ANZAC Heritage Tour - North Africa etc
 

Hey All,

I'm thinking of doing an ANZAC heritage tour, basically some of the key palces that the ANZACs fought during WW1 & 2.

So the initial thought is to set off towards end of March or start of April going to:

Gallipoli (Turkey)
El Alamein (Egypt)
Benghazi (Libya)
Tobruk (Libya)

Coming back via either Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco then back to the UK or straight from Libya to Algeria, Morocco then back to UK...

Not sure yet of total distance (can't really find a route planner to plan the North African bit) but I have initially enquired as to Libya route fees etc and they came back with a cost of 105-190 euros per person per day (depending on size) including all meals, sleeping, visits to sites and the necessary tour guide for the duration of the visit...

Any takers or ideas/recommendations?

How would you go from Turkey to Egypt?

Personally I think that via Syria and Jordan would be a great leg to ride.

I think that the border between Morocco and Algeria (and vice-versa) is closed. It's difficult to get any solid information. If you go to Algeria from Tunisia then I believe you will need to come back into Tunisia (or go south through the magreb). From Tunis (Tunisia) there are ferries to Italy and France.

All in all it's a great sounding trip, I'd like to do it myself. Maybe end 2011... :scooter:

So the thinking is Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria...and take a punt on the Morocco/Algeria crossing, otherwise track back to Oran and ferry it to Alicante which is dooable...(or one of the ferry jumps from Algeria to mainland Europe)...

Obviously the cross from Jordan to Egypt is a bit of an issue but apparently you can catcha a ferry easily enough (£50 for a 90min journey, not bad) avoiding Israel all together...

Incidently, distance wise from London to the ferry point in Algeria (or Morocco really not a huge difference) is about 9000km give or take...

istanbul bicycle motocycle club
 

If we are free while you are in dardanelles area, we can make anzac tour together.If not, and if you have time we would like to offer you welcome drinks
in our club garage where you can repair yur moto yourself using the tools.
wish you a nice journey.

Hey Electric Monk,

Currently sat in Eceabat near Gallipoli! Would definitley recommend you stay in this town.............

The Crowded House Hotel is excellent, thoroughly recommend it, clean and comfortable with good rate !

Hotel owner is called Paulie, who we are currently sat having a beer with and putting the world to rights!

This area of the world is great place to visit and the guys here have a wealth of info!

Hope the planning goes well and hope this helps ! There is no 'secure parking' but the bikes are safe parked down a side street with camera surveillance!!

Cheers LOU and ED on the road to 'hopefully' to Cape Town

Hotel Crowded House - Eceabat, Gallipoli, Canakkale accommodation

Hi,
sounds like it could be a interesting trip, any idea on duration?

Hi Tom,

am planning a similar trip to Turkey in march the details on under London/Gallipoli, Turkey on page 5 so maybe we can travel part of the trip together.

will start of in santander end of march.

cheers

hi sorry for the delay in reply..was 'out of action' for a while...anyhow duration about 3 weeks so not too long...that depends also on a few issues around egypt etc its seems the more i look into it the more of an issue it is...

If egypt is an issue (basically the fee for the CDP) then plan be is travel to Italy, then circle Tunisia and Libya...well..thats a lot shorter than I would want it to be but its an option only at the mo:)

Hey Jonnie,
Sounds good mate! Company is always welcome...where are you based, London by any chance? if so perhaps we could catchup to compare plans etc...My b'day is on the 21 of March hence would like to set off around that time if that would work for you? will send you a pm with my details etc...

Hi mate,

sorry not in london, but in Limerick west of ireland, but will be in uk 2nd week of march so hope to meet up then.

my plan i ferry portsmouth/santander march 20 and then on through spain/france/italy/slovina then down the coast through split then greece and turkey have no retun plan yet so am open to any sugestions, also time is no probs as im out of work for the time being

am not in any rush doing any of this trip and do not mind any changes on route just being on a bike trip in the sun is good enough for me.

i dont think i can get pm yet but my email is jonnielocknut@gmail.com

also i dont have a CDP so not sure how that would work with some of the north africa countries, any way let me know what you think.

cheers brrrr roll on summer