Battlefield tours

Gallipoli and Western Front battlefield tour

April – May 2010

From the hauntingly beautiful ridges, valleys, and beaches of the Gallipoli Peninsula to the evening Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, the Memorial's tour of Gallipoli and the Western Front embraces the major sites where Australian soldiers served.

The tour is led by Memorial curators and historians, experts in the Gallipoli and Western Front campaigns. You are also accompanied by an expert tour manager, fluent in the local language, and familiar with local history and customs.

"It was an excellent trip, great value, and I couldn't recommend it highly enough to others." John Supple, Sydney.

"The best four weeks of my life." Alan Kitchen, Sydney.

Although most travellers choose to take the whole 29-day tour, the first part of the tour, a visit to Turkey, and the second part, a tour of France and Belgium, are also offered as separate journeys.

See images taken by tour group members during previous tours on the Memorial's Battlefields tour groupon Flickr.

Gallipoli battlefield tour

Anzac Cove

On the Gallipoli tour you will walk the major battlefields where Australians, and their allies and enemies, fought and died, attend the ANZAC Day Dawn Service, and enjoy the warm hospitality and distinctive culture of the people of Turkey. The Memorial's tour group is the only one to have accommodation on the battlefield.

Highlights:

  • Istanbul
  • Boat tour of the Bosphorus
  • ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Gallipoli
  • Australian National Ceremony at Lone Pine
  • Comfortable accommodation on the battlefield
  • ANZAC Cove
  • Lone Pine
  • The Nek
  • Quinn’s Post
  • Boat tour along Gallipoli coast

Western Front battlefield tour

Australian Memorial Villers-Bretonneux

The Western Front tour offers you the chance to retrace the footsteps of the AIF through France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

Highlights:

  • Normandy
  • Amiens
  • Pozières
  • Bullecourt
  • Villers-Bretonneux
  • Fromelles
  • Ypres
  • Participate in Menin Gate ceremony
  • Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne
  • Paris
  • Imperial War Museum, London

Prices, booking form, terms and conditions

Contact

Australian War Memorial battlefield tours
Boronia Travel Centre
PO Box 22
Boronia Vic. 3155

Telephone: 1800 035 350
Fax: (03) 9762 9752
Email: battlefieldtours@boroniatravel.com.au

Boronia Travel Centre web site