Anzac 2015 100th Commemorative Tour in association with Tour – , From per adult $9950* share twin *Price is indicative only and subject to final pricing from airlines & suppliers

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, “To be present at Gallipoli Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, on Anzac Day is an At the going down of the sun and in the morning, experience of a lifetime We will remember them.” for any New Zealander.” – Dr Ian McGibbon ONZM

Image: The landing by Auckland Infantry Battalion at what would become famously known as Anzac Cove sometime after 9am on 25 April 1915

Stephen Parsons Guardian Trust House, Cnr Main St & The Square, Palmerston North P: 06 356 7051 or 0800ANZAC2015 (0800 269 222) | E: [email protected] Reservations online at www.hot.co.nz/anzac2015 For New Zealand, along with Australia and Turkey, the Gallipoli “Join me in 2015 for our Anzac campaign played an important part in fostering a sense of 100th Commemoration Tour.” national identity. Summed up by highly decorated New Zealand Stephen Parsons infantryman Ormond Burton, “somewhere between the landing Managing Director, Stephen Parsons at Anzac and the battle of the Somme, New Zealand very House of Travel definitely became a nation.” Join us in 2015 as we commemorate Stephen Parsons has over 30 years of travel industry the sacrifices given for our country on our exclusive Anzac experience, including several commemoration tours. The 100th commemoration tour reflects a 100th Commemorative Tour. lifelong involvement with this occasion. “Having toured Gallipoli and other battlefields, I understand New Zealand HistorianS the sacrifice our nation made and I’m committed to helping others experience this journey,” he says.

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Stephen Clarke Christopher Pugsley – Historian & Chief Executive, – Senior Lecturer, Department of War Royal New Zealand Returned and Studies, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst Services Association – Adjunct Senior Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

A history graduate of the University of Otago and the Australian Defence Chris is regarded as one of New Zealand’s leading military historians. Force Academy, Dr Clarke is the Chief Executive of the Royal New Zealand He is a former infantry Lieutenant Colonel in the New Zealand Army. His Returned and Services’ Association. He frequently acts as a consultant for first book ‘Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story’ (published in 1984) is still in television and film, including the international feature film Gallipoli (2005) print and regarded as one of the most important books written on New and Maori Television’s award-winning Anzac Day broadcast. A frequent Zealanders at Gallipoli. His other books include ‘On the Fringe of Hell: New contributor to local and international conferences and publications, Dr Zealanders and Military Discipline in the First World War’, ‘Te Hokowhitu A Clarke has had the great privilege to be involved with the return of the Tu: The New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War’ and Unknown Warrior in 2004, the dedication of the New Zealand Memorial in ‘The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in the First London in 2006, Tribute08 and numerous Anzac observances both here World War’. He has also written books on New Zealanders in the Malayan and in Turkey. He has observed the resurgence of Anzac Day for the past Emergency and Confrontation with Borneo, the US Forces in Normandy in two decades and is currently working on a Centenary History of Anzac Day 1944 and co-edited a history of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He and a study of battlefield pilgrimage. His current focus is the future of the has written and appeared in a number of television documentaries and RSA movement with its 176 RSAs and 115,000 members nationwide. has spent the last 10 years walking New Zealand battlefields in Europe and the Mediterranean. Chris has conducted tours to the battlefields of the Western Front in France and Belgium, Normandy, Italy, Crete, Egypt, Tunisia and Gallipoli.

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Glyn Harper Dr Ian McGibbon ONZM – Professor of War Studies, Massey – War historian and New Zealand’s University representative in the tri-nation Gallipoli – Director of Centre for Defence and Battlefield Survey Security Studies, Massey University

Glyn Harper, a former teacher, joined the Australian Army in 1988 and Dr Ian McGibbon has published widely on New Zealand defence and after eight years transferred to the New Zealand Army, where he rose to foreign policy. His publications include ‘The Path to Gallipolli: Defending the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was the army’s official historian of the New Zealand 1840 & 1915’ (1991) and he edited the ‘Oxford Companion deployment to East Timor, and is the author of 18 books, many of which to New Zealand Military History’ (2000). Ian has also published ‘Gallipoli’, have achieved best seller status. Some of these include ‘Kippenberger: a guide to New Zealand battle sites, memorials, cemeteries and burial an inspired New Zealand commander’, ‘Letters from the Battlefield: New grounds on the Gallipoli Peninsula, aimed at travellers and tourists with Zealand soldiers write home 1914-18’, ‘Massacre at Passchendaele: the an interest in Gallipoli and in military history. ‘New Zealand Battlefields New Zealand story’, ‘Spring Offensive: New Zealand and the Second Battle and Memorials of the Western Front’ is another of Ian’s amazing in- of the Somme’, ‘In the Face of the Enemy’, ‘The Complete History of New depth books. Since 1981 he has been the Managing Editor of the New Zealand and the Victoria Cross’, ‘Dark Journey’, ‘Images of War’ and most Zealand International Review, the journal of the New Zealand Institute of recently ‘Letters from Gallipoli: New Zealand soldiers write home’. International Affairs. He was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to historical research in 1997.

‘We have selected the Australian owned travel company Australian Pacific Touring (APT) to fulfil all of the arrangements ‘on the ground’ in Turkey. In a country where local knowledge and experience is vital, their track record is unsurpassed. APT is an 84 year Australian owned company that we use with complete confidence.’ Stephen Parsons House of Travel, Palmerston North “My late grandfather was a Gallipoli Veteran and I have all his medals including his Gallipoli medal given to him in (approximately) 1962 at Rotorua. He also served in Europe during WW1. He lived to the age of 90 but never talked about the war.” The Anzac Day Story For the first time in our history, New Zealand and Australian forces were fighting under their own flag, rather than as part of the British Empire. Landing on Anzac Cove on April 25, 1915, the Anzacs felt a sense of nationalism. The Anzac spirit was born and survives to this day, both at home and on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Chunuk Bair memorial

The Anzac Landing their respects to those who gave their lives in the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I. One of World War I’s bloodiest campaigns, the battle for the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915 was precipitated by a British search for Gallipoli Today a strategy to defeat Germany after a stalemate developed on the Western Front. The aim was to send an Anglo-French fleet through Today, almost a century after the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli, the the to the Turkish capital, , and force it site remains charged with emotion and is alive with the stories of out of the war. After the navy failed to force the Dardanelles the soldiers who bravely fought there. The Gallipoli Peninsula was because of Turkish mining of the strait, British and French military declared a national park in 1973, so that visitors from around the forces were landed with a view to capturing the forts that world could come to the site and learn about their family history dominated the waterway and prevented de-mining. and their country’s wartime heritage in a spirit of friendship, rather than hostility. As you wander through the park, you’re able The Anzacs were among these forces. Landed at a small cove 20 to pause at locations on the old Anzac battlefield to discover the kilometres north of the main landing at Cape Helles on 25 April, stories of Anzac Cove and Chunuk Bair, as seen through the eyes they soon found themselves hemmed in by determined Turkish of those who fought and died there. You’ll also have the chance forces. Within days a stalemate had developed at both Helles and the Anzac area. By the time the campaign ended, over 120,000 to pay your respects at the graves of Gallipoli, etched with men had died: more than 80,000 Turkish soldiers and 44,000 thousands of names as familiar as those you hear every day. British and French soldiers, including over 8,500 Australians. On our unique tour, absorb the stunning surrounds and learn Among the dead were 2,779 young New Zealanders, about a about the chilling events that make the Peninsula so significant to quarter of those who had landed on the Peninsula. New Zealanders and Australians. You can’t help but be moved, Every year, April 25 represents a day when New Zealanders and and are certain to leave with a heightened appreciation for the Australians can pause to remember these brave men, and pay sacrifices the Anzacs made so that we may live as we do today.

Above: Being in Gallipoli on Anzac Day is a touching experience not only for New Zealanders and Australians, but also the Turkish, as they too suffered great losses in 1915 INCLUDES: • Airfares & taxes Auckland// Anzac 2015 Auckland-Economy class • APT Anzac Tour inclusions Commemorative Tour • Fully escorted in Turkey • Meet on arrival in Istanbul Tour Itinerary From per adult • Anzac15 Tour gear $ share twin • Airport return transfers Istanbul • Local tour guides *Price9950* is indicative only and subject to final pricing from airlines & suppliers • Sightseeing as specified This special holiday and commemoration tour begins with • NZ Historians time to explore the city of Istanbul. You’ll then travel • 3 nights share twin to the Gallipoli Peninsula and (Behramkale) accommodation Istanbul where you will be based. You will be totally immersed • 4 nights share twin accommodation Assos in the New Zealand story that is Anzac and attend the • 1 night on Gallipoli Peninsula 100th Commemoration of the Anzac Day Dawn service. • Meals as specified Return to the amazing city that is Istanbul to continue your • Welcome cocktail function European experience. PLEASE NOTE: Itinerary is subject to • Welcome Dinner & entertainment change until Dawn Service Commemoration details are • Transport by air-conditioned confirmed. coaches The Chunuk Bair memorial

BLACK SEA GALLIPOLI PENINSULA Hill 60 Cemetery and NZ Memorial GREECE Istanbul 3 Embarkation Pier Cemetery Chunuk Bair – Tekirdag New Zealand No.2 Outpost Cemetery Memorial Gelibolu ANZAC COVE The Nek Cemetery ANZAC Commemorative Site Anzac Walker’s Ridge Cemetery Cove Gallipoli Ari Burnu Cemetery Peninsula Quinn’s Post Cemetery Shrapnel Valley Cemetery 1 Lone Pine – Australia/ TURKEY Beach Cemetery Troy New Zealand Memorial Shell Green Cemetery

Assos Kabatepe Information 4 Centre Memorial

KEY: BLESBOS = Breakfast L = Lunch D = Dinner M= Meal Day 1 (Sunday 19 April) Arrive Istanbul you’ll be entertained by locals and experience a Turkish belly dancing performance. (B, D) On arrival in Istanbul, you will be met at the airport by a representative of Australian Pacific Touring (APT) and transferred to Day 3 (Tuesday 21 April) your hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure to settle in or explore. Leave Istanbul early this morning, travel down the Gallipoli Peninsula This evening meet your travelling companions, Tour Directors and with a stop at Balayir to learn about Freyberg’s (a Lieutenant at the Anzac Historians at a welcome cocktail party. time) diversion swim. 2 night stay: Istanbul, Grand Hyatt Hotel or similar (D) (pm) Battlefield Tour 1: Anzac 1915 An Overview of the Gallipoli Day 2 (Monday 20 April) Istanbul sightseeing Campaign – This afternoon is an overview of the campaign, outlining the Narrows, Turkish Memorial, V & W Beaches, Twelve Tree Copse This morning, enjoy a sightseeing tour of Istanbul. Drive by and Krithia finishing with the view of Anzac Cove. Square, the Hippodrome and Tower. You’ll also visit the famous Blue Mosque and , a former patriarchal Afterwards board your coach for the late afternoon ferry crossing and basilica, then a mosque and now a museum that is one of the continue to Assos in the Canakkale province. This small, historically worlds’s best surviving examples of Byzantine architecture. rich town was once home to Aristotle, who opened an academy here. Alternatively, relax with a traditional Turkish bath experience and On arrival check in to your hotel for dinner and a well deserved rest. massage (own expense). Or you may like to visit the impressive 4 nights: Hotels to be advised (B, L, D) Rüstem Pasha Mosque then wander around the Spice Bazaar. Day 4 (Wednesday 22 April) Optional Tour: Visit the Consulate Cemetery in Istanbul where New Zealand POWs are buried. This trip involves a harbour trip which After breakfast depart Assos for the Gallipoli Peninsula. is part of the experience of Istanbul. (am) Battlefield Tour 2: The Landings (25 April 1915) – Anzac This evening, gather with your fellow travellers for a Welcome Cove, Plugges Plateau, Canterbury Cemetery, Outposts, an in-depth Anzac Dinner and briefing by our New Zealand Historians, after which look and visit to all these areas. Lunch at Z beach. (pm) Battlefield Tour 3: The Defence of Anzac (April – May) – Lone Pine, Johnston’s Jolly, Courtney and Quinn’s Post, 57th Infantry Regiment Cemetery, Walker’s Ridge. An in-depth look and visit to all these areas. Stop en route at The Nek for the Australian Light Horse story. We also plan a stop at Scrubby Knoll for a Turkish view of Anzac. Evening talk at the hotel by a Turkish expert giving “The Turkish Story” as a continuation of today’s touring. (B, L, D) Day 5 (Thursday 23 April) After breakfast depart Assos for the Gallipoli Peninsula. (am) Battlefield Tour 4: The Battle for Chunuk Bair (June – August note that this can be a challenging 5.5km walk on both flat and uphill 1915) – Travel to the heights of Chunuk Bair and the impressive New pathways. Should you prefer, we understand you will be able to view Zealand Memorial, with its views of the Dardanelles straits which was the New Zealand service telecast on the big screens located on the the objective of the Campaign. Have the opportunity to retrace the Peninsula. advance before being picked up by your coach on the coastal road The Australian Service is at Lone Pine at 10.45am. The Turkish to go onto Suvla. We suggest you walk down the ridge literally in the Service starts at 11.15am at the Turkish 57th Regiment Memorial. footsteps with one of the historians. This tour outlines the dramatic Owing to the walking distances between the Commemorative sites, it story of the New Zealand advance and defence of the heights of is generally not possible to attend all services on 25 April. Chunuk Bair. The New Zealand service is timed to finish at 1.20pm. It may take (pm) Battlefield Tour 5: Suvla (August – December 1915) – Visit several hours for all coaches to collect visitors, so be prepared for the 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery and Hill 60 Cemetery before the wait. Return to your hotel at Assos early evening for a well earned proceeding to Scimitar Hill for the Suvla story with a brief on the rest. (B, L, D) military evacuation. (B, L, D) Day 8 (Sunday 26 April) Day 6 (Friday 24 April) Discover Mythological Troy (am) Early morning cross over to the Peninsula and there is an Depart Assos this morning and pay a visit to the Temple of Athena opportunity to attend the International service at Cape Helles or stay which was said to be built at the place of the former Bronze Age at Anzac Cove. citadel. The citadel consisted of a courtyard lined with porticos (pm) Battlefield Tour 6: 100 Years of Remembering Anzac – in which the temple and altar stood. Today scattered marble and Story of the NZ memorials and pilgrimages back to Gallipoli as architectural elements are all that remain of the Temple of Athena, well as evolution of Anzac Days at home or abroad, before taking however the sight overlooks the Greek island of Lesbos – making the in overnight reflective programme (provide own countdown with 1km walk to the well worthwhile. Afterwards continue to the ancient readings of New Zealanders’ last diary entries before disembarking city of Troy, a place of mythology and legend. Join a guided tour of for landing). this famed city, centre of the Trojan War as described in Homer’s epic poem “The lliad”. You’ll head to Anzac Cove to settle in for the Dawn Service. Here, you will be accommodated in an outdoor area featuring entertainment Today Troy is an archaeological site, close to the coast of northwest such as live broadcasting from New Zealand and Australia, musical Turkey. Declared a World Heritage listed site in 1998, during your time performances as well as interviews. Our experienced guides will here you will see the ruins of various civilisations as well a recreated accompany you throughout the evening. site similar to Troy. This includes a replica of the famed Trojan Horse, which according to legend the Greeks used to enter Troy during the Stay: Gallipoli Peninsula – facilities are extremely limited and crowds Trojan War. After an exciting day of exploration and discovery, rejoin here will be large. As you will be spending the night outdoors, a your coach and travel along the coast to Istanbul, where you will stay sleeping bag will be provided, however please be mindful that it will for a final night. become cool overnight. (B, L, M) On arrival, check into your hotel and enjoy the farewell dinner with Day 7 (Saturday 25 April) the tour group. Anzac Day Dawn Service, Gallipoli Peninsula Stay: Istanbul, Grand Hyatt or similar (B, L, D) – 100 years Commemoration As the sun breaks the skyline on this special day, take part in the Day 9 (Monday 27 April) – Depart Istanbul sombre occasion of the traditional Anzac Day Dawn service and This morning concludes your Anzac tour. Enjoy breakfast in Istanbul commemorate our fallen ancestors at 5.30am. The location of the with your fellow travellers, reminiscing over memories from your New Zealand Dawn Service is to be finalised. Based on previous once-in-a-lifetime journey to Gallipoli for the 100th Anzac Day Dawn years, for those who wish, take the opportunity to walk to Chunuk Service. Farewell your new-found friends, then transfer to the airport, Bair for the New Zealand Service, which starts at 12.30pm. Please rail or bus terminals for your onward travel. (B)

Additional travel needs can be discussed with your House of Travel consultant INCLUDES: • A local experienced guide of the Optional Tour Ypres and Somme Battlefields Western Battlefield Tour: • A tour adapted to your own expectations • Personal service Ypres & Somme • Off track visits in private properties • A private vehicle to travel in comfort • DVD documentaries & music From your arrival in France until the time you leave onboard you will have the full-time services of a driver guide, • A guide book • Trench maps to give a accommodation, lunches, entrance fees to the comprehensive overview of WW1 museums and maps provided. At the end of the tour, a • All information about our local history complimentary CD with pictures taken from the different places visited during the tour will be presented. Anzac Day Memorial Service

Day 1 Day 3: Visit of the battlefields of the Somme

We pick you up at your arrival in Lille around noon. Pick up from On our way to the Somme we will visit the sites where the French, other places on request. Visit of the town of Ypres, the Flanders Indian, Portuguese, Canadians and German troops were involved. Fields museum, the ramparts with the cellars under the city walls But we will concentrate on visits to the New Zealand sites. (used as a dressing station during the battle of Passchendaele), For our New Zealand visitors the Somme is probably the most and the ceremony of the Last Post at the Menin gate in Ypres. popular battlefield site. It was the first experience of the Anzacs on Day 2: Touring in Flanders on the Ypres Salient the Western Front. • Thiepval memorial During this day tour we give a very comprehensive approach of • Flers the different major battles of the Ypres Salient. What happened, • Longueval why, where was the front line, what was the result, was it worth • Grevillers the sacrifice? We will give the answer to those and to many • Albert other questions. • Le Quesnoy We will drive to the proper locations related to each battle • Arras and the Wellington experiencing how elaborate and well build German trenches, and tunnels how different the British trenches were. What were the results of • Special exhibition with the the mine explosions on 7th June 1917. We will discover craters work of Hellen Pollock and bunkers from both sides British and German. We will drive • Le Hamel through Flanders Fields and find out about the conditions of the • Mont St Quentin fields during the battle of Passchendaele 1917. • Bullecourt

How was the daily life of the soldiers? Where did they take care Gravestone of Sergeant D. Gallaher of the wounded? Why do we see so many Commonwealth cemeteries and yet only one French, one German and one 4 days/3 Nights Western Battlefield Belgium cemetery? Tour including accommodation We will have in-depth visits to the sites related to the Anzacs: • Messines Ridge from per adult • Warneton $ * share twin • Ploegsteert Wood 1,420 • Hill 60 and Carterpillar *Subject to mimimum numbers/dates on application • St Eloi Personalised self-drive tour are available – ask for details • Zonnebeke with Broodseinde and Tyne Cot cemetery • Passchendaele and the Abraham Heights As a special service we can try to trace the movements of • Polygon Wood and Glencorse Wood an individual soldier during the first World War. If you are • Passchendaele experience museum interested in that service, please give us notice a few weeks • Menin Road and Hooghe prior to your arrival. We will also need some information • Hell Fire Corner about regiment, battalion, division etc. so we can do the • Langemark German cemetery necessary research. “I would like to include this Gallipoli trip into a trip to France to visit my grand uncle, who is buried at Vertignuel church yard in Romeries along with 19 other Kiwis from WW1.”

Birkett Robert H Wellington Mountedunter, Rifles No. 3/898, Regiment WW ‘A survivor who made his own history’ 1

“My visit to the Western Front was the experience of a lifetime, but if I did it again I would take a guided tour. In hindsight I realise I missed a lot whereas the guides know those special places that are so important to Kiwis’” Lindsay Barron, House of Travel

Ask about our exclusive Anzac Western Front tours for 2016-2018 Go to www.houseoftravel.co.nz/Western Front 2016-2018 for advance registrations

Image: Villers-Bretonneux cemetery Anzac Day Commemorations 2015 of land portion of the tour. Once this pricing is released you will smoking policy on airlines, coaches, ferries and hotels (except Anzac Day commemorative services are held within the be required to pay an additional $1500 per person by Friday 01 in designated areas) Gallipoli Historical National Park. All services are open to the November 2013 5pm to secure your booking. At that time all Amendment Fees public. The Park is subject to Turkish governmental regulations monies paid to date will become non-refundable. A fee of NZD$150 will apply to any additional charges in keeping with its status as a National Park. Turkish authorities The payment date(s) for the balance of the tour will be requested after the original booking has been made and may restrict some access for 2015, full details if applicable will confirmed with you once the final total tour price is provided. confirmed, and will apply to each and every amendment be advised as known. The Dawn Service is held at the Anzac We anticipate this to be on or about Friday 04 April 2014 when separately. You shall also pay any increase in costs imposed by Commemorative Site located within the Anzac area. The New we expect to receive airfare pricing. the supplier. Zealand and Australian Governments, along with counterparts Bookings must be completed via the electronic internet Airfares in Turkey have commenced discussions about strategies for booking process at www.houseoftravel/anzac2015/. All airfares are subject to variation, and flight and booking class attendance at Gallipoli for ANZAC Day 2015. As planning is still It is a condition of the Anzac 2015 Commemoration Tour that availability. Conditions apply. Once tickets are issued, airfares in its infancy, we are not able to guarantee how the all travel components are purchased with Stephen Parsons are subject to cancellation and amendments fees. Booking for commemorations will be operated. Therefore the ANZAC House of Travel, Palmerston North or your preferred House of 2015 flights cannot be confirmed until April 2014. Surcharges itinerary is subject to change until further official information is Travel store. This includes the Anzac 2015 Tour package, may apply to variations of airline routings. Airport taxes vary received. additional travel and airfare needs including travel insurance from each departure point and routing of airlines. Airline You should have a moderate level of fitness if you plan to attend which is compulsory. schedules are subject to change without notice. the Anzac Day commemorations. To attend the services you No child rebate applies except for the International airfare. First class, Business class and Premium Economy are available can expect to walk up to 8kms on uneven surfaces. The walk Children under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult. The on a selection of airlines, please ask for details. from the Dawn Service to Lone Pine where the Australian company reserves the right to cancel any ticket or booking or Passport & Visas service is held is approximately 3kms and includes a section of to refuse any passenger where payment has not been received All passengers must have a valid passport with at least 6 1.5kms of uneven dirt surface with a steep incline. The walk by the company within the specified time. All prices are in months validity from the return date. Passengers must ensure from Lone Pine to Chunuk Bair where the New Zealand service New Zealand Dollars. Credit Card surcharges apply. A single any applicable visas have been obtained prior to departure is held is 3.2kms up a steep bitumen-surfaced road. traveller surcharge will apply, details on application. What to expect from New Zealand. The company can advise on and assist with Included in the tour price: Return economy class airline tickets obtaining them if requested. Meeting necessary passport and • All commemorative services are held in a National Park. Auckland/Istanbul/Auckland, airport taxes, Anzac 2015 tour visa entry requirements and cost is the sole responsibility of the • All commemorative services are open to the public package as per itinerary including accommodation on a share passenger. however seating is not reserved nor guaranteed. basis, airport transfers, air-conditioned seat in coach transport, Luggage Limits • You will arrive in the late afternoon or evening of the day meals as specified, sightseeing, tour gear, admissions Each passenger is entitled to take one piece of luggage that before the commemorative services. including national parks, gratuities, travel insurance (14) days does not exceed 160cm (63 inches), weight limit 20kg (44 • The weather can be extremely cold, windy and/or wet. and the services of a Tour Director representing APT and accompanied by New Zealand renowned historians. pounds). An extra luggage charge will be imposed to cover • Warm and wet weather protective clothing, as well as a porterage of any additional luggage. Not included in the tour price: Passport and visa fees, meals hat/cap and sunscreen are necessary to ensure your well- Recording being and comfort at the ceremonies. unless specified, drinks, excess luggage, optional excursions and additional travel not specified in the itinerary. Travel By joining the tour programme for Anzac 2015 each passenger • You can expect to be on site, exposed to the elements, for insurance excess for pre-existing conditions or age surcharge. consents to the company using any material recorded being between 12 and 24 hours. Domestic airfares to international gateway. used for promotional purposes. • There is no shelter at any of the commemorative sites or Cancellation Policy Tour management within the Anzac area. Days of Notice Fee per person By joining the Anzac 2015 Commemoration tour you agree to • Temporary tiered seating is installed at the Anzac Up to 03 April 2014 Loss of Deposits follow the directions of Tour Management and the Turkish Commemorative site, Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair for the authorities. Anzac Day Services. In addition to the tiered seating, the Up to Fri 17th Oct 2014 50% of total costs Suppliers grassed areas within the site also provide seating areas. As Thereafter 100% of total costs When we make bookings with suppliers, we are acting as a many visitors attend services seating is neither reserved Up to confirmation of your booking in November 2013 deposit booking agent for such supplier and make no representation nor guaranteed. fully refundable. All cancellations must be received in writing regarding the quality of their services. All travel, entertainment • Food and refreshments are available for purchase from the and are not effective until notification has been received. If the and accommodation facilities or services are supplied directly Turkish food sellers on site. You may bring in your own food. tour programme has commenced, cancellation fee is 100% of to you by the suppliers. We have no control over the suppliers Alcohol is NOT allowed at the commemorations and will be full tour price. There is no refund for unused services or a themselves or the manner in which they provide their services confiscated. portion of the arrangements. and products. Accordingly we will not be liable for any loss or • Limited basic facilities including toilets, lighting and non- Tour numbers damage of any kind which they may arise from your use or drinking water are brought in to the commemorative sites Tour with historians is subject to a minimum number of consumption of, or inability to use or consume facilities, for the Anzac Day commemorations on 24 and 25 April. passengers travelling. In the event of a reduction in numbers of products, or services provided by a supplier. • Swimming in waters off the Anzac area is prohibited. passengers travelling below the minimum historians may not Force Majeure travel. General Information and Booking Conditions If by means of any event of force majeure (which shall include This general information relates to Stephen Parsons House of Tour prices terrorism, pandemic or any cause or event outside the control Travel Limited (the company) and its tour operators for the The price indicator is a guide only. It is based on projected costs of the parties) we shall be delayed in, or prevented from Anzac 2015 tour programme. for 2015. Price indicator for the tour is based on per adult share performing our obligations, then such delay or non- Deadlines – Payments twin. We reserve the right to change the price between the time performance shall not be deemed a breach or entitle a legal *Due to the tour being several years away, we do not have a of booking and the date of departure due to events beyond our claim. Our obligations to continue with the tour shall be confirmed tour price at this time. A NZD$500 fully refundable control such as changes in the prices provided by our suppliers. suspended whilst such event of force majeure continues. deposit is required per person to preregister interest. On or Smoking More information available from Stephen Parsons House of about Sunday 27 October 2013 we will advise you of the price In the interest of other passengers comfort there is a no Travel and its tour operator Australian Pacific Tours (APT).

“Gallipoli is one place I have wanted to visit and the 100th year Centennial is a once in a lifetime opportunity for my family. I am wanting to take my two children (aged 15 & 10 by 2015) and my older sister to be part of this very special occasion and trip of a lifetime.” 002483

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