Wittonian

There are tours available to visit the war memorials and Battlefield sites. Coming from the UK you will really appreciate and get a sense of just what it means to be British to us Islanders, you will see the Union Jack flying proudly everywhere. When you see the terrain and the conditions our guys were fighting under it takes your respect for the courage, bravery and skill of our troops to a whole new level. Tony Smith specialises in Battlefield tours, he can be contacted on email at discovery@horizon.co.fk Patrick Watts also does tours of Tumbledown and Mount Longdon, Goose green etc his email is pwatts@horizon.co.fk

 

All the guides to volounteer point point offer pretty much the same thing, Patrick knows a lot about the history etc of the islands so you are sure to learn a lot along the way! I guess the advantage of doing a private tour is the fact that your picked up from town and taken straight to Volounteer point so generally arrive before the ''cruise ship excusrsion crowd'' arrives. (It never really gets overly crowded though, they place a limit on the number of visitors at anyone time for the sake of protecting the breeding ground.)

 

p.s thanks for the advice on StThomas! I have decided to book a private charter with Rumbaba and go sailing/snorkelling for the day, it will be nice to get away from the crowds for a while, hopefully we will get to swim with turtles :)

THanks very much for the information.

We are on the Star Princess which visits in February 2008. Being British we would very much like to see the various memorials etc. Is there a tour which covers this please.