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Private Anzac Trail Tour Walk In Their Footsteps

5.0 (8 reviews) 4 hours Free cancellation Private tour
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Private Anzac Trail Tour Walk In Their Footsteps

About this activity

Explore ANZAC sector of the Gallipoli peninsula in a unique way. Walk in their footsteps and learn about the events of 1915 leaving their mark on many nations. Take a journey back where history was made and myths were born, connecting the past with the present.

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At a glance

Duration
4 hours
Confirmation
Instant confirmation
Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group
Your group only
People per booking
1–6
Guide
English
Operated by
Crowded House Tours

Ages: Adults (7–99 years)

What is included

Included

  • Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle

Not included

  • Not included: Lunch
  • Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

  1. Canakkale

    Passing by

    Following the pick up from the hotel or the cruise port in Canakkale arrive in the ferry terminal to take the ferry across

  2. Stop 2

    15 min

    Enjoy a short ferry ride on the Dardanelles, the strait which seperates Asia and Europe like the Bosphorus in Istanbul. After getting off the ferry start exploring Gallipoli peninsula.

  3. Gallipoli National Park

    1 h 30 min Admission included

    Explore the battlefields of the Anzac sector, starting from the beach where the first men of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed at dawn on April 25, following their advance along original trails into the hills above the coast and all along the front line where they were halted by the defending Turkish forces.

    The sites visited are ,

    •Ariburnu Cemetery, located on the northern end of Anzac Cove and the point where the first Australian soldiers landed at dawn on April 25, 1915.

    • Anzac Cove, the beach where most Allied soldiers came ashore and which served as the main base for the Allied troops in the sector throughout the campaign.

    •Anzac Commemorative Site, where the Anzac Day is held every year on the 25th of April to remember all the fallen.

    • The Sphinx, which was named after the Sphinx in Egypt.

    •Hell Spit Cemetery at the southern end of the cove, the last resting place of John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the stretcher bearer known as the Man with the Donkey

  4. Gallipoli National Park

    2 hours Admission included

    • Plugge’s Plateau, at the top of a steep 100 metre hill overlooking ANZAC Cove and Shrapnel Valley and was captured on 25 April 1915 shortly after the landing, by the 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade of the AIF.
    • Shrapnel Gully, the winding valley that runs from the coast up to behind the New Zealand and Australian front lines, the route many took to reach the front lines.
    • Lone Pine, site of the Australian memorial and scene of heavy fighting on April 25 and throughout the campaign, especially in August.
    • Johnston’s Jolly, a plateau to the north of Lone Pine laced with a maze of original tunnels and trenches.
    • The Nek, site of the famous charge by men of the Australian Light Horse depicted in the movie Gallipoli
    • Chunuk Bair, location of the New Zealand Memorial, built on the hill taken by the New Zealanders during the August offensive, and the highest point captured during the entire campaign.

  5. Stop 5

    15 min

    Take the ferry back to Canakkale with unforgettable memories and be dropped back to the hotel or cruise port

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

  • Located at the waterfront nearby the ferry terminal

  • Located at the ferry terminal,on the corner of clock tower

End point

  • Located at the waterfront nearby the ferry terminal

  • Located at the ferry terminal,on the corner of clock tower

Pickup points

  • Venus Pansiyon
  • Akdogan Hotel
  • Canak Hotel
  • Ozgen Suit
  • Hotel Limani
  • Artur Hotel
  • Figen Hotel
  • Leons Hotel
  • Armida City Hotel
  • The Abies
  • Leons Hotel

and 24 more pickup points

The tour includes a ferry ride if you stay in Canakkale

No need for the ferry ride if you stay in Eceabat

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel You get back
At least one day before 100%
Less than a day before 0%
  • The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.

Good to know

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Traveller ratings

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