PRIVATE Australian Western Front Battlefields 3-Day Tour Ypres to Amiens

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3 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

This is a stunning private door to door tour, great if you have a ww1 ancestor that you would like to follow, if you haven't you will get goosebumps either way!

The tour is tailored to your every need you can turn the tour around and start in Amiens and finish in Ypres, I can even meet you at you at Eurostar Lille or Bruges and you can start your amazing unforgettable 3 day Australian battlefield tour!

Just be sure t let me know when booking

My own gt uncle was killed in 1915 at 'The Bluff' Ypres, my Gt grandfather was a 15-year-old who served at the Somme and was badly wounded in 1917 at Passchendaele

Complimentary water is supplied each day, meals and hotels are however at the customer's own expense.

Hotels.

if you wish to start the tour in Ieper book 1 night in Ieper & x2 nights in Amiens if you wish to stay in Amiens on the final day.

Amiens Hotel:
The Mercure Cathedral

Ypres Hotel:
The Novotel Ypres Centrum, great location

What's Included

Complementary water is included each day
All meals are at customers own expense
All Accommodation is at the customers own choice and expense

Meeting and pickup

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

This is a 3 day battlefield tour is over 3 days, starting in Ypres and ending in Amiens on Day 3, I can also reverse the tour so that we start in Amiens and finish in Ypres. It is also possible to start from Lille or Bruges

Itinerary

Duration: 3 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Ypres Battlefields, The Christmas Truce to Passchendaele

    12 stops
  • 1

    This tour covers the Ypres Salient from Messines to Passchendaele spanning 1914 to 1918, we follow the Australian soldiers as they attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917, if you have ancestors that fell in the battle I will tailor the tour where possible to include them

    2 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    We will stand and hear the story of the famous Christmas Truce in 1914 at Plugstreet Wood.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3

    Here you will hear the story of the massive mine explosion on the 7th June 1917.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Hill 60

    The 2nd of the 2 massive mines that you'll see, this one finished by the 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5

    Here will walk through the woods and visit concrete bunkers that were here when the Australian soldiers captured during the battle, we will visit the cemetery and the Australian 5th Division monument

    25 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6

    Driving through following the line of the Australian advance

    Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Tyne Cot Cemetery

    Here we will visit the worlds largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery 12,000 soldiers are buried here, only 3,000 have names, two Australian VC recipients are buried here.

    1 minute • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Essex Farm Cemetery

    Here we will see the hospital site where Lt Col John McCrae composed the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields'

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 9
    In Flanders Fields Museum

    You will have 1 hour to explore the iconic 'In Flanders Fields Museum'

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 10

    Stand on the main square in Ypres see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and spend some free time in town maybe eat the National dish which is Flemish Stew

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 11
    Last Post ceremony

    Take part in the 'Last Post' ceremony at the Menin Gate which has been carried out every night at 8pm by the local fire brigade buglers since 1927 {Other than the NAZI occupation in WW2}

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 12

    Here we will see how the Germans commemorated they war dead, walk amongst the 44,000 German dead buried here

    25 minutes • Admission ticket free
    • Day 2

    Battles of Fromelles & Bullecourt

    9 stops
  • 13

    Here we see the museum dedicated to the battle of Fromelles and how they found and identified 250 Aussies that had been found in a mass grave in 2008

    45 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 14

    Here we will see one of the most stunning ww1 cemeteries and here the story of 'Pompey' Elliott and the massacre of the Australian 5th Division during the battle.

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 15

    Here we will see the Australian soldiers who found in the mass grave

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 16

    Here we will see the mass grave and will view the battlefields from the Australian trench lines.

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 17

    We will see the battlefield from the German perspective and hear the story of the 'Cobbers' statue

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 18

    We will have a lunch break here is the stunning Unesco world heritage site that is Arras, the main square is absolutely stunning and will give you goosebumps.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 19

    Here you'll here about the battle of Bullecourt which led to the deaths of 10,000 Australian soldiers in 2 weeks

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 20

    We will see remnants of the tanks that fought in the battle and the Australian slouch hat memorial.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 21

    Arrive at Amiens around 5pm, I'll show you where you can eat and where the best views are so that you can wonder around and explore on your own after I drop you off at your lodging.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
    • Day 3

    The Somme 1916 & 1918, Battles of Pozieres, villers bretonneux, Le Hamel

    12 stops
  • 22

    We stop at the Basilica & hear the story of the famous Leaning Virgin

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 23
    Lochnagar Crater

    Here we will see the 30 meter deep crater from the mine blown on the 1st July 1916 and hear the story of that day that led to the deaths of 20,000 British soldiers

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 24

    Here you'll hear the story of the 6 week slaughter that was the battle of Pozieres that led to the deaths of 24,000 Australian soldiers for a 1 mile long ruined village

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 25

    Here we will see the site of the German trench system known as OG1 and OG2 and what was once a windmill

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 26

    It is here that tanks were 1st ever used in battle, here you will hear the story of how they came about and their developments and tactics that evolved

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 27
    Le Tommy

    Stop here for lunch, a great cafe full of love and respect for the Australian sacrifice ( Lunch is at your own expense )

    1 minute • Admission ticket free
  • 28

    Here we will see the wonderful story of the little French school paid for by pennies of little children in Australia in the 1920's who paid for this school

    35 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 29

    Here we will see the story of the unknown Australian soldier exhumed from this site in 1993

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 30

    Here we will see the stunning memorial to the 20,000 missing Australians in this area.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 31
    Sir John Monash Centre

    Finally you will have 1 hour to explore the stunning Sir John Monash centre

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 32

    Here you'll see the site of Monash's masterpiece, the Battle of Le Hamel, a stunning battle that was rapid, cost less lives and had many historical first!

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 33

    You will be dropped back to your hotel in Amiens or the Amiens railway station

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by A Foreign Field WW1 Tours

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