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Tour to Noah's Ark

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Tour to Noah's Ark

Contact us for a tour for yourself or for your group.

Possible side travel over to Israel as a bonus.
 

Photos from our May 2019 tour:
https://www.yogile.com/opzbyadl0v1/11m/share/?vsc=MTZiZWNiM

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Tour Itinerary:

Day One   Leave USA for Istanbul Turkey for overnight flight, your cost.  Destination is at the IST Istanbul airport, not any of the other airports as they are far away.

Day Two   Arrive at the IST airport in Istanbul.  Take a taxi to our hotel and check in to your room we reserved.  If you arrive early, you can go to historic area of Istanbul if you wish on your own.  Very amazing tourist area near Hagia Sophia Mosque, where you can also visit the Blue Mosque and the hippodrome with its obelisks, and the Topkapi Palace.  An option:  you could actually arrive on the 24th and see the sites around Istanbul on the 25th, or stay a day later on May 30.  A taxi can take you to the tourist area and back to hotel.

Day Three   Leaving the hotel early, 6:30 am, we go to Istanbul airport and we fly to Eastern Turkey where our guide will be waiting for us upon arrival.  We drive one hour and check into our hotel in Dogubayazit, which is the second nicest hotel in the area, but hotels here are not as fancy as in metropolitan areas. No air conditioning.  (Each room has its own bathroom with shower.)   Then we head to the ark visitors center and view the ark from this higher point. Those who are in good shape could go down to the ark. 

Day Four   We spend three hours at the ark, walking around the structure and making note of the man-made features.  This involves going down the steep hill to the ark and making your way around the area and then back up the hill.   We will stop by the Ishak Pasha Palace which is an iconic landmark in the area, built in the 18^th century.   If you wish to tour the palace we will be there an hour.  Near the Palace is a local rug making shop where we will stop, where the young girls in the area learn this trade and earn an income.  They also have rugs for sale there.  Also we will stop by the local museum, and then the apartment of our guide which overlooks Mount Ararat.     

Day Five   We head to the sea anchors which once hung from the ark and are now at The Village of Eight.  We know where they are all located.  We will also see several in the countryside and will be doing some walking.  We will stop by an ancient mud brick wall, perhaps the oldest man-made wall in the world, located in this village.  It once had a tile mural covering it, depicting Noah's story.  Also, we will go to the area where Noah once lived and see the large altar stone overlooking the valley below.  This also involves walking to Noah's house and his altar stone.   It was here that he spoke great words of wisdom, direct from the antediluvian world.  A lot to see in and around this ancient village.  We will visit the home of one of the village elders that we are friends with and he will serve us Chi Tea.   

Day Six    We leave eastern Turkey early and fly back to Istanbul arriving around 11:40 am.  The tour ends at this point.   You may either catch an afternoon or evening flight out, or stay overnight at the previous Istanbul hotel and leave the next day.   Turkish Airlines TK 1 leaves at 1:30 pm for the JFK airport, arriving in the USA around 5:00 pm that day, a direct flight if you wish to head back immediately.