Delighted and honoured to guide you over the battlefields of northern France in either English or Dutch
FULL DAY TOURS – €250
- starting time 09.00 AM
- duration approx. 8 hours
- I will join you in your car
- Can mix some of the tours according to your wishes
- lunchpackage available by request (€10,-)
Departure
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; British Sector.
I will guide you and tell the history of the British big push, it’s soldiers and their endeavors.
- Commonwealth and German cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Mine craters
- Wide viewpoints
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; French Sector.
I will guide you through the often forgotten French sector of the Somme Battle
- French and German cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Wide viewpoints
- Destroyed village
BATTLES OF ARTOIS AND VIMY RIDGE.
I will guide you through the French Battles of Artois (1915) and the eventual Canadian victory on Vimy Ridge
- French, German and Commonwealth cemeteries
- Memorials
- Preserved trenches
- Mine craters
- Wide viewpoints
TOUR OF THE USA ON THE SOMME
I will guide you on along the United States involvement on the Somme in 1918. Some of their earliest battles were fought in the area as well as breaching the Hindenburg Line
- US cemetery
- Memorials
- Important sites
- Medal of Honor
- Pre 1918
- Wide viewpoints
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 1916/17
- Pozières
- Mouquet Farm
- Bullecourt
AUSTRALIAN SOMME TOUR 1918
- Villers-Brettonneux
- Le Hamel
- Assevillers
- Mont-St. Quentin
- Bellenglise
WRITERS AND POETS ON THE SOMME
Leighton, Britain, Owen, Sassoon, Graves, Knaap, Sorge, Cendrars, Tolkien, Gilson, Shepard, Milne, Lichtenstein, Seeger, Hodgson.
MORNING TOURS €125
- Starting 09.00 AM
- Duration approx. 4 hours
- I will join you in your car
- Can mix some of the tours according to your wishes
Departure
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; British north sector.
I will guide you and tell the history of the British big push, 1 July on the north-side of the Albert-Bapaume Road.
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; British south sector.
I will guide you and tell the history of the British big push, 1 July on the south-side of the Albert-Bapaume Road
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; the continuing battle.
I will guide you and tell the history of the enduring and attritional Battle after 1 July.
SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOUR; the Battle of the Ancre
I will guide you and tell the history of the final Battle of the Somme Offensive
THE BATTLE OF HIGH WOOD
I will guide you and tell the history of this 63 day battle for this crucial part of the Battlefield
TRAILING THE RED BARON ‘VON RICHTHOFEN’
(±6 HOURS TOUR; €150)
We will be following the last day and flight of the fabled Red Baron. From take off to crash, and everything in between.
Bespoke tours
I will do bespoke tours in consultation to your personal wishes, price depending on work and duration. Email me for information.
Large groups
Different rates apply for large groups and coaches/buses and may depend on the amount of research/preparation that might have to be done.
Not included
Entrance fees for museums are not included in the price of the tours.
Some of the tours include some stout walking in, probably, muddy conditions. Appropriate footware is strongly recommended.
Digging or using metal detectors are absolutely prohibited and subject to heavy fines. Bunkers and other positions are dangerous and should not be entered. Live ammunitions, shells, grenades and mortar bombs should not be touched under any circumstances.
