Military History Tours Australia Our Tours
Our Tours for 2011 and 2012 offer unique experiences.
We are
now taking bookings for our specialised range of tours
in 2011, 2012 and 2015. Two of the tours follow one another, they can be taken as a
single package, or as separate modules.
In 2011 we conducted two concurrent ANZAC Day tours: ANZAC Day at Villers-Bretonneux (France and Belgium) on the Western Front; and ANZAC Day in Athens (Greece and Crete). There was also another Gallipoli Remembered tour in May. These tours are very popular and successful and we intend to run them each year, 2012 bookings are available. There will also be an RAAF in the UK tour in July (soon to commence), and the Swim the Dardanelles with a visit to the Gallipoli battlefields tour in August is about to commence. We will again conduct both the RAAF in the UK and Swim the Dardanelles tours in 2012.
In 2012 we intend to run three concurrent ANZAC Day tours: ANZAC Day at Villers-Bretonneux (France and Belgium) on the Western Front; ANZAC Day at Tobruk (Egypt and Libya) if the situation in Libya improves; and ANZAC Day in Athens (Greece and Crete) and a Gallipoli Remembered tour in May. These tours are now open for booking.
The 110th Anniversary of the signing of the treaty will be celebrated as part of the Boer War Tour of South Africa in 2012 and this tour is now open for booking.
Details of our tours to the Bomber Command and RAAF in the UK (WWII) in 2012 is now available for booking. Bookings are also available for the Swim the Dardanelles 2012 tour.
We are already planning the Gallipoli 100 tour to visit ANZAC Cove on the 100th anniversary of the landings and witness the special events. This tour is available for booking.
Each tour offers a unique experience, take the package, and you will have experienced the sites where Australians fought in Europe, Africa and East Asia during both World Wars.
Travel with us and our Military Historians to those battlefields where the Australian and New Zealand forces have fought with great courage, tenacity and initiative.
Military History Tours are battlefield orientated, in that we examine military campaigns and ensuing battles, with expert discussion from our historians, we also experience the environment and culture of the areas we visit by contact with local guides and historians to discuss the way of life in those bygone years.
You don't need to be a service or ex-service person to join these tours. People come with us from all walks of life and for a variety of reasons: whether they had family involved in the conflicts or just want to understand some of the events which helped shape the world as we know it today.
A leap of the imagination is required when visiting the battlefields. They are now so tranquil and the very thought of war is unbelievable. Your imagination has to supply the ruin and devastation, the shell holes, trenches, smoke, flame and noise, the cold and heat, the fear and pain.
While viewing the war cemeteries is very much a personal moving experience, much of the adventure of the tour will be experienced as a group. We use our first night together as a briefing forum for what is to follow. Prior to departure, each traveller will receive a newsletter covering general areas of interest including travelling overseas, the itinerary, flight details and what to expect.
Our historians are fully conversant with the battle sites you will visit. Qualified and experienced noted historians and former soldiers, they have already visited the sites, and are required to undertake a directed course of study to refresh and update their knowledge before every tour.
Within the constraints of available records and the geography of the area, you will be shown exactly where your individual Australian ancestors fought, and their eternal resting places*.
* To make best use of this service, tour participants need to advise their requirements when booking.
We will also design a tour that will take you to other places where Our soldiers fought. CLICK HERE to contact us.
