Ypres Battlefield Tours offers a wide variety of tour packages, all promising that added personal touch.
The tours are all conducted at a relaxed pace, giving clients the time to reflect on the events that took place upon the very ground on which they are standing.
Clients with all levels of knowledge are welcome and questions and discussion are encouraged.
All tours can be tailored to your requirements, giving you the space and time required.
New for 2024! The Passchendaele Museum Immersive Experience.
Please scroll down to see our full range of tour options, including our range of exclusive private tours.
In Flanders Fields
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Passchendaele
½ Day Tour
Standard Tour
€55 Per Person
Tours start and finish in Ypres only.
Our popular half day standard tour starts in the morning at 10.00 am.
For those of you with limited time and who want to come away with a great overview of the sites of the Ypres Salient, this classic tour is the one you should choose. Including visits to the following sites -
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Hill 62 battlefield overview.
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British trenches.*
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Essex Farm preserved dressing station bunkers.
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Brooding Soldier memorial .
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Langemark German Cemetery.
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Battlefields of Passchendaele and the "Iron Harvest".
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Tyne Cot Cemetery,
Meeting point is either your accommodation in Ypres or in the car park of Ypres Rail station at 9.45 am. On booking I will contact you to arrange.
The tour duration is around 3.5 hours and is conducted in English.
* Does not include five euro p/p entrance fee to museum / trenches. Payable by yourself on the day.
Please note we reserve the right to change the tour itinerary if needed
In Flanders Fields
&
Passchendaele
Grand Tour
Standard Tour
€155 per person
Tours start and finish in Ypres only.
Join me on our premier tour of the battlefields of the Ypres Salient. Starting at 10.00 am, this more indepth full day tour extensively covers the war around Ypres and focuses also on the battle of Passchendaele.
The tour includes the following sites -
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Hill 62 battlefield overview.
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Sanctuary Wood museum and British trenches.*
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Essex Farm preserved dressing station bunkers.
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Langemark German Cemetery.
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Brooding Soldier memorial.
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Battlefields of Passchendaele and the "Iron Harvest".
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Tyne Cot Cemetery.
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NEW! The Passchendaele Museum and dugouts and new Passchendaele immersive experience.
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Hill 60 preserved battlefield and bunkers.
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The massive Caterpillar mine Crater.
Meeting point is either your accommodation in Ypres or in the car park of Ypres Rail station at 9.45 am. On booking I will contact you to arrange.
The tour duration is around 7 hours and is conducted in English.
Prices include a light lunch and a drink.
* Please note Museum entrance entrance fees are not included and are payable by yourselves on the day. The museums accept cash and cards.
Tour cost also includes collection from your accommodation in Ypres or from Ypres Rail station if you are coming from further afield.
Please note we reserve the right to change the tour itinerary
if needed
Private Tours
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Ypres Salient
Day Tour
Private Australian Tour
Minimum of two paying persons or equivalent
€ 280 per person tour starting in Ypres
Lunches, transport, bottled water and taxes included
Tours start in Ypres only
Book an exclusive private tour for you and your party and make your tour extra special.
This full day tour is a must for those wishing to trace the history of the Australians in the Ypres Salient. Sites visited include -
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NEW! The Passchendaele Museum and dugouts and new Passchendaele immersive experience.
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Battlefields of Passchendaele
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Tyne Cot Cemetery
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5th Division Memorial at Polygon Wood
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Scotts Post.
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Brothers in Arms memorial
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Hill 60
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Caterpillar Crater
The tour duration is around 8 hours and is conducted in English.
Prices include a light lunch and a drink.
Entrance fee to museum not included.
Please note we reserve the right to change the tour itinerary if needed
Private Canadian Tour
Ypres Salient
Full Day Tour
Minimum of two paying persons or equivalent
€ 280 per person tour starting in Ypres
Lunches, transport, bottled water and
taxes included
Tours start in Ypres only
Book an exclusive private tour for you and your party and make your tour extra special.
Re trace the footsteps of the Canadian soldiers who fought around Ypres from 1915 to 1917.
This full day tour is a must for those wishing to learn the story of the gallant Canadian divisions in the Ypres Salient. Sites visited include -
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Hill 62 Memorial
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Hill 62 Museum and preserved trenches.
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The Brooding Soldier memorial,
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NEW! The Passchendaele Museum and dugouts and new Passchendaele immersive experience.
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Crest Farm Memorial Passchendaele
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Canada Gate memorial Passchendaele
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Essex Farm and the story of John McCrae
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Tyne Cot Cemetery
The tour duration is around 8 hours and is conducted in English.
Prices include a light lunch and a drink .
Entrance fee to the museum is not included.
Please note we reserve the right to change the tour itinerary
if needed
Private New Zealand
Book an exclusive private tour for you and your party and make your tour extra special.
Re trace the footsteps of the soldiers of the New Zealand Division who fought around Ypres from 1917 to 1918.
This full day tour is a must for those wishing to learn the story of the gallant New Zealand Division in the Ypres Salient.
Sites visited include -
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The Battle of Messines Ridge overview.
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New Zealand Memorial Park and German bunkers.
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Messines Church.
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Samuel Frickleton VC memorial.
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Messines visitor centre.
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New Zealand Soldier statue.
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Messines Cemetery and New Zealand memorial to the missing.
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The Pool of Peace 1917 mine crater.
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NEW! The Passchendaele Museum and dugouts and new Passchendaele immersive experience.
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Pōhutukawa memorial carving .
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Broodseinde Ridge New Zealand Memorial
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The First Battle of Passchendaele / Waterloo Farm / Marsh Bottom.
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Tyne Cot Cemetery.
The tour duration is around 8 hours and is conducted in English.
Prices include a light lunch and a drink
Museum entrance fee not included
Tour cost also includes collection from your accommodation in Ypres or from Ypres Rail station if you are coming from further afield.
Please note we reserve the right to change the tour itinerary
if needed
Full Day Tour
€ 280 per person
Minimum of two full paying guests or equivalent required
Tour starting in Ypres only.
Transport, bottled water, light lunch and taxes included
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Private Behind the Lines Tour
Join me for a full day private tour to the beautiful town of Poperinge, or "Pops" to the Tommies, and the surrounding area. Sites visited include -
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Poperinge New British Cemetery
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Shot at Dawn soldiers burials
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Preserved Death Cells
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Execution and memorial site.
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Talbot House Museum
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Lijsenhoek Cemetery and visitor centre
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Grave of Noel Chavasse awarded the VC twice.
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"Agony" memorial to the pack animals and horses
The tour duration is around 8 hours and is conducted in English.
Museum entrance fee not included
Tour cost also includes collection from your accommodation in Ypres or from Ypres Rail station if you are coming from further afield.
Please note we reserve the right to change the tour itinerary
if needed
Full Day Tour
€ 280 per person
Minimum of two full paying guests or equivalent required
Tour starting in Ypres only.
Transport, entrance fees, bottled water, light lunch and taxes included
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