Lochnagar Crater Tours and Tickets

Discover the most important WWI battlefields, museums, and monuments on a 2-day sightseeing tour from Lille.  Skip the stress of car rental and navigation and relax in private end-to-end transportation on both days. The comprehensive itinerary takes you to a long list of locations which are of particular interest to Australians, including Fromelles and the Australian cemetery. Enjoy included entrance to all museums and a complimentary lunch.

Learn about the role that Australian troops played during World War I, and pay tribute to the many thousands of soldiers who lost their lives, on this 2-day history tour. Meet your guide in the morning at your Bruges or Ypres hotel, and travel in the comfort of an air-conditioned minivan. On the first day, visit the site of the Battle of Fromelles, an Australian cemetery and memorial, and more. On the second day, learn about the Battle of the Somme before venturing to several key memorials and landmarks.

Designed specifically for visitors from New Zealand, this World War I tour from Arras to the Somme takes you to sites from the Western Front related to New Zealander soldiers. You'll see trenches, memorials, and battlefields, and end back in Arras to see the underground tunnels created by the New Zealand tunnelers during the war. You might also be able to visit a cemetery; contact the guide in advance to find out more.

Discover the trenches and terrible story of World War I's Battle of the Somme on a full-day battlefield trip from Arras with an expert guide. Traveling to key battle sites and memorials by minivan, learn about the planning, execution and human cost of the infamous 1916 Western Front campaign. Visit must-sees including Pozieres Ridge and the Beaumont Hamel trenches; pay homage at Thiepval and other memorials; hear soldiers' individual stories; and explore the grim events further at the Thiepval visitor center. Numbers are limited to eight for a small-group experience, and lunch, entry fees, and round-trip transport from Arras train station are included.

The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest in history and this tour traces the journey of the brave Allied soldiers of WWI. Walk in the trenches at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, see the mighty Lochnagar Crater, and follow the Australian Remembrance Trail to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, the Australian National Memorial, the New John Monash Centre, and the Windmill site in Pozieres.

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.

Pay your respects to French and British military history with a full-day tour of the Somme battlefields. Walk on the sites where one of the bloodiest battles in history was fought during World War I, while learning about the battle's causes and repercussions from your historian guide. See the Deville Wood cemetery where thousands of fallen soldiers were laid to rest, and visit several war memorials and the Historial Great War museum in Peronne. Numbers are limited to 16 for a personalized and informative tour.

Delve into World War I history on this 9-hour Australian and New Zealand Somme Battlefield tour from Lille or Arras. See Le Hamel Australian Memorial, the Jean and Denise Letaille Museum and Thiepval Memorial, the largest WWI memorial bearing the names of more than 73,000 soldiers. Lunch, entrance fees and round-trip transportation from your hotel are included.

Commemorate the sacrifices of Australian and New Zealander soldiers during World War I with the annual ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Villers-Bretonneux. On April 25, Depart Paris in the early morning hours to arrive in time for the dawn vigil. Continue on to the surrounding countryside for a tour of the pivotal Somme battlefields with your historian guide. Visit landmarks and memorials including the massive Lochnagar Crater, the Franco-Australian Museum and the Adelaide Cemetery on this enlightening and emotional full-day tour.