Western Front (WW1) Kiwis on the Western Front 2 Days
Tour Summary
Follow the New Zealand campaign through the battlefields of the Duration: 2 Days Western Front in WW1. Visit the Flers Battlefield, the first New From/To: Arras, France Zealand battle on the Somme; the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery and Departs: Every Tuesday, Friday New Zealand Memorial and also the original resting place of the Unknown Soldier now laid to rest at the National Memorial at Tour type: Join-in/Small group Wellington; the Wellington Tunnels where New Zealand soldiers Status: Guaranteed departure modified underground limestone tunnels to provide shelter for many thousands of soldiers, from the relentless bombardment Pricing Details: above; the Messines Ridge British Cemetery and New Zealand 1 Person - $1,190 Memorial; the Butte Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial at 2+ Persons - $910 pp Polygon Wood; the Passchendaele Battlefields and learn about the All prices are quoted in AUD New Zealand action; and the Passchendaele Museum. Price valid to 31/12/2022
Also visit the Lochnagar Crater where British tunnellers exploded a huge bomb under the German position on the first day of the Battle of the Somme; the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth military cemetery in the world; the Newfoundland Memorial Park, a preserved Canadian battlefield and trench network; and the British National Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval. Then, at Ypres, attend the deeply moving Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate.
Tour Details
Day 1: The Somme Depart Arras Railway Station or your Arras hotel: 9:00am Finish: 6:00pm approx.
Visit the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial near Longueval and the original resting place of the Unknown Soldier now laid to rest at the National Memorial at Wellington. At Flers, understand New Zealand’s part in the Battle of the Somme before visiting the Fricourt German Military Cemetery.
After lunch, visit the Lochnagar Crater where British tunnellers British National Memorial to the Missing, Thiepval exploded a huge bomb under the German position on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Nearby at
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Western Front (WW1) Kiwis on the Western Front 2 Days
Thiepval, visit the British National Memorial to the Missing where the names of over 72,000 Commonwealth soldiers who died in the battles of the Somme and have no known grave, are recorded.
Start your return journey and at Beaumont-Hamel, visit the Newfoundland Memorial Park, a preserved Canadian battlefield and trench network. Then at Arras, visit the Wellington Tunnels, a tunnel network modified by the New Zealand soldiers, to provide shelter for thousands of soldiers from the relentless bombardment above. The tunnels are a time piece from both World Wars and provide an insight into conditions experienced Wellington Tunnels, Arras by the soldiers.
Hotel: Own arrangement
Activity level: * Caterpillar Valley Cemetery and the New Zealand Memorial - Low-Moderate * Fricourt German Military Cemetery – Low-Moderate * Lochnagar Crater - Moderate-High * British National Memorial to the Missing – Moderate * Newfoundland Memorial Park – Moderate * Wellington Tunnels – Moderate
Day 2: Passchendaele Depart hotel: 9:00am Finish: 9:30pm approx.
Visit the Cite Bonjean Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial at Armentieres before crossing the border into Belgium and visiting the official 1914 Christmas Truce site. Visit the Messines Ridge British Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial and then, at the Nine Elms British Cemetery, discover the final resting place of ‘The Originals’ All Black captain, Sergeant David Gallagher, who was tragically killed in October 1917.
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