Days 1 - 8 Istanbul, Gallipoli and the Dardanelles. World War 1, ANZAC and British Forces war graves and battlegrounds, leave Europe and enter Central Asia. Visit Troy and Ephesus and spend the next 2 nights camping on the coast. Travel via either Pamukkale, or take the more visually scenic route towards Marmaris and camp in the mountains, Mediterranean coast to Olympus. Accomodation is tree houses and campsites, spend the next couple of days relaxing on the beach or take boat trips or hire small motor bikes.

Days 9 - 15 Cappadocia via Saklikent Gorge. Goreme Valley and take you to one of the underground cities to explore alone or with a guide.

Days 16 - 23 Driving through stunning mountain scenery on our way to Syria. Syrians are among the most hospitable people you will ever meet. The fascinating market town of Aleppo. Nearby we visit Crac de Chevaliers - oasis town of Palmyra. Damascus, one of the friendliest and safest of capital cities. There is the option of taking a one day guided tour into Lebanon and Beirut.

Days 24 - 27 A one-day drive into Jordan where we camp overnight on Mt Nebo. The Dead Sea is nearby swim in this highly buoyant salt sea! Petra is nearby.

On our way to Aqaba we desert camp over night at Wadi Rum. we take the ferry across the Red Sea to the Sinai Desert and continue with our travel to Egypt.

Days 28 - 30 Dahab is our base for the next few days. Here, you can snorkel or scuba dive to some of the best coral in the world. Mount Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery are nearby . Crossing the Suez Canal we may well see the amazing spectacle of huge ships seemingly passing through the desert sands.

Days 31 - 33 A days drive lies Aswan, Abu Simbel,  the Nile River, traditional felucca sail boat for a two day trip to Edfu.

Days 34 - 37 short drive to Luxor, where, we have two full days to explore. Both Luxor Temple & Karnak Temple. we organise a trip to Valley of the Queens and Valley of the Kings. From Luxor we travel to Cairo by overnight train. a guided tour of the Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza including a camel ride.

Days 39 - 42 From Cairo we rejoin our truck and head up to the Mediterranean coast town of Alexandria, The beaches and diving here are also excellent with wrecks of Roman Galley's, French Warships, German U-boats and Cleopatra's Palace. Then we drive along the coast to visit the war cemeteries at El Alamein.

Days 43 - 45 From El Alamein we cross over into Libya to Apollonia where we visit Tobruk. From Tobruk it is a short drive to the ancient Greek city of Cyrene.

Days 46 - 51 We drive along the Mediterranean coast to Leptis Magna, one of the finest preserved Roman Cities. We then drive down to Al Qaryat to cross the Hamadat al-Hamrah desert to the UNESCO World Heritage listed oasis town of Ghadames.

Situated on an ancient desert caravan route from West Africa there is believed to have been a town here for 5000 years. We then move on to the small town of Nalut, which has an exceptional qasr (fortified granary reached though underground tunnel) clinging to a steep hillside as well as ancient olive oil presses.

Days 52 - 58 From the desert border we cross into Tunisia and head north to Remada and on to visit Matmata. The small oasis towns of Nefta and Tozeur. We drive up to Le Kef, a mountainous village dominated by its fortified Kasbah.

We have a free day here as there are many short hikes and places of interest and Le Kef itself is a great place to relax. En route we visit the old Roman city of Haidra which is very close to the Algerian Border. Our final stop is Dougga, the largest and most dramatic Roman site in Tunisia, before heading into the city of Tunis.