Full Day Private Tour to WWI Passchendaele Base in Ypres
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Check out our Full Day Private Tour to Passchendaele, Ypres, Based WW1! Learn about how World War I played out in Belgium and see many related key sites with this customizable tour. You'll visit Messines Ridge where the Christmas Truce took place, pay your respects at a couple of different cemeteries, and see many of the key areas where battles involving Commonwealth troops played out. As this is a private tour, you can customize it based on your interests. Leave us the details, and we will take you on an unusual adventure that creates memories that withstand the test of time!
Your experience
Stop 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.
Stop 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.
Stop 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.
Stop 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.
Stop 5
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.
Stop 6
Driving through following the line of the Australian advance.
Stop 7
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.
Stop 8
Here we will see the hospital site where Lt Col John McCrae composed the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields'.
Stop 9
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.
Stop 10
Driving through Zonnebeke in the line of the Australian advance.
Stop 11
Here we will see poignant original WW1 trenches and a quaint ww1 museum.
What’s included
- Private transportation
- Professional local guide in Ypres
- Pick-up and drop-off in the city center or hotels
- In-vehicle air conditioning
Not included
- Lunch
Before you go
- 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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