Welcome
Are you looking for a battlefield tour in the Ypres Salient, or a visit to the battlefields of the Yser, the Somme, Picardie, Champagne, Mons and Le Cateau or elsewhere? Then you have found the perfect partner.
Check out our standard and specialist tours around the Ypres Salient on this website, or contact us for a specific itinerary elsewhere in France, Belgium or Holland. We always try to work out the perfect battlefield tour for you and your group.
About us
Battlefield Exploration is a specialist battlefield tours provider. With an experience of more than 10 years of battlefield guiding and a passion for telling stories, Battlefield Exploration is all about experiencing the battlefields. We are the newest player in accommodating tours in the Ypres Salient, and we specialise in providing real insight stories of all the action that went on in the Ypres Salient. Using original trench maps, photographs, audio and - whenever possible - video images, we focus on the stories of the men who fought the battle. Personal stories and anecdotes are always very important during our tours.
We accommodate battlefield tours in the Ypres Salient, but we can also organise a battlefield tour to:
- The battlefields of Picardie (Artois, Vimy, Notre Dame de Lorette, Festubert, Fromelles, Neuve-Chapelle, ...)
- The battlefields of the Somme (Thiepval, Beaumont-Hamel, La Boiselle, Albert, Mametz, Péronne, ...)
- The battlefields of Mons and Le Cateau
- The battlefields of the Ardennes (Bastogne, Malmédy, Stavelot, Neuville-en-Condroz, Hotton, ...)
- The battlefields of Normandie (Arromanches, Caen,Bayeux, Sainte-Mère Eglise, ...)
- The battlefields of Waterloo
Your guide
Wouter Feys was born and raised in the German Rest & Recreation Area of the Great War. Wouter studied English, German and history, and took several courses on guiding and battlefield exploration. Not only is he a licensed tour leader, Wouter is also accredited as specialist regional guide for the Westhoek (Nieuwpoort - Diksmuide - Ypres - Messines) and one of the few specialist guides for the Messines Ridge Experience (VVV Heuvelland). Also worth mentioning is the fact that Wouter is one of the key figures in designing the renewed Menin Road Museum.
Your transport
All tours are done with an Opel Vivaro minibus, offering all necessary comfort for our customers. Check out the gallery to see pictures of the minibus.
From our guests:
Please send us your thoughts on our tours. You can do this HERE.
> "Truly a splendid experience." (W. Thomas, Worcester)
> "Sensational what Wouter taught us. Never knew that visiting a battlefield could thrill me so much." (S. D., Victoriaville, Canada)
> "Remarkeable that a Belgian guide knows more about Irish history than I do..." (T. O'Reilly, Waterford)
> "A great tour. No nonsense, the facts and nothing but the facts." (W.L.S., Oxford)