Ypres Battlefields Private Half Day Tour
Overview
Ypres Battlefield Tours are the perfect partner for your battlefield pilgrimage.
I look forward to meeting you
Roger Steward
Inclusions
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Private transportation
- Entry/Admission - Sanctuary Wood Museum
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Hill 62 (sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial Canadalaan 26, Ieper (Ypres) 8902 Belgium
First stop is an overview of the geography of the area and the battles that take place around Ypres. Using a map and field equipment i will fully explain the who, whys and whats.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sanctuary Wood Museum, Canadalaan 26, Zillebeke, Ieper (Ypres) 8902 Belgium
A visit to the excellent Sanctuary Wood museum to see its unbelievable collection of artifacts and extensive preserved British trench system
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Essex Farm Cemetery, east side of the N369 Ieper - Boezinge Rd, Ieper (Ypres) Belgium
A visit to the preserved dressing station bunkers and the memorial to Lt Col John McCrae and the story of the In Flanders Fields Poem
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Langemark Cemetery, Klerkenstraat, Langemark Belgium
The German cemetery in Langemark, with its mass grave and links to the Nazis makes it a fascinating visit.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: The Brooding Soldier, N313, 8920 Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium
The iconic Canadian monument, "The Brooding Soldier" commemorates the Canadian soldiers lost in the gas attacks of 1915. The gardens are also beautiful.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium
After driving through the battlefields of Passchendaele we finish the morning at the beautiful Tyne Cot cemetery the largest British and Commonwealth war grave cemetery in the world.
Duration: 40 minutes
Additional information
- Infants must sit on laps
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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We are so grateful and delighted to recommend Roger. He organised a bespoke tour for us around my grandfather’s history and participation in WWI together with locating his point of capture at an outpost. Our experience was more than we could have hoped for and Roger’s knowledge and experience is...
We are so grateful and delighted to recommend Roger. He organised a bespoke tour for us around my grandfather’s history and participation in WWI together with locating his point of capture at an outpost. Our experience was more than we could have hoped for and Roger’s knowledge and experience is outstanding. To put it all into perspective for us we then visited the actual trenches from Hill 62 and the Polygon Woods site where my grandfather’s regiment have achieved a significant victory. A most amazing personal experience and depth of insight that we could ever have wished for. So thankful!Roger was very accommodating and made our personalised tour very interesting, I contacted him with what I thought would be a problem and he had solutions! Roger knows his stuff, he went to above and beyond what I was expecting. My great aunt will return to Australia so happy. Roger has a way of ...
Roger was very accommodating and made our personalised tour very interesting, I contacted him with what I thought would be a problem and he had solutions! Roger knows his stuff, he went to above and beyond what I was expecting. My great aunt will return to Australia so happy. Roger has a way of explaining things that really puts things in perspective. It's taken me 2 days to process what I have learnt. Thank you so much for our tour.Roger is an amazing guide! Not only is he hugely knowledgeable & articulate but able to convey the scale of losses on all sides with respect & dignity for the many men who never came home. I would highly recommend his tours - we learnt so much and were able to understand the sequence of events fr...
Roger is an amazing guide! Not only is he hugely knowledgeable & articulate but able to convey the scale of losses on all sides with respect & dignity for the many men who never came home. I would highly recommend his tours - we learnt so much and were able to understand the sequence of events from beginning to end. Visiting these sites make history come alive & Roger has a passion for sharing his vast expertise without it ever feeling overwhelming. At each location we had plenty of time to wander, soak up the atmosphere, ask questions, take photos & really try to comprehend all that happened. It was thoroughly enjoyable & we all absolutely loved it. Thank you Roger, you do a fantastic job of honouring the many men who lost their lives.I was so impressed the depth of knowledge Roger has for the Ypres battlefields. But it was even more than that. We really appreciated that he both picked us up and dripped us off from our hotel in Poperinge. You can read all you want about this subject but until you can have a person like Roger p...
I was so impressed the depth of knowledge Roger has for the Ypres battlefields. But it was even more than that. We really appreciated that he both picked us up and dripped us off from our hotel in Poperinge. You can read all you want about this subject but until you can have a person like Roger put things into perspective and then show you the views of the combatants as you tour the area, only then do you realize what you have been missing and the enormity of the titantic struggle that took place there 1914-1918. I also appreciated that Roger included a German military cemetery into the tour so there was a sense of completeness about our tour.Roger has such a passion for WW1 and a knowledge that any scholar would be envious of. His tour was varied, we visited trenches, bunkers, cemeteries, monuments all within a 4 mile radius. At every point Roger explained what happened at these points, even down to explaining the colours around t...
Roger has such a passion for WW1 and a knowledge that any scholar would be envious of. His tour was varied, we visited trenches, bunkers, cemeteries, monuments all within a 4 mile radius. At every point Roger explained what happened at these points, even down to explaining the colours around the trees. My husband and I came away with a much deeper understanding of the war and how treacherous life was for all concerned.Our tour of Ypres battlefields was very moving and truly education. Roger Steward is a fabulous guide, extremely knowledgeable, personable and accommodating. Even though we had read a lot about Ypres, we left with new perspectives thanks to his expertise. Roger’s books are must reading for those ...
Our tour of Ypres battlefields was very moving and truly education. Roger Steward is a fabulous guide, extremely knowledgeable, personable and accommodating. Even though we had read a lot about Ypres, we left with new perspectives thanks to his expertise. Roger’s books are must reading for those who want to learn more.