Full Day Private Tour to WWI Passchendaele Base in Ypres

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Here we will here the story of the Battle of Messines & visit mine craters, visit the scene of the Christmas Truce, the crypt where Adolf Hitler was treated for his wounds.

  2 hours • Admission ticket included
• 2

  Here we will visit Pat Bugden VC the 20 year old recipient of the Victoria Cross also you'll be standing on the iconic Menin Road directly alongside where the Australian gun pits were for the assault on Passchendaele.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3

  This site is where the Australian HQ was in September 1917, you'll also learn about earlier actions on the very same ground in Nov 1914.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  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.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Hill 60

  Here you will here the story of Captain Woodward and the 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy place a massive mine here that was blown at 3.10am on the 7th June 1917, we will see that crater.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Driving through following the line of the Australian advance.

  Admission ticket free
• 6
  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.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7

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

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Menin Gate Memorial

  Here you'll hear the story of the Menin Gate, how it came about and some of the stories behind the 55,000 names listed a missing here.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 9

  Driving through Zonnebeke in the line of the Australian advance.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10
  Sanctuary Wood Museum

  Here we will see poignant original WW1 trenches and a quaint ww1 museum.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• To receive a full refund, travelers may cancel up to 72 hours before the experience start time in the local timezone. No refunds will be given after that time period.

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