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Vimy Memorial
Vimy Ridge memorial
The Caribu at Beaumont Hamel New Foundland Memorial
Thiepval Memorial
Lochnagar Crater

Full-Day Canadian WW1 Vimy and Somme Battlefield Tour from Arras

By Ploegsteert Sector Battlefield Experience
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Overview

Explore Canada’s role in World War I on this full-day Somme battlefield tour from Arras.
Explore tunnels and trenches used by Canadian forces during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 with a guide.
Visit the Courcelette Canadian Memorial, Neuville St. Vaast Canadian N°2 Cemetery, and Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, and learn of the many lives laid down in battle.
After lunch, visit WWI battle trenches at the Beaumont Hamel New Foundland Memorial Park. Tour includes round-trip travel from your Arras hotel.

Activity location

  • Canadian National Vimy Memorial
    • Chemin des Canadiens, Route D55
    • 62580, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Canadian National Vimy Memorial
    • Chemin des Canadiens, Route D55
    • 62580, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France, France

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transportation
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic drinks

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum two adults per booking

Activity itinerary

Canadian National Vimy Memorial
  • 3h
You will stand near the memorial and have a view on the Douai plain. Visit one of the tunnels, the Grange Tunnel, in which Canadian troops stood hours before the battle. You will stand at one of the cemeteries on the ridge, see some preserved trenches and spend some time in the newly built visitor centre.
Cimetiere du Cabaret Rouge
  • 30m
See where the Canadian Unknown Soldier was exhumed from.
Courcelette Canadian Memorial
  • 30m
Stand on the battlefields where Canadians fought at the fall of 1916.
Thiepval Memorial
  • 1h
This memorial is the largest built by the CWGC, it is bearing the names 72 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
Lochnagar Crater
  • 30m
See the crater, the result of an undergound explosion triggered on the morning of 1st July 1916.
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
  • 1h
You will stand near the Caribu and walk on the preserved battlefield from the allied to the German lines passing near the "Danger Tree", "Y Ravine" and the memorial to the 51st Highland division before having a look the New Foundland Visitor Centre.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCanadian National Vimy Memorial
    • Chemin des Canadiens, Route D55
    • 62580, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECanadian National Vimy Memorial
    • Chemin des Canadiens, Route D55
    • 62580, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France, France

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