First Name in Historic Tours

Our Founder Stephen E. Ambrose had a passion for teaching Americans about our nation’s heritage and heroes. Today our historians carry on his legacy.

Our historians have interviewed hundreds of WWII veterans on the battlefields where they fought in Europe, adding a personal dimension to our Band of Brothers® Tour, D-Day to the Rhine Tour and other WWII tours that no other tour company can offer.

Travel to the islands where the battles raged on the land, air and sea in the Pacific Theater. Explore locations in Japan that shaped WWII history and trace the final hours of the War. Journey through the Manhattan Project National Historic Park System to follow the progress of the making of the atomic bomb.

From Gettysburg in the North, to the battlefields along the Mississippi and the campaigns across the South, our Civil War Tours give a panorama of the major events of the American Civil War.

Follow the path of explorers Lewis and Clark, walk the Revolutionary War battlefields where Patriots clashed with Loyalists, and time travel back to the days of Crazy Horse and Custer on our American History Tours.

Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours offers two outstanding military history tours: WWI: Western Front Tour and Scotland Jacobite Rising Tour, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battlefields of the Highlands.

We have extensive experience in designing and customizing private group tours for alumni travel associations, educational organizations, museums, high schools, families and friends that are transformative experiences.

Why travel with SAHT?

Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours is the product of 35 years of experience on the path of World War II and American history.

About Us

We have only the most qualified historians, experts in their field, lead our historical tours. They travel with you throughout the tour and join you for dinner, when you can recount the day’s events with your fellow travelers.

Our Historians

What our guests say

My son and I took this tour some years ago and are still talking about it. The tour and it’s guide were fist class. I have been to Normandy since and it was more impressive having been with Ambrose before.

— Mike Johnson

Stephen Ambrose Tours certainly covers strategy and the high level of a military campaign, but they have the great ability to collect much anecdotal information about the average GI and that is what gives the color and humanist to their tours.

— John Lindstedt

I can’t imagine anyone anywhere who could provide a more enjoyable and informative event. Chris and George were delightful and incredibly knowledgeable as both had many interactions with “the men” of the 506th. Thanks for a memory of a lifetime!

— Rob Thibodeaux

Reviews

News

March 21, 2025

A Little-Known Gem of Gettysburg Battlefield

Anyone joining us on the Civil War: This Hallowed Ground Tour will enjoy some unexpected but interesting stops along the way, including the Brickyard at the intersection of Stevens Street and Hazel Alley. This little-known gem of Gettysburg is not only the site of a forgotten battle, but it is the genesis of a heart-rending story known as “The Children of the Battlefield.” Read More >

March 20, 2025

New Tour! Band of Brothers® Tour with Currahee Military Weekend

We invite you to join on our new tour: Band of Brothers® Tour with Currahee Military Weekend. Read More >

February 25, 2025

Photo Essay: Sites Significant to Nazi Germany

Guests on our special 80th Anniversary of VE Day Tour will have an opportunity to travel back in time on a special guided tour of sites significant to Nazi Germany. Among the highlights will be the top-secret Maybach Bunkers, the underground Zeppelin communication bunker, Tempelhof Airport, Reich Sports Field (site of the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games), and Seelow Heights. Read More >