The Gallipoli Peninsula forms one land side of the Dardanelles Straits, a historic waterway that links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. The Peninsula is only 10 miles at the widest point, and is about 45 miles long. Cape Helles lies at its southernmost tip. The terrain is inhospitable, mostly rocky, scrubland with little water and steep-sided hills that are cut into deep gullies and ravines. This historic land scene of the fighting between Australian, New Zealand, British and French troops of the Allies, and Turkish troops, between April 1915 and January 1916. This was known as the Battle of Gallipoli, and the most important landing site was at Anzac Cove.

Among the hills that lie along the spine of the Peninsula, there are many peaks and valleys. The most important heights are the summits of Achi Baba, which overlooks all of Cape Helles; and Sari Bair from which can be seen Anzac Beach and the Asian side of the Straits. At the southernmost Aegean tip are a number of small sandy beaches, and there are some small stretches of beach on the Western side too. Our guided tour gives you a good insight, by visiting the trenches, museum, memorials and grave stones dotted all over this vast peninsula.