Event Details
- 10 May 26 08:00 - 15 May 26 21:00
- Tour
- Battlefield Tour
Photograph: Gallipoli Association and Battle Honours group walking via Shell Green to Lone Pine.
For our 111th Anniversary Gallipoli Tour we are back to Gallipoli for 6 days in Turkey.
6 Day, 5 Nights - Walking Gallipoli Costs:
- £TBC with flights (£TBC non-flight option)
- £150.00 Single Supplement
- £300.00 Deposit
'Walking Gallipoli', offers a series of walks covering the highlights of the campaign, conducted at a relaxed pace and with scope to visit spots not offered on other tour itineraries. We feel this tour offers the most comprehensive tour available to Gallipoli, as part of a like-minded intimate group to reach seldom visited spots via mule tracks, dried up gullies and quiet beaches. The distances are not excessive, our average day involves around 6 miles over undulating ground but at a pace to suit the needs of the group, if you have any concerns, please feel free to give us a call.
We will stay in a waterfront Canakkale hotel with well-equipped rooms: A/C, TV, en-suite bathrooms, bar facilities and restaurant. Bed and Breakfast basis, with packed or cafe lunches included. Evening meals are not included.
‘Walking Gallipoli’ Tour Itinerary (subject to change)
Sunday 10 May 2025 – Travel Day vis Turkish Airlines
Monday 11 May 2025 – Anzac Day
The best way to study an amphibious landing is by boat. Our morning will be spent studying the Gaba Tepe from the sea before we come ashore to walk from Beach Cemetery, via Shrapnel Valley up to the heights of Plugges Plateau, the first ridge captured by the Anzac’s on 25 April 1915.
After lunch at a local restaurant, we will continue the Anzac advance from the Second Ridge at Lone Pine, to the furthest advance of the Australian and New Zealand troops on that first day of the landing. Visiting Quinn's Post, the Chessboard, The Nek and Baby 700.
Tuesday 12 May 2025 – Helles Day
Beginning the morning on the top of Achi Baba, where we will experience panoramic views of the Helles battlefield, we will descend down to the beaches. Next stop is Erturgal Fort, trenches and the Ottoman memorial to Sgt Yahya, all overlooking V Beach. We will visit V Beach CWGC Cemetery, the spit of rock where the River Clyde came shore, all under the shadow of Seddulbahir Fort. We will then advance up through the village to Doughty-Wylie’s Grave, and then the Helles Memorial.
After lunch at V Beach Café, we will walk from Hunter-Weston Hill to Lancashire Landing CWGC Cemetery. From there we will visit W Beach to recount the story of the 6 VC’s Before Breakfast. Later in the day we will visit the Krithia frontline area, walking from Redoubt Cemetery to Twelve Tree Copse.
Wednesday 13 May 2025 – Gully Ravine Day
We will spend the whole day exploring Gully Ravine, starting at the Ottoman Nuri Yamut Memorial we will walk across the seaward cliffs to Gurkha Bluff, just above Y Beach. We will continue along Gully Spur, visiting Geoghegan’s Bluff and the football field for a packed lunch. We will then continue to follow the ravine to Gully Beach. Exiting the ravine we will walk along the West Krithia to finish the day at Pink Farm CWGC Cemetery.
Thursday 14 May 2025 – Suvla Day
We will begin the morning on the once hotly contested Scimitar Hill (Hill 70) before following the Ottoman trench lines on to the top of the W Hills where we will get excellent views of both the Suvla and North Anzac battlefield. Walking down to Hetman Chair and Dead Man’s Gully, we will finish at Chocolate and Green Hill.
After a packed lunch at the museum in Buyuk Anafarta, we will walk from the Jandarma Memorial to Kidney Hill, Caribou Hill and then to Azmak CWGC Cemetery, also visiting the new Ottoman cemetery site on Kiretch Tepe. We will finish the day at Suvla Point and General Stopford’s HQ.
Friday 15 May 2025 – Return to Istanbul for return flight.
To enquire or to reserve a space, please email: [email protected]
Photograph: A wrecked 'Horse' Lighter on W Beach, Lancashire Landing.
Photograph: A 'Gully Ravine' hero - Second Lieutenant A V Smith VC, the last Victoria Cross to be won on the Peninsula.
Photograph: Walking Gully Ravine
