On July 24, 2025, one of our dreams came true – we climbed the archaic Mount Ararat, where, according to the Bible, Noah's Ark landed.

Klaus from Saxonia, our guide Faruk, Alfred, Rüdiger from Saxonia and Marion on top of Ararat which is with 5137 meters sea-level the highest mountain of Türkiye

It's a perfect shaped volcano adorned with a ice cap, overwhelming it sourrounding more the 1200 meters. Ararat is located near the border triangle between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey, so its political situation is quite complicated, but thanks to local Turkish organizations and guides, climbing its summit is now easily possible.

Since the Early Bronze Age (2000 BC), Anatolia has been a melting pot of various tribes and kingdoms, including Persians, Seljuks, Phrygians, Assyrians, Greeks and Romans. There are countless places where you can find their impressive legacy and testimonies.

Collapsed lion's head in the Phrygian Valley (about 250 km south of Istanbul) from the Yılantaş rock tomb probably for Phrygian nobles, dated 800 to 700 BC

On June 21, 2025, we crossed the border from Bulgaria into beautiful Türkiye and explored the bustling mid-sized city of Edirne (population 170,000), Türkiye's westernmost city.