Group-Guided

Hidden Gems at Every Turn

Menu of Turkey’s Top Trekking Destinations

Our Group Guided Tours are designed to introduce you to some of the highlights of walking in Turkey, but also to see some its deep cultural and historical highlights. Turkey is also a country with an important store of nature. It has been identified as an area of great genetic significance. The wide range of habitats within the country, many of which we discover on our walks, are home to a huge variety of flora and fauna. As an example nearly 10,000 species of wild flowers have been identified and roughly 40% are endemic (only found in Turkey). Some of Turkey’s historical sites are well known and include a number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Wherever possible we have, of course, included visits to these sites in our itineraries. However what we also have is the local knowledge to find less well known places of interest. Canyons with ancient scripts carved in stone, pre-historic paintings, cave dwellings, underground cities, sunken cities, hidden monestaries, walking on roman roads or paths dating to Hellenic times the list seems never ending. Our itineraries take you away from the more well known coastal resorts to traditional villages and agricultural areas where we will meet local people going about their daily business. We often stop and eat with local farmers or nomadic people, often for lunch as part of our daily walks. In this way we can truly experience traditional Turkish life that runs at a pace and way that has remained largely unchanged for decades. Our guided groups are small with 8-15 people. There is a support bus to take us to and from walks where necessary and to move luggage from place to place. On Kaçkar mountains we also use mules! So you are free to walk with just a day pack. Your guide will not just show the way and make sure you are safe but will also have good English language skills and a font of knowledge about the local culture, history and nature to share with you. The first time I walked from Alinca to Faralya I knew part of the route was a traditional path between Alinca and Kabak, but I did not know how old. On the path I met a local guide who told me it was a path used back in Hellenic times. When I have travelled in the hinterland I have often been welcomed by locals or nomadic Yörük people. These encounters are so much the richer because I speak good Turkish, and the local knowledge these people have of thier area is astounding. OUR GUIDES WILL HELP YOU GET THE MOST FROM YOUR TIME!