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Western Desert Battlefield Tours Offering the thrill of finding 'hidden gems' on the battlefields, with a WW2 Desert Historian, as seen on National Geographic Channel.

Unforgettable guided tours to the WW2 battlefields of North Africa, including Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, from a guide who grew up listening to his father's desert stories in WW2 and now passes his passion and knowledge to others. Offering unique tours to North African WW2 Battlefields with experienced guides with an in-depth of knowledge of WW2 Desert Battles and the advantage of knowing where to go, unlike other operators.

The second battle of El Alamein kicked off today 84 years ago. I am here now on the very battlefield itself with friends...
23/10/2026

The second battle of El Alamein kicked off today 84 years ago. I am here now on the very battlefield itself with friends and tour guests celebrating that epic beginning of our road to victory in the desert.
1/2 million allied shells fell on the Axis in the evening’s barrage/stonk.

Desert Dispatches

This mornings sunrise after watching the stars in the Great Sand Sea last night.
21/10/2026

This mornings sunrise after watching the stars in the Great Sand Sea last night.

I'm off to Egypt in a few days! Hoorah! I'm posting videos and reels on my new Facebook Desert Page. https://www.fa...
12/10/2026

I'm off to Egypt in a few days! Hoorah! I'm posting videos and reels on my new Facebook Desert Page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61595133334215

THIS IS A NEW FACEBOOK PAGE: Guided tours to the WW2 battlefields of North Africa, including Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, from a guide who grew up listening to his father's desert stories in WW2 and now passes his passion and knowledge to others.

I will be mothballing this Facebook in the future. Here is the new page. I need to have a linked account to my desert I...
08/10/2026

I will be mothballing this Facebook in the future. Here is the new page. I need to have a linked account to my desert Instagram so I can post 'Reels' from the desert!

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THIS IS A NEW FACEBOOK PAGE: Guided tours to the WW2 battlefields of North Africa, including Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, from a guide who grew up listening to his father's desert stories in WW2 and now passes his passion and knowledge to others.

04/10/2026

There are some exciting opportunities with well-known partners in the pipeline. Watch this space!

We now only have two spaces left for our Tunisian Tour next April! Home of the legendary Hannibal, yet 2,000 years later...
27/09/2026

We now only have two spaces left for our Tunisian Tour next April!

Home of the legendary Hannibal, yet 2,000 years later other great generals would arrive in Tunisia – Patton, Montgomery and Rommel. This small country played host to the largest number of battles fought in the North African campaign. This picturesque tour shows us the contrast between the desert wastes of the south and the green hills of the north. We are combining this battlefield tour with the ancient sites of Tunisia and Carthage.

We shall be visiting such battlefields as Mareth – where British infantry used scaling ladders for the first time in 150 years, and the lightly armoured tanks carrying fascines, a product of WW1, took on the might of the 15th Panzer Division.

Sit in the same fox hole as Gen Patton at El Geuttar.

Wadi Akarit, a line of hills protected by the sea and a salt marsh, which amazingly fell in just one day. The Kasserine Pass where US troops met Rommel for the first time and learnt a painful lesson. Longstop Hill fought over so many times by British and US troops and the long Madjerda valley.

Chouigi Pass where US tanks would take on the German panzers in the very first US/German tank battle. We shall be using 4x4s for the whole of the tour enabling us to reach the heart of each battlefield.

The tour follows the New Zealand famous left flank through Wilder's Gap and up to Ksar Ghillane in the Saharan Desert. Then around the Matmata Hills through the Tebaga Gap.

email [email protected] https://westerndesert.co.uk/tours/tunisia-tunisian-battlefields-and-roman-north-africa/



Just reading about the Sandfly fever soldiers suffered from. It’s actually Pappataci Fever!
25/09/2026

Just reading about the Sandfly fever soldiers suffered from. It’s actually Pappataci Fever!

Pappataci fever (also known as phlebotomus fever and, somewhat confusingly, sandfly fever and three-day fever) is a vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus. It occurs in subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. The name, pappataci fever, comes from the...

Working on a promo scheme, hopefully it suggests what the strap line says. 'Walk the Ground: Live the History.'
18/09/2026

Working on a promo scheme, hopefully it suggests what the strap line says. 'Walk the Ground: Live the History.'

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