Anzac Day Tours in Turkey, Holiday in Turkey

* IMPORTANT NOTICE: The following statements are all made by real customers of EKOL TRAVEL Ltd. We have retained the hand-written copies and would be happy to produce them upon request ..

Some individual comments 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 -2001-2000-1999 - ............;

Chris White : What an experience for my first trip overseas. Umit’s commentary and information on the historic sights was entertaining and enlightening and made the places come alive.

Terry Davis : Very emotional Anzac service.The ancient ruins are mind blowing.Very good guide.Vast history knowledge.Excellent driver.

Margaret Davis : Very emotional day at the Anzac servise touching for us all.Trip very well organised.Bus driver excellent. Umit a gerat guide couldn’t of asked for a better guide.

Christine Voysey : A wonderful bus tour with a very knowlegable helpful and friendly guide.His information was amazing and we saw more of Turkey than I thought possible in such a short time.Also very capable and friendly bus driver.,

Gil Voysey : This tour was much better than I imagined it would be.The organisation was outstanding, the details of information was fantastic, the driving was first class and Turkey is facinating.

Joke Dekens : Everything was fantastic.Loved my stay in Turkey.

Hyn Cramb : A very well organised tour.Our guide’s knowledge was impressive. Our Anzac Day experience was excellent because of the good organisation and consideration for the needs of our Group.Overall a great experience with a first class guide and driver.

Nade Van Gemert : Had a great time in Turkey.The culture and the people are amazing. would recommend to others.

Melinda Dennis : I have really enjoyed this tour and it has been an excellent two weeks.

Sally Uewellyn : I thougt it was a great tour, was great value of money.I would recommend the tour company.

Nicole Lennon : Both the bus driver and Yigit were excellent.I had an excellent time,sae everything wanted,learnt a lot about Turkey.I would recommend the tour to anyone.Thanks for the good laughs and memories.

Darius Mahony : I had the best week of my life with my friends and our Ekol tour guide Oktay he was brillant...so much fun...

Graham Bowman : Very good,very frindly,very knowledgable good guide,good fridend.

Angelo Guy : Sometime throughly enjoyed trip.Was well organised with lot of local knowladge.I would recommend this tour to anyone.

Kevin Bell : Transport & driver was excellent.guide excellent,knowladge,friendly.

Harry(Joe) Wooding : Having travelled widely,it would be fair to stay that both Mustafa and Hiarti were excellent. The knowladge and pleasant demeanour of both made our stay most pleasant.

Tina & David : Good trip,excellent driver and guide.I would recommend this company to anybody.

Denise Howard : Tour organisation suberb.Enjoyed all stories but would liked a stopover at Ankara.

Michael Mullay : Had excellent time and meet heaps of cool people.All in all good trip.

Anna Hurdley : Fantastic tour, excellent sites.Mustafa very kmowledgable, excellent tour guide,very much enjoyed his company.Would recommend to others.

Barbara Bowman :It has been a wounderful tour first with Phyllis who looked after us so well at Gallipoli before and then with Mustafa.Our eyes have been opened to Turkeys history, people, natural beauty. We will recommend your company.Well done.

Milsted Adam : The tour was amazing. Thank you for the experience and I shall recommend your company to all my friends.

Jeol Stevling : Fantastic tour went to some Special places.Great group of people on the bus. Great tour guide.

Chris King : Great tour with excellent value for money. Well done EKOL for a great week.

Sally Ivens : This tour has been an absolute blast-very Special experiences with excellent sites and people. Gallipoli sector fantastic.The time spent at Pergamon and Ephesus was perfect.

Fraser Dawson : Very excellent tour especially all the history from all the sites we have visited.

Benjamin Van Galen : EKOL TRAVEL combined with our excellent, organised, knowledgeable and well spoken tour guide. Thanks mate was great.

Claire Moody : Thank you for a brilliant experience. We had a brilliant time and our memories was last forever. Excellent value for my money. I will recommend this tour to anyone and everyone.

Jeanie Muspratt : Excellent. Best tour guide I have had yet.Brilliant, knowledge, passion for Turkey.

Genevieve O’toole : Awesome tour.

Karly Roche : Excellent tour fantastic tour guide. He made the trip exciting.

Bobbie Rosenhart : Being my first Europe tour.I have had the best time. Fantastic entertainment, accomodation and a great tour guide.

Joseph Fallon : The tour has been great and I and everyone I have talked too has loved it.

Chris/Sarah King : Thanks for an absolutely awesome trip Oktay. We’ve both had loads of fun and have learned a lot. The trip was amazing value and far surpassed our expectations. We’ll definitely recommend EKOL to the others and may return for another trip.thakns for your never ending patience with our endless questions.

Bridget Culliney : Fantastic. I couldn’t be more pleased. Oktay was a lovely guy and a proffecional who performed his job with the almost proffecionalism. He was kind friendly, humorous and made us all fed at esse. Great mix of staff and info about the country, which was relavent and interesting and relaxing and joining all a companion. Tour was well organised and great value for money. Again Oktay was a knowledgeable, consumate, proffecionla who went well beyond the call of duty pto several occassions.

Mick Hansen : Fantastic tour. Oktay was a credit to the company. They should continue using his services. We will be recommending your company to the others for sure.

Katie Benson : The tour was such great value visited some awsome places. All the hotels were great. Oktay was a brilliant guide he taught us so much about Turkey, managed the entire group with skill and respect.

Tasman Kirkwood/Stacey Rosser : We had a fantastic time and reallt enjoyed all the sites we visited. Oktay is a fantastic guide. Full of great information and really funny. Can’t wait to come to Anzac Day next year. Thank you for everything.

Kym Townsend : Great tour.Couldn’t ask for a better or more knowledgeable tour guide.

Natalie O’Carroll : Lots of fun, great sights, maybe an extra day for relaxation after long bus drives, would be nice.

Jane McDermott : The tour was very well organised, very informative and a great bunch of people.Couldn’t have been better. I will be recommending EKOL to the others.

Steven Bastian : Turkey is an amazing country. Made even more special by uor tour guide Taner. He was extremely informative and I was able to learn so much more than any lonely planer guide. Organisation by the company was excellent. Shoul advertise more as only heard of EKOL enough recommendation.

Rebecca Wallace : Great guide Taner very good. Knowledge ( but maybe a bit too much). Hotel Kaya was crap.

Wade Hangton : Busese were great drivers very good, tour guide vey good well informed, accomodation was ok.

Rachael Clark : Taner was a fambulous guide with an amazing knowledge of history.

Darren Culbert : The guide was very knowledgeable but seemed to go little long on occasions. Some of the rooms were less than satisfactory.

Andrea Hoskins : Had great time. Only negative point is the accomodation on night 1.

Aaron McLean : The guide was great. Made several attempts to keep us entertained and well informed.

Jennifer Brown : Good. Really informative guide, who knows a lot about the culture and history of Turkey.

Lance Williams : The tour has been great. The tour leader was always organised and had heaps of information to give. I have had a fantastic time.Thank you.

Julie Hodder : Very well organised tour.Hotel and bus services were excellent. Tour guide very knowledgeable.

Tanya Syniuta : Taner is an excellent guide fully of knowledge and very entertaining.

Angus Hamilton : I found that the organisational skills of the tour guide was very good as we were well informed in what was going on.

Des Armistead : Great trip all round. Taner was a good guide and friendly person and made the trip a lot of fun and a learning experience.

Sommer McEvoy : Great tour-found tour guide to be very knowledgeable and helpful.

Lucy Martens : Very informative tour guide and very organised. Lots of time on the bus.

Jade Garner : Fantastic tour.Selçuk was very organised and very knowledgeable. Would be good if we could hev watched the Gallipoli movie before arriving in Gallipoli.

Rosalind Cole Baker : This tour has been very well organised and enjoyable. The bus comfortable and leaving times allowing plenty of rest time. Our tour guide has been brilliant, both with sharing the history of the ancient and biblical sites, also by staggering the times and places around the other bus loads of tourists. And Selçuk and Mehmet have both been kind helpful at all times.

Tina ROWE / AUS : This is the best tour I have been on. I love the tour guide , driver and assistant They were all crazy..!

Merveyn STEWART / NZ : had a great trip did not realise that turkey had so much to offer

Hally ROWE / AUS : The anzac day gallipoli trip has to be one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

Nikki PAYNE / AUS : Fantastic tour and guide..! Our guide was fantastic very informative and funny. Bus driver and his assistant were great. Always felt safe.

Shane BREEN / AUS : Best tour I've ever done. Looking forward to doing another

Brendan MILLS / AUS : Excellent guide and drivers. Couldn't I've asked for any better.

Sarah JONES / AUS : anzac day memoriel services-fantastic experience - would love to come back.

Amanda RAFTERY / AUS : tour was fantastic had a great time I saw everything I wanted to see

Melissa DUNN / AUS : It was a fantastic tour the EKOL staff were great so were the sights I am definately going to recommend ekol to people at home

Kimberley WATT / AUS : best thing I've ever done and have really eyjoyed the turkish beer.

Brett McCARTHY / NZ : bloody good trip our guide was excellent. My best turkey trip ever

Kay WILSON / NZ : well planed and organised tour. We will recommend EKOL travel to our friends many thanks.

Joanne RAMSELAAR / AUS : the tour was absolutely brilliant, and I thought it was very well organised thought out.

Loise HENN / AUS : my trip to turkey was me of the best experiences I've ever had.

Natalie MAIDEN / AUS : tour was well organised, guide was fantastic his knowledge of turkey and history was amazing and increased enjoyment of trip for everyone

Tim Whittington /AUS: I feel honoured & grateful for the respect & friendship of Turkish people for the Anzacs . Thank you !

Amanda Graham / NZ: Wow ! What a wonderful trip.I have brain strain from the amount of information Mustafa (Guide) has given me !A huge thank you all..

Pip Borgelt / AUS: Fantasticaly run tour.Very proffessional from the start(booking) to finish.

Tammie West / AUS: The service provided by EKOL TRAVEL was eccellent and problems were dealt with swiftly..

Helena Vanevery / AUS: Turkey,our Anzac Day memories now have a special place in our heart.Thanks again !

Scott Howell / AUS: Our trip was definitley made all the better by using EKOL !

Simone Hazelman / AUS: EKOL staff fantastic especially in moments of crisis!Thanks for a great holiday..

Kerryn Fowler / N.Z:We always seemed to be one step ahead of other tours ( Like at Anzac Day ).......

Pip Sutton / N.Z: A HUGE thanks to both driver & tour operator for making my time in Turkey the best..

Tanja ten Have / AUS: I would just like to let you know that I had a amazing time in Turkey..

Matt Terry / AUS: An excellent program.Thank you !

Andrew Clouting / AUS: Very entertaining & informative organisation .Great !

Patrick Mahony / AUS: Our Australian travel agent was very much unprepared for Anzacday but Ekol travel connection has been great,arranged everything,smoothed the lack of info from Australia..

Joanne Abbott / AUS: Had an amazing time with EKOL TRAVEL ,thank you for a perfectly organised ,friendly,informative tour..

Sarah Horsley / AUS: I had a fantastic time and wish I didn’t have to leave early !

Kim Lacey / AUS: The group was a good size and all aspects were wll organised ! Well done...

Dougal Mcfarlane / AUS: Excellent trip, Well organised under diffucult conditions ..

Tracey Andrews / NZ: Great trip ! Thanks for help with our ongoing travel arrangements..

Carolyn Gromball / AUS: Very well organised.Tour guide very informative.Thank you for a great experience!

Katrina Lamberton / AUS: Had an excellent tour.I was able to participate in something truly unique..

Tim Bransdon / AUS: Tour was fantastic ! Great, informative & extremely helpful guides ..

Larissa Streeter / AUS: A realy enjoyable tour.Guide was fluent in English which we found very important..

Catherine Littlefair / AUS: The Anzac experience was memorable, EKOL looked after us well..

Daniel Rose / AUS: Anzacday was well organised and sight seeing in Istanbul was amazing. I was truly satisfied with the whole trip..

Sian Joseph / AUS: Loved Anzacday. The buses were in good condition.Tour was great !

Sharen Ryan / AU: Well organised, interesting and safe tour group.Thank you!

* Tom Hinds / AUS: Our Guide Volkan was very professional, personable, flexible and enthusias'tic. He made the trip excellent.

* Andy Young / AUS: Very Good.

* Tracey Blackmur / AUS: Very enjoyable & informative tour.

* Maggie L'estrange / AUS : It has been great. Really interesting and enjoyable. Tour guide Baran has been very helpful. Thanks.

* Rebecca Kenworthy / AUS: Fantastic ANZAC experience with all the pleasures of Turkey & it's wonderful people.

* Scott Morrison / AUS: A wonderful tour, lovely sights, friendly people and a generous friendly guide who was excellent in everything he did - organising, commentary etc. He nade the tour one to remember.

* Jacelyn Craig / AUS: It was a brilliant tour and fantastic experience. Our tour guide was excellent !!!

* Lucy Glover / NZ: BRILLIANT ! Tunch & Ali were fantastic and had the best week. Thanks!

* Kate Bartkevicks / NZ: Had an excellent time, would definately recommend! Brilliant guide - very informative & lots of fun!

* Kerri Cook / CAN: The driver should be introduced becAUe, he is an essential part of the tour.

* Paul Boschetti / AUS: Very enjoyable tour, fun by all.

* Brad Myers / AUS: Bloody fantastic !!!

* Aaron Cook / AUS: Great time, it is good to see both sides of Gallipoli story, The Turkish people are great!

* Civant Holden / NZ: Very informative tour with great sightseeing etc. Esp. enjoyed Gallipoli & also the Ephesus ruins so far. Still to see Istanbul attractions at time of writing this. Also Turkish Night was great fun. Thanks a lot.

* Ben Targett / AUS: This trip has been excellent. Brilliant guide and bus driver.

* Joanne Bryant / UK: (Wannabe AUtralian) I've had a great trip. Our tour leader & driver have been super. They made the trip an experiance to remember.

* Anne Howe / AUS: Fantastic tour. Especially ANZAC Day service.

* Ben Francis / AUS: Well organised with great tour guide & Bus driver. Thoroughly enjoyed ANZAC Day & the old ruins. A lay day in the middle would have been good.

* David Kretscmmer / AUS: FANTASTIC TRIP! - Definately the best 8 days of my life!!. This tour was definately the best way to see the amny faces of Turkish Culture. Thanks to Volkan (our tour guide) for a very enjoyable and extremely entertining trip + also for his hard work making sure we all get ted!!!

* Katryn Douglas / NZ: An excellent tour that included everything & wanted it to. I tought it was well organised and everyone really appreciated everything Tunc did for us. An brilliant tour guide and tour. Thanks Tunc!

* Craig Friend / NZ: Fantastic trip run by Al and the bus driver. Very informative. Gallipoli Boat Landing was certainly a highlight. Ephesus was brilliant - Al is extremely knowledgable on history. Overall a fantastic week and fantastic group of people and extremely well organised by your company. Thanks.

* Andrew Taylor / NZ: Excellent trip. Maybe a little rushed. ANZAC Day was very special and will be remebered for a lifetime. Special thanks to Al & Muhammed (Bus Driver) who both made the trip one of the best. Well Done !!! Will be recommending to others.

* Alan Goldsmith / AUS: The tour was great. Izzet was a great tour guide.

* Kathlyen Marshall/ AUS: A real Turkish experience. The wat that ANZAC Day was dealt with was fantastic.

* Hayley Munkittrick / AUS: Baran has been an exceptional tour guide, very informative. All the ancient sites and history tours have been very interesting. Hotels have been good and organisation of time spent doing activities well kept.