Australian private Somme tour including Sir John Monash Centre

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Australian private Somme tour including Sir John Monash Centre — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

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About this activity

On this tour, your group will be the sole and exclusive participant. You will receive your guide's undivided attention. This is a strictly private tour: I never combine bookings. You will only travel with the people you choose.

Following the footsteps of the Australians on the Somme with a local experienced guide. We conduct battlefield tours of the Western Front since over 16 years to provide you a unique experience.

To ensure a truly personalized experience, please let me know in advance if you have any special interests or specific sites you wish to visit, including any locations connected to family members who served during the war. I'm happy to tailor the tour to your preferences.

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At a glance

Duration: 7 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–3
Guide: English, French
Operated by: Chemins d'Histoire Battlefield Tours

Ages: Children (6–16 years) · Adults (17–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation
Included: Bottled water
Included: Professional guide
Included: Driver/guide
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle

Not included

Not included: Lunch

Itinerary

Australian National Memorial

30 min

Visiting the Australian National Memorial of Villers-Bretonneux where 11.000 Australians without a know grave who fell in the Somme are remembered and Villers-Bretonneux Military cemetery
Sir John Monash Centre

1 h 30 min

Sir John Monash Centre tells Australia story of the Western Front

Please note that the SJMC will be closed from 25 December to 1 January inclusive, and from 10 February to 1 March inclusive
Lochnagar Crater

15 min

The Lochnagar mine crater is the remain of the biggest mine used by the British Army on the first day of the battle of the Somme
Pozieres

45 min

We’ll have a lunch break in a local restaurant/café in La Boisselle or Pozières
1st Austalian Division Memorial

15 min

After lunch we’ll continue the visit to the village of Pozières, where the bloodiest Australian struggle on the Western Front took place. Vestiges of the Gibraltar bunker remain and memorials including the First Australian Division Memorial, the Windmill and the Tanks Corp Memorials
Windmill Memorial

20 min

The Windmill Memorial is a German position captured by the Australian troops during the battle of Pozières. On the other side of the road, the tanks Memorial remember where the tanks where used for the first time in history
Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel

30 min

To help us to understand trench warfare, we’ll visit the Newfoundland Park in Beaumont Hamel and in particular its well preserved trench system

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Best Western Hotel Ile de France
You Hotel Amiens - Handwritten Collection
Hotel Harbonnieres
Le Clos St Jacques
Citotel Le Pot d'Etain
Kyriad Cambrai
Hotel De France
Ibis Cambrai Hotel
Hotel La Chope
Logis Hotel Mouton Blanc
Hotel Beatus
Hotel Akena - Caudry

and 119 more pickup points

We will contact you after your booking to arrange your preferred pick-up location (e.g., train station, hotel, B&B). Pick-up is flexible within the Amiens, Arras, and Saint-Quentin areas. Please don't hesitate to contact us with your preferences.

As a local Picard guide eager to share my regional expertise, please note that due to travel distance and time constraints, tours cannot originate from Paris.

This tour could also starts from Arras or Saint-Quentin.