Private Sightseeing Tours in Flanders

Commemorate the New Zealand Corps that fought in Flanders during WWI on this private full-day tour from Brussels. Follow the path of the ANZAC troops as you walk the battlefields, peer into mine craters and visit key WWI sites like Gravenstafel, Passendale and Tyne Cot Cemetery. Visit the poignant Messines Ridge memorial; tour the Nine Elms Cemetery, where former All Blacks Captain David Gallaher is buried; and attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. This private tour includes hotel pick-up, lunch and round-trip transport from Brussels.

Visit the site of Belgium's fiercest WWI fighting with a full-day, private tour from Bruges to Flanders' battlegrounds and cemeteries. See a moving war memorial to the New Zealand Corps in Messines, and hear the story of the ANZAC soldiers that captured the city. Pause for lunch at a local caf e, then visit the grave of a Kiwi rugby player-turned-soldier, and continue to the largest CWGC cemetery in Europe. Explore the highlights of Ypres and attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate before returning to Bruges.

See where the ANZAC Corps, made up of the Australian and New Zealand army corps, served in Flanders during World War I. This private day trip takes you to the memorial on Messines Ridge and the Pool of Peace (Spanbroekmolen) formed by one of 19 mine explosions. Visit several cemeteries from the Great War, including Tyne Cot. You'll also see Passendale, Gravenstafel and the sights of Ypres. Your personal guide meets you at the Kortrijk railway station and drops you off at your hotel in Ghent. Lunch included.

If you're a history buff visiting France, this guided tour from Lille is the perfect way to immerse yourself in World War I history and landmarks. This two day tour takes you to pay your respects at Europe's largest World War I cemetery and several memorials. Visit the Passendale 1917 Museum, located on a major battlefield site and see the actual trenches and no-man's land where the soldiers fought.  Leave transportation and navigation to your professional guide.

To commemorate over a century since World War I began and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the battle of Passchendaele (1917), take a poignant private tour of the Flanders battlefields from Brussels. During thisExclusive tour, venture to a selection of cemeteries to see moving collections of graves that memorialize fallen soldiers. See where McCrae was inspired to write his influential poem 'In Flanders Fields' and witness a moving tribute to the deceased at a Last Post Ceremony in Ypres. Enjoy the undivided attention of your guide on this private tour, the itinerary of which can be tailored according to your interests, and appreciate the convenience of round-trip transportation from your Brussels hotel.

Follow the path of WWI Canadian troops with a full-day, private tour of Flanders from Bruges. Visit the Grange subways and tunnels where the Canadian Divisions launched their Vimy assault in 1917. See a moving war memorial on Hill 145, with sweeping views of the battleground. Pause for lunch in Ypres, then visit the Hill 62 Canadian War Memorial and the largest CWGC cemetery in Europe that records the names of 35,000 soldiers. Enjoy free time to explore Ypres, then attend the moving Last Post ceremony before returning to Bruges.

Follow the path of Canada's WWI troops on this private full-day battlefield tour from Brussels. Cross the French border and head to Vimy to walk the battlefields, trenches, and Grange subways, where the Canadian Divisions came under attack in April 1917. After lunch, return to Belgium soil to pay your respects at the Tyne Cot Cemetery; visit Essex Farm, where John McRae wrote 'In Flanders Fields'; and attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. This private tour includes hotel pick-up, lunch and round-trip transport from Brussels.

Explore the World War I battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of northern France on this private day trip from Brussels. With your very own guide to accompany you, you'll learn about the Battle of the Somme as you explore the sites where Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought alongside the Allied troops. Visit Thiepval, Lochnagar Crater and other notable locations, and see the many poignant monuments dedicated to those who lost their lives during WWI.