FROM Ypres: PRIVATE WWI Battlefields Tour from Ieper
ID: GYG630878-1050297
Category:
Country: Belgium
Duration:
04:00 hours
Description
Discover the Ypres Salient from Ypres to Passchendaele on a private tour. Learn about the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, South African, and British soldiers attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917.
Discover the Ypres Salient on a private tour of the WWI Ypres Battlefields. Follow the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, South African, and British soldiers as they attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917. Tailor the tour to your interests and see the places that are important to you.
Meet your guide at the place of your choice, at your Ieper-based accommodation, or the Ieper railway station. If you have ancestors that fell in the battle, your guide will tailor the tour to include them, where possible.
Follow the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, South African, and British soldiers as they attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917. Learn about the history of the area and the battles that took place here.
See the memorial to the missing and the place where your guide's great uncle is commemorated. Follow the route of the soldiers as they fought in the Ypres Salient.
Highlights
- Walk the original trenches at Sanctuary Wood & the massive mine crater of 1917
- Visit Tyne Cot Cemetery and Wargrave with 12,000 war dead buried here
- Ses where John McCrae wrote the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields
- See the Brooding Soldier memorial to the 1915 first ever German gas attack
Guiding languages
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
