An exceptional Anzac experience - spent the day with Volkan as our trusted guide and couldn’t speak highly enough of him. He was extremely knowledgeable of events leading up to and during WW1 with all countries involved in the Gallipoli conflict. His insight into the history of Turkish involvement added to the already emotional experience. We would highly recommend volkan and his team to show you an Anzac experience to remember.Friendly team and prompt responses made it easy to book online. Richard/yasmin

Highly recommend this tour - So glad we did a private tour and able to go at our own pace. Highly recommend leaving really learning and getting to the area before the tour bus rush! Our guide was excellent, very informative and was able to accommodate our needs. The only thing is he didn’t introduce himself and had no idea what his name was till I read his name tag. Thank you Volkan and guided Istanbul tours. Brilliant day. Highly recommend

It a must do tour. A... - It a must do tour. A very moving and interesting day and giving plenty of reason to reflect on the events that occurred.

Great day tour from Istanbul - Great day tour from Istanbul. Our Guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. The vehicle was very clean and driver was very good.

Amazing Galipolli - We did a day trip from Istanbul to Galipolli and return. It is a very long day but a truely amazing experience. While everyone knows the background and story about the campaign to see the actual location and topography first hand really shows the amazing spirit and tenacity of the ANZAC’s and all other Nations soldiers during the battle. A bucket list must for all Australians. Our guide Sherraia and driver were excellent. Their passion and enthusiasm completed the experience.

A day of respect for our Anzacs - My wife and I we're well looked after on our day out to visit this important Anzac site. A few teething problems with the in vehicle communications equipment was overcome relatively quickly. Safe driving, at ease nature of our guide and a continuous supply of cool bottled water are cornerstones to a road trip tour - these were all met to a high standard.

Great tour a must for every Aussie - This was an amazing experience. Ekram was knowledgeable about the area and accommodating with my husband who gets car sick when not driving. The experience ia something every Australian must do and doing it as a private tour is so worth it Pro tip leave as early as you can and then you get to see the locations before all the other tours get there. It was truly amazing to be the only ones at the sites

An amazing historical and cultural trip with a quality guide and expert company. - We had a fantastic day trip for our family of 4 with a great driver and extremely knowledgeable and helpful guide Mustafa. We were collected promptly by our driver in our clean and spacious Mercedes van at 8am from our hotel, before picking up Mustafa en route. Mustafa pointed out sites on the trip and outlined Istanbuls uniqueness and history as a city. With experience as a qualified guide, great English and a history including living in Australia we were able to learn so much, including our two younger teens appreciating the stories. We were able to tailor the trip as we went, stopping for regular toilet breaks in quality roadhouses Mustafa knew. We even took the ferry over from Ecebat to Çanakkale, and our guide took us to a great traditional restaurant for lunch that we never would have found alone. We then visited numerous sites in the ANZAC cove area, hearing the full history of WW1 significance at each stop. After a long hot day, made more comfortable by endless complimentary water bottles in the fridge of the van, we headed back to Istanbul, arriving at our hotel at around 8.30pm. A fantastic day we will all never forget. This is a must do trip and highly valuable for Aussie travellers. Worth every cent! Lest we Forget. 🇦🇺

A long emotional day. - This was a vey long day. We were picked up on time. Long drive out. Great guide very informative with good overview of Istanbul and the history of Turkey. Checked in regularly. Enough time to absorb the impact of Gallipoli at each site we visited. Quite thorough and emotionally draining. The only issue was lack of thought about lunch with no real time allowed.

Historical - Communications were excellent from start to finish, guide was friendly and informative and driver great, especially as he had such a long day in extreme heat. The drive out was amazing as you really saw more of Turkey than just the big, sprawling city of Istanbul. The landscape certainly changed and our guide was informative about the people, the land and sone history for context as we moved through the beautiful countryside. The Gallipoli portion of our trip was great, our guide, Mustie, was great, loads of information and really helped set the scene for events that unfolded during WW1 and the loss of so many lives on both sides of the invasion. One thing WE as a group felt didn’t need to be included, and WE didn’t add value to the trip, was the 2 hour detour via ferry across the river to see the Trojan horse and to have lunch. It was a rush! Lunch was a rush and there was nothing really to see as the horse was from a movie set. We had already suggested before we set off we thought maybe it wasn’t necessary but we were convinced by our guide it would be disappointing if we didn’t and the best place for lunch was there also. After we got back to our ship we chatted to other passengers who’d been there and they had been taken to a museum which would have added so much more value to the experience. They were also taken to see the grave of Simpson and his donkey, said they had a lovely lunch in the small town of Eceabat. Eceabat is where the reenactment scenes from the war were, which was excellent! This gave you an incredible picture of how close the combatants were to each other and the brutality of the war effort. The trip was supposed to be 8 till 8 but traffic coming back into Istanbul was horrendous! Could be Saturday night thing as there were so many people out enjoying themselves in parks etc. traffic we know can’t be controlled by the tour operator but if we’d have known we may have bought dinner for the ride back. All in all a good day, but we would suggest, if you are taking this tour, not to be convinced to take the ferry ride across the river and back as it added nothing at all to the trip, and your time could be better spent at the museum we didn’t get to see, or one of the other cemeteries our other friends visited.