetery
The only exclusive Australian cemetery in France
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Ploegsteert Memorial
One of the many memorials it stands near Hill 63 where the 1st Australian Tunneling Cie built the Catacombs
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: NZ Messines Ridge Memorial
Stand on the battlefield where ANZACs launched the battle in June 1917.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
Viisit the Polygon Wood and the memorial to the 5th Australian Division.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
Visit the very best WW1 museum in Flanders.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery
The largest CWGC's cemetery.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ypres Cloth Hall
Stand on the main square in Ypres see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and spend some free time in town.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Last Post ceremony
Attend the Last Post at the Menin Gate before heading back to your hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
Day 2 The battlefields of the Arras - Bullecourt area
Stop At: Le Memorial International De Notre-Dame-De-Lorette
A ring of Remembrance built by the French Government
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Necropole Nationale Francaise de Notre-Dame de Lorette
The French largest WW1 cemetery.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Memorial' 14-18
Spend some time in a nice WW1 musuem.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: German War Cemetery Saint-Laurent-Blangy
See the difference, compare a German cemetery with the others.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
A stunning memorial dedicated to the action of the Canadians.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Carriere Wellington
See how the armies took advantage of the local quarries
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Bullecourt Digger
Stand in the Australian Memorial park in Bullecourt.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
A nice little museum that was made by the local mayor Mr Letaille and his wife.
Duration: 30 minutes
Day 3 The Somme, Villers-Bretonneux, the SJMC, Le Hamel and Pozieres
Stop At:
See the famous school rebuilt with the help of Australian schoolchildren
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
The memorial commemorates 11 000 Australian soldiers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At:
Visit the centre build by the Australian Government.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At:
Stand on the battlefield where Sir John Monash led the battle won in 94 minutes
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At:
The basilica with the Golden Madonna and the Child on the top.
Stop At: Lochnagar Crater
See one of the Somme mine craters
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pozieres Memorial
Stand near the 1st Australian Division Memorial
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
One the strong points captures by the Australians
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tank Corps Memorial
stands at the place where tanks are used for the first time on 15 Septembre 1916.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Thiepval Memorial
the largest of all these memorial bears the names of 72 000 soldiers.
Duration: 5 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
Ending the tour at the New Foundland Memorial Park.
Duration: 30 minutes
