Itinerary: The 23-day tour of Turkey costing $6,770 departs on the 19th June and returns to Australia on the 11th July 2011. The tour covers the length of Turkey from eastern Anatolia to the battlefields of Gallipoli in the west and you’ll see everything else of interest in between including Sanliurfa, the birth place of Abraham; Adana - Turkey’s most fertile area; Tarsus where St. Paul was born and where Mark Antony and Cleopatra once lived; Cappadocia with its fairy chimneys and to witness the famous Whirling Dervishes ritual; Konya - Turkey’s grain cellar; Pamukkale’s cascading hot springs; Ephusus one of the world’s finest Greco-Roman cities, the legendary city of Troy and much, much more. At the conclusion of the Turkish tour you have the option of flying from Istanbul to Cairo and undertaking a further 8-day sightseeing tour of Egypt costing $1,600 arriving back in Australia on Day 30, 18th July 2011. The 8-day optional tour to Egypt includes a 4-day Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor featuring the High Dam an engineering marvel, glorious temples in Edfu and at Kom Ombo, Luxor’s west and east banks with the Valley of Kings - the burial chambers of ancient Egypt’s greatest pharaohs. In Cairo you’ll visit the Museum and see the treasures of King Tutankhamen, the mysterious Sphinx that stands guarding the Great Pyramids of Giza and the bustling Khan El Khalili Bazaar. On the way home you also have the option when departing from either Istanbul or Cairo of stopping over in Dubai for an Arabian experience and or Singapore still a duty free shoppers paradise.
Highlights: The tour has been designed as a business trip, which may qualify as a tax-deductible expense. However, it is not all work and no play as sightseeing and shopping time has been included and you’ll see the very best of what these countries have to offer. As with all Australian Farmers Tours you’ll get off the tourist track visiting sheep, beef, dairying, horticultural, cropping and experimental farms.
Tour Cost: The cost is fully inclusive of airfares, all breakfasts, most lunches and dinners staying at mostly 4 star hotels and utilises the services of Singapore Airlines.
Tour Leader: David Whyte, Elders District Wool Manager based in Hamilton Vic servicing clients in Western Victoria and the South East of South Australia, has previously led Australian Farmers Tours to China, New Zealand, Europe & England, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia, USA, Canada & Alaska and in 2009 led a most successful Australian Farmers 30-day Central & Eastern European Farming Tour. His wife Lynne will again accompany David and as this tour is limited to only 42 people it is expected to fill very quickly therefore early application is most desirable.
About Us: Australian Farmers Travel, registered in Victoria and owned and operated by Andrew Curry is Australia’s leading agricultural tour operator. It commenced in 1973 as a service to primary producers and shareholders of the then major rural co-operatives Victorian Producers’ (now Elders), Westralian Farmers (now AWB Landmark), Primaries (now Elders), Gippsland and Northern, Bennetts Farmers and Farmers & Graziers. Our tours offer the chance to see how farming is practised worldwide and also provide a sense of fellowship and a chance to meet other farm families from all over Australia. Friendships formed on an Australian Farmers Tour often last a lifetime. We value the loyalty of our past tour members and appreciate the fact that many of them continue to book with us year after year. We feel this is a mark of the quality of our tours and tour leaders and we continue to strive to attain the high standards that we set ourselves. |
