Full Day Canadian WW1 Vimy and Somme Battlefield Tour from Ypres

4.8
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9 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 2 more

Stand in the tunnels where Canadian troops stood before the assault on Vimy Ridge and visit the Canadian and German trenches. You will see the scattered landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park in Beaumont Hamel. Thiepval Memorial, Courcelette Canadian Memorial will also be visited.

What's Included

Private transportation
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Professional guide
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
Alcoholic drinks

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).

Itinerary

Duration: 9 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    Leaving your hotel towards Vimy Ridge where you will stand in the German and Canadian trenches, in the Grange Tunnel where Canadian troops stood hours before the battle. Have a look at the newly build visitor centre. You will see the Memorial where 11 285 Canadian soldiers are comemorated and have a view on the Douai Plain.

    3 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    Stand at the Memorial where Canadians fought at the fall of 1916.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Lochnagar Crater

    See the crater, it is the result of an undergrounde explosion triggered on the morning of 1 July 1916.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Memorial de Thiepval

    See the largest CWGC's memorial bearing the names of 72 000 soldiers who have no known grave, and see the visitor centre.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 5
    Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel

    You will stand near the Caribu and see the preserved trenches where New Foundland troops wrer slaughtered on 1 July 1916. You will walk along Danger Tree, Y Ravine and the 51st Highland Division Memorial.Spend some time in the New Foundland Visitor Centre.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Supplied by Ploegsteert Sector Battlefield Experience

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Day Trips
Full-day Tours
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Private and Luxury
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Cancellation Policy

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