Expedition Fee Includes: Accommodations Questions: Please call Joseph Sage, COSTS & CONDITIONS 3 nights in ; 3 breakfasts & 1 dinner Betchart Expeditions Inc., telephone: TRAVEL WITH Expedition Fee: $4,995 per person for 12 days, in Istanbul; group transfers; Istanbul tours; (408) 252-4910 for International Calls (800) based on twin share of a cabin on board M/S 7 nights accommodations on board M/S 252-4910 for USA. Fax: (408) 252-1444. THE PLANETARY SOCIETY! Odysseus or equivalent yacht, plus air fare Odysseus (or equivalent yacht), including Email: [email protected]. of approximately $795 per person plus tax all meals and shore excursions; group On the Web: www.betchartexpeditions.com from New York to Istanbul and Dalaman, entrance fees; baggage handling; leadership, Cancellations & Refunds: The initial with return from Antalya to Istanbul and administration. deposit for the expedition is refundable up to New York on Turkish Airways. Air Fares Expedition Fee Does Not Include: Air fare 120 days before departure, less a handling fee Are Subject To Change. (quoted separately); 3 lunches & 2 dinners; of $100 per person. There will be no refund ECLIPSE YACHT ADVENTURE Singles: We encourage singles to register on tips to ship’s crew and leaders; any personal for any cancellation after the 120-day period a “twin share” basis. Your twin share rate on items such as alcoholic beverages or soda; unless your place can be resold, then only the board the yacht is then guaranteed, and we laundry, independent transfers; passport or $100 handling fee is withheld. There are no ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF will assign a roommate for you. Should you visa; travel insurance, or foreign airport refunds for unused meals, accommodations, desire single accommodations on the yacht, departure taxes. or other expedition features. Trip cancellation single occupancy is available for 1.7 times M/S Odysseus: The 75-foot motor-sailing insurance will be offered. the per person cruise fare. Singles for hotels yacht M/S Odysseus accommodates 10 pas- Responsibility: Betchart Expeditions Inc. and only are $200 per person. sengers in twin-share or double cabins, all The Planetary Society act only as agents in booking passengers on this yacht program and with respect to What to Expect: This expedition is planned with private bathrooms. She is comfortably transportation and hotels, and exercise every care pos- for the travel enthusiast who would enjoy appointed with gleaming wood corridors, bar, sible. Operation of the yachts is solely the responsibility seeing the Total Solar Eclipse and discovering and wood-paneled cabins. All cabins are air of Odysseus Cruising Ltd. Betchart and The Planetary the delights of historic Constantinople conditioned and have hot water. There is a Society act only as agent for the suppliers providing air and other transportation and land services and assume (Istanbul) and ancient sites along the comfortable salon with leather seating adja- no responsibility, however caused, for your personal or Mediterranean Coast of Turkey, traveling cent to the dining area and covered aft deck property loss or damage in connection with any service. on 10 to 18 passenger yachts. There will be with large dining table. There is a large sun We can assume no liability for injury, damage, delay, loss, three or four yachts traveling together. This deck with 10 sun beds and awning. The yacht accident, or irregularity in connection with the services of any airplane, ship, motorcoach, or any other con- expedition will allow you to discover first is a motor-sailer, and travels under sail when veyance used in carrying out the arrangements of the hand the archaeological sites, history, birds, wind and sea conditions permit. Cruising tour. We cannot accept any responsibility for losses or and wildflowers of the Mediterranean Coast, as speed is 9 knots. There is a tender boat with additional expenses due to delay or changes in air or well as the wonders of the Total Solar Eclipse. 10 hp motor, sea kayak, fishing and snorkel- other services, sickness, weather, strike, war, terrorism, quarantine, acts of God, or other causes beyond our Expect temperatures in the 60’s to 70’s, with ing equipment. Three or four similar 10 to 18 control. All such losses or expenses will have to be cold sea temperatures for swimming. Walks passenger yachts will travel together to borne by the passenger, as tour rates provide for arrange- on shore excursions will be to archaeological accommodate the group. ments only for the time stated. We reserve the right to sites or to explore towns and villages. substitute another leader of similar expertise or to cancel Hotel Accommodations: In Istanbul are in a any tour prior to departure in which case the entire Exploration requires some walking up and first class hotel (twin share with private bath) payment will be refunded with no further obligation on downhill. Please be prepared to actively which reflects the cultural heritage of the our part. The right is also reserved to decline to accept explore on foot. The itinerary is subject to country. If you do not have a roommate for or retain any person as a member of the tour. No refund changes that may arise due to weather or sea will be made for the unused portion of any tour unless hotels, you must pay the single supplement arrangements are made in sufficient time to avoid conditions beyond our control. The ship’s (hotels only) of $200 per person. penalties. The price of the program is based on current captain has the final word on any decision tariffs and rates, and is subject to change. Any tariff, made with regard to the yachts itinerary, and Reservations, Deposits & Payments: exchange rate, or fuel increases will be passed on to it is understood that such decisions will be To reserve a space, please email, fax, or participants. Baggage is carried at the owner’s risk call Betchart Expeditions Inc. Then mail entirely. It is understood that the air ticket when issued made in the best interests of the safety of shall constitute the sole contract between the passenger the passengers and yachts. With this in mind, the reservation form and your check with a and the airline concerned. The airlines concerned are you will have a once-in-a-lifetime voyage deposit of $1,000 per person to: Betchart not to be held responsible for any act, omission, or Expeditions Inc., 17050 Montebello Road, event during the time passengers are not on board their of discovery and adventure. (No smoking in plane or conveyance. vehicles or on board the yachts except on the Cupertino, CA 95014-5435. Final payment is due 120 days before departure. ©2005 Betchart Expeditions Inc. #916 aft deck, please.) All rights reserved.

M/S ODYSSEUS DISCOVER THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF TURKEY & THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE BY YACHT MARCH 21 Ð APRIL 1, 2006 ITINERARY Join us!... As we explore Istanbul, and cruise by yacht along the beautiful and dramatic Mediterranean Coast of Turkey. Explore magnificent ancient cities built and inhabited by ancient civilizations. Discover the most attractive antiquities from the 5th and 4th Centuries BC to the Roman period with tombs, theatres, sanctuaries and early churches in picturesque settings of great natural beauty. Snorkel, swim, and the church of St. Nicholas. After lunch then defined the boundary between the temperature of the air will drop noticeably relax, enjoy! See the Total Solar we will cruise to for our excursion up Greek and Phoenician seas in the 2nd and and the activity and singing of birds will Eclipse under the edge of Mount the beautiful valley of the Arycandus River, 3rd Century BC. After a cruise along this lessen dramatically. , seat of the gods! with white-topped 10,000 foot mountains in particularly dramatic coast, we arrive at an After lunch we will cruise past a long the distance, to the ancient city of Arycanda. old Genoese port. Enjoy an eclipse lecture beach to ancient . This is a pictur- Day 1 Ð March 21 Ð New York to Istanbul This is a place of great antiquity and may be in preparation for the Total Solar Eclipse. esque ancient site set in grand scenery against Depart New York’s JFK International compared with Delphi. It has a fine pure Night on boat at anchor in the old port of the backdrop of a chain of mountain peaks: Airport at 5:45 p.m. on board a Turkish Greek theatre (2nd Century BC), a spacious Ardrasan. B,L,D , Olympus and (7500 ft). Airways Airbus flight to Istanbul. , and a rare athletic stadium with com- Days 9/10 Ð March 29/30 Ð Alexander wintered his army here in 332 Day 2 Ð March 22 Ð Istanbul plete seating and an honored finishing stand. Total Solar Eclipse & Phaselis BC, and it was visited by in 130 Roman remains include an extensive bath AD. It has three harbors, a fine paved main Arrive Istanbul in mid-morning and transfer and our other yachts. Lunch on your own in sunken city. On shore is a quaint Turkish Today, for over 3 minutes, we shall see and many large temple tombs. street, the remains of an archway in honor of to the Armada Hotel (3 nights). Today, we’ll Kalkan, and in the afternoon explore the village with no roads. It is built on the site the Total Eclipse of the Sun, if the weather On the return journey we visit , Hadrian, a rare aqueduct, and a fine Roman begin our introduction to the fascinating city town, noted for old merchants houses and of an Hellenistic fortress now overtopped by permits. We should have the choice of cruis- that epitome of a Lycian city, with the most theatre and tombs. Night on boat at anchor of Istanbul (or Constantinople as it was known shops in a setting of great natural beauty. an old Ottoman fort. Night on boat at anchor ing into the open sea or staying inside this extensive necropolis on the coast. There are at Phaselis. We will continue to explore in ancient times). We’ll tour the Topkapi Welcome drinks and dinner on board. Night behind Kekova Island. B,L,D natural harbor. We will look for special phe- Palace and view the dazzling displays of the hundreds of tombs in fine condition, includ- nomena of the Eclipse. As the Moon slowly Phaselis the next day. B,L,D on boat at anchor near Kalkan. B,D Day 7 Ð March 27 Ð Ottoman Sultans. We’ll then see the 17th ing rock-cut house tombs, gable-ended sar- comes between the Sun and the Earth, you Days 11/12 Ð March 31/April 1 Ð Day 6 Ð March 26 Ð Cruise to Kas , Arycanda & Limyra Century Blue Mosque. Welcome dinner. D cophagi, and colored inscriptions. In the will see the dark crescent of the Moon cross Kemer to Antalya & Istanbul After a leisurely breakfast we will cruise Today, we’ll have an early morning start to western part of the old city is a fine, gable- the Sun and slowly advance to block all of Cruise down the coast to Kemer marina Days 3/4 Ð March 23/24 Ð Istanbul east to Kas, known in ancient times as visit three remarkable sites. We will cruise ended tomb (4th Century BC). There is also the Sun’s direct rays. Just before the Moon and overnight on boat at Kemer Marina. We’ll explore old Istanbul, including the Antiphellus. In Roman times Kas was a to the ancient port of Andriace and board a a large tower-type cenotaph, now partly sub- blocks the Sun, the sunlight passes through On April 1, we transfer to the Antalya Hippodrome, where chariot races and athlet- major trading city famous for its sponges. coach for a short journey to ancient Myra merged in water. It was probably erected to lower surface features of the Moon, creating Airport for our return flight to Istanbul ic events took place during the Roman era. It has a picturesque street of jewelers’ shops where St. Nicholas was bishop in the 4th symbolize the achievements of Gaius We’ll then visit 6th century St. Sophia, a a phenomenon called “Baily’s Beads.” and return flight to the USA. B and the finest example of a Lycian tomb, Century AD. Nicholas became the patron Caesar, who was the Roman Emperor Sometimes the depression of the Moon is so masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. We’ll known as “The Lion Tomb.” After lunch we saint of sailors and merchants and of Greece Augustus’ heir. Night on boat at the quay- also visit the Turkish and Islamic Arts great that it produces a larger phenomenon cruise eastwards, passing Cape Olu Buren, and Russia as well as a saint of the Western at Finike. B,L,D called the “Diamond Ring.” Museum, and explore the Grand Bazaar! B where a 1300 BC shipwreck was recently and the Eastern Christian Church. He is the Day 8 Ð March 28 Ð Gulf of Finike During the Total Eclipse, the rays of the found. Its valuable cargo was raised by the model for Father Christmas Day 5 Ð March 25 Ð Istanbul to Dalaman Today, we’ll cruise to the great Chelidonian Sun produce a Corona or crown of light, Professor George Bass. After stopping for Transfer to the Istanbul Airport for our morn- Inland a short distance from ancient Cape, south west point of the Turkish shore, radiating outward behind the dark globe of lunch we shall arrive at Kekova, offshore ing flight to Dalaman on the Mediterranean Andriace is the port of Myra. This is one of and the six offshore islands. It was here that the Moon—this rare event can only be seen from . There is a beautiful calm Coast of Turkey. Transfer by coach to quay- the earliest Lycian cities with extensive rock- the Romans fought their last naval battle with a Total Solar Eclipse. The sky will anchorage behind an island fringed by a side in Kalkan to embark on M/S Odysseus cut house tombs. Nearby are a Roman theatre with Hannibal. He lost the battle, which remain blue but will be much darker. The