Tailor-made & Special Interest Trips

Turkey is the birthplace of almighty "Mother Goddess" and Amazons and has lots women interests with its rich matriachal heritage. Hike'n Sail in Turkey is very keen of providing a special interest itinerary lead by a very capable female guide.

Hike'n Sail has a long history of serving the gay clients, who wish to experience Turkey in their own way. We are happy to respond to create smooth and relaxing vacations.

Turkish hospitality is a cultural phenomena. It is a delightful experience to share the privacy of a Turkish family and learn about their life and feelings in idyllic villages. During the homestays, one can walk in the fields and the orchards, visit workshops, play backgammon and drink coffee at the local coffee house, watch ladies making bread, grape molasses, drying apricot, chillies, picking apples etc.

Hike'n Sail in Turkey arranges exquisite scholars of biology, botany, forests, jeology and jeo-morphology to explore the ecological aspects of Turkey scholarly. Such trips are also escorted with one of our certified guides to balance the trip with other fun aspects of travelling, such as sightseeing, hiking and sailing, eating good food etc.

Turkey is simply described as "The Crossroads of Civilisations" or "Where East Meets West". This fact determines the diversity and richness of the ancient cultures. We offer an educational way of exploring all of these in Turkey. We learn and see the Turkish antiquities with class and field studies given by remarkable Turkish scholars and our exquisite guides.

Mount Ararat (5165 m) is one of our favorite destinations since 1980s. This byblical volcano attracts mountain lovers from all over the world. You don't have to know technical climbing to reach the summit. All you need is stamina and ambition. Fit members from all ages have been successfully completed this impressive trek. Hike'n Sail in Turkey arranges all you need, such as mountain guides, mountain permits, tents, cook, mules etc.

Turkey has the richest flora on the temperate zone. Turkish Flora is phenomenal with more then 9,000 species, where about 4000 is endemic to Turkey. The big number of Fritillaria, Crocus, Colchicum, Galanthus, Cyclamen, Orchid, Quercus, Campanula and Astragalus varieties and a high rate of rarity attracts the nature lovers and scholars attention to Turkey. Hike'n Sail in Turkey arranges the best flora trips for the specialists. Click to see the Flora of Turkey by Alper Ertubey

East Black Sea mountain range of Turkey offers so much of beautiful scenery, biological and cultural diversity. In this area we trek through the glacier valleys, ice bridges, unique flora, beautiful wooden and stone highland hemlets. We meet hospitable people, listen to "tulum" (bagpipe), dance with them. Our trek through wilderness is supported very sophisticated services of transportation of gear on mules, sleeping in quality dome tents and eating real food from real plates.