Peace has returned and today the battlefields of the Great War hide their terrible secrets well, over eighty years of farming and quiet industry by the local people means that on the surface there can often be very little to show for the carnage and destruction of the Great War. 

Today, what was a desolate wasteland of shell holes and trenches is now innocent farmland and without a guide it is quite literally impossible to even guess at the importance of such places. 

Our dedicated British guides will peel back the pages of history to show you those now tranquil sites where eight decades ago a generation fell and the world changed forever.

Followed by almost a century of world conflict, the First World War has an undeniable hold over the public's imagination that has never been surpassed. It is possibly that so many young and innocent volunteers were thrown into the horror of industrial warfare. It could be that it is family history for many people. It could be the sheer statistics. What ever the reason it is, as it should be, important to everyone.

The legacy of the First World War lives on today with the society that emerged from the cauldron of war vastly different from the gentle Edwardian era that preceded it. Not only has the influence of the war entered our lives and language but the unbelievable losses at Ypres and the Somme caused the public, in both Britain and Germany, to question their leader's almost divine right to rule.
Quite simply the world was never the same again.

Despite all the conveniences of modern life, a trip to France or Belgium is still a major undertaking for most people involving a journey of hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles. Our tours ensure that having taken such a journey you will be able to fully benefit from what to many people is nothing short of a pilgrimage.

Of all the battles fought in that terrible war, Ypres and the Somme remain the most infamous. Never in history have so many Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders and South Africans died in so small an area for so little material gain. Our tours are based on both of these battlefields so that at last you will have the opportunity to pay your respects at the many monuments and cemeteries and to explore the old trenches. With us you can follow in the footsteps of your forefathers as our professional British guides take you not only to the major sites but also to the quiet, lesser known spots that we have discovered in many years of living on and exploring the battlefields.