Gallipoli Tour from Çanakkale: ANZAC Battlefields & Memorials

Six and a half hours tracing the 1915 landing, ridge line, and memorial sites of ANZAC fallen

A half-day Gallipoli tour from Çanakkale takes you by ferry across the Dardanelles, then by coach through the ANZAC battlefields and memorials on the peninsula. You visit ANZAC Cove where the landing happened on April 25, 1915, walk the trenches and tunnels at Lone Pine and Johnston's Jolly, and finish at Chunuk Bair, the highest point and site of the fiercest fighting. Lunch at a local restaurant in Eceabat is included. The tour runs with an English-speaking guide and hotel pickup from Çanakkale.

Step-by-step itinerary

Gallipoli battlefield tour and lunch

• Meet at hotel in Çanakkale
• Transfer to ferry terminal
• Ferry crossing to Eceabat
• Lunch at local restaurant
• Coach trip to ANZAC Cove
• Visit ANZAC Cove and Brighton Beach
• See Beach Cemetery and John Simpson Kirkpatrick grave
• Explore Second Ridge trenches and tunnels
• Visit Lone Pine Australian Memorial
• Walk through Johnston's Jolly Cemetery
• See 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial
• Visit The Nek and Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial
• Return to Eceabat by bus
• Option to travel to Istanbul or return to Çanakkale

The experience

The tour starts at your hotel in Çanakkale around 11:30am, where you're picked up and taken to the ferry terminal for the crossing to Eceabat on the far shore of the Dardanelles. After lunch at a local restaurant, a 15-minute coach ride takes you inland to ANZAC Cove on the Aegean coast: the beach where Australian and New Zealand troops landed on April 25, 1915. Your guide walks you through the events of that first day and the campaign that followed, standing above the cove itself and visiting the grave of John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the stretcher bearer known as the Man with the Donkey for carrying wounded soldiers on a stolen animal to a medical post.

From the beaches, the tour moves uphill along what became known as Second Ridge, where the Allied advance stopped on the first day and where the front line stayed for the next seven months. You drive along the ridge top with the old trenches still visible on either side, stopping at several cemeteries and memorials. At Lone Pine, the Australian memorial commemorates almost 5,000 Australians who have no known grave. At Johnston's Jolly, you walk through the abandoned trenches and tunnel entrances themselves. The final stop is Chunuk Bair, one of the peninsula's highest points and site of the New Zealand national memorial: captured by New Zealand troops in August and held for two days before Ottoman forces under Mustafa Kemal recaptured it. The names of more than 850 New Zealand soldiers who fell in the area are on the memorial.

After the tour ends, the bus returns to Eceabat. You can either take the ferry back to Çanakkale or board a coach for the five-hour trip to Istanbul if you prefer. The vehicle is air-conditioned, and vegetarian lunch options are available on request.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup in Çanakkale.
• ferry crossing to Eceabat.
• set menu lunch at a local restaurant with a vegetarian option.
• air-conditioned coach transport across the peninsula.
• visits to ANZAC Cove, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery with its trenches and tunnels, Chunuk Bair and the New Zealand Memorial, plus several other cemeteries and memorials.
• English-speaking guide throughout.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 10:30

AgesAdult (7 and older) · Child (4 to 6 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 2

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup is optional; you can also go straight to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.You can choose from 17 pickup points.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 3 days ago

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Crowded House Tours

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English throughout, so you follow the history and the significance of each stop without needing to arrange translation or interpretation yourself. This suits anyone who wants the full context of the campaign and the landing without building the itinerary alone.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 6 years); Infant (under 4): free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What exactly is ANZAC Cove and why is it so significant?

ANZAC Cove is the beach on the Aegean coast where Australian and New Zealand troops landed on April 25, 1915: the site of the initial landing and the main base for Allied forces in that sector throughout the campaign. The tour takes you to the cove itself and to the surrounding heights where the fighting continued for months.

Will I actually walk through the old trenches?

Yes. At Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, you walk through the now-abandoned trenches and tunnel entrances. At Chunuk Bair, you stand at the memorial on one of the peninsula's highest points, where some of the fiercest fighting took place.

How long is the coach drive from Eceabat to the battlefields?

The coach takes about 15 minutes to cross the Gallipoli Peninsula from Eceabat to ANZAC Cove on the Aegean coast.

Is lunch included, and what if I'm vegetarian?

Lunch at a local restaurant in Eceabat is included as part of the tour. A vegetarian option is available on request.

What happens at the end of the tour? How do I get back?

After the tour ends in Eceabat, you can take the ferry back to Çanakkale, or if you're heading to Istanbul, you can board a coach for the approximately five-hour trip instead.

Who is John Simpson Kirkpatrick and why is he buried at Gallipoli?

John Simpson Kirkpatrick was a stretcher bearer famed as the Man with the Donkey. He carried wounded soldiers to a medical aid post using a stolen donkey. His grave is at Beach Cemetery, one of the stops on the tour.