Private Canadian WW1 Vimy & Somme Battlefield Tour from Arras or Lille
Duration
9 hours
Group Size
1 to 7 people
Ages
5 - 95
yrs
Languages
English
Tour Overview
Stand in the tunnels where Canadian troops stood before the assault on Vimy Ridge, visit the Canadian and German trenches. You will see the scattered landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park in Beaumont Hamel. Thiepval Memorial, Courcelette Canadian Memorial will also been visited.
Additional information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- A maximum of 8 people per booking
Pickup
What's included
Bottled water
Private tour
Lunch
A booklet recording the event
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Other
Itinerary
You will visit the trenches where Canadian and German soldiers stood just before the assault. You will go down in the Grange Tunnel where The PPCL and the Black Watch stood. You will visit the newly built Visitor Center and will walk around the impressive Memorial on ridge 145.
You will stand near the Canadian Memorial, a Granit stone at Courcelette.
You will see the crater cretaed by a mine explosion on 1 July 1916.
See the Memorial and spend some time in the visitor Center.
You will stand at the trenchesfrom where New Foundland troops went over the top on 1 July 1916, walk along the Danger Tree, stand near the Caribu and will have a sight on this preserved battlefield.
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