2 Day Australian Tour - from Arras

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Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Tyne Cot Cemetery. — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

The only Australian guide operating on the Western Front.

Two leisurely filled days following Australian footsteps across France & Belgium. Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, Pozieres, Fromelles, Messines, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele.... etc

All Day Tours start / end in Arras and are run in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Our small group tours allow to visit the grave of a unique soldier or follow the actions of a relative.

For singles, couples and small groups. Shared basis - Maximum of 7 clients.

Tours are run in English.

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At a glance

Duration: 2 days
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 7 people
People per booking: 1–7
Guide: English
Operated by: Sacred Ground Tours

Ages: Children (1–17 years) · Adults (18–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Entry Fees.
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle
Included: Bottled water.

Not included

Not included: Meals.
Not included: Accommodation.

Itinerary

Day 1 · Out in the Somme Day Tour

Serre Road Cemetery No.2

20 min

The largest Commonwealth cemetery in the Somme.
Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel

30 min

A WWI battlefield left as it was. Walk through authentic trenches used on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Memorial de Thiepval

30 min

Over 73,000 missing British soldiers are commemorated, those with no-known grave.
Stop 4

Passing by

The fields here contain the highest concentration of Australia's fallen on the Western Front.
Tank Corps Memorial

20 min

Wind Mill Site, a sacred ground where many Australians fought.
Pozieres

Passing by

An Australian village in the Somme.
1st Austalian Division Memorial

20 min

The 1st Australian Division lost more men at Pozieres than any other battlefield in France and Belgium.
Stop 8

20 min

An underground mine detonated to start the Battle of the Somme. The biggest scar on the land of the Western Front.
3rd Australian Division Memorial

10 min

Where General Monash and the 3rd Australian Division halted the German advance in 1918.
Australian National Memorial

40 min

Villers-Bretonneux, the site of the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in France.
Sir John Monash Centre

one hour

A "must visit" information centre showcasing Australian action across the Western Front.
Franco-Australian Museum

40 min Admission not included

Victoria School in Villers-Bretonneux, where Australians are forever remembered.
Australian Corps Memorial

20 min

Le Hamel - where General Monash introduced tactics that took charge of the war.

Day 2 · Fromelles - Ypres Day Tour

Fromelles

Passing by

Where Australians were recently discovered in a mass grave.
Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery

20 min

The newest Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery containing all the Australians found in the mass grave at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
Australian Memorial Park

20 min

Located on the Fromelles battlefield with the iconic Cobber's Statue.
VC Corner Australian Cemetery

20 min

Located on no-man's land at Fromelles. Where 1299 Australian missing from the disastrous Battle of Fromelles are commemorated.
Christmas Truce Memorial

20 min

The official site of the 1914 Christmas Truce.
Messines Ridge

Passing by

The ridge blown apart by 19 Allied mines in 1917.
Hill 60

30 min

Walk through the massive crater created by an underground mine in 1917, represented in the book / film "Beneath Hill 60".
Brothers In Arms Memorial

20 min

Born from the fierce passion of a local Belgian, the memorial is dedicated to all the brothers that fought on the Western Front.
Buttes New British Cemetery

30 min

Polygon Wood, the site of the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Belgium and the location of the 5th Australian Division Memorial.
Passchendaele Museum

one hour Admission not included

Regarded as the best museum on the Western Front.
Tyne Cot Cemetery

30 min

The largest Commonwealth Cemetery in the world;
Menin Gate Memorial

20 min

Where the Commonwealth missing in Belgium a commemorated.
Ieper (Ypres)

one hour

Dinner is in the old town of Ypres.
Last Post ceremony

40 min

The very emotive Last Post Ceremony, performed by the locals every day since 1928. A perfect way the end a Western Front visit.