About Us
SwimHellespont is brought to you by SwimTrek, the world leader in open water swimming tours. We’ve been organising crossings of the Hellespont for 8 years now, so you can relax that you are in safe hands as you take on this iconic and historical crossing.

We have an office team based in the UK and also a support team located in Çanakkale, Turkey our base for the Hellespont trips.

SwimTrek also run other trips throughout the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Northern Europe, and the UK. Check out the SwimTrek website for further details.

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  • September 14th, 2010
  • ‘The Australian’ reports on Hellespont
  • On September 4th, 2010 ‘The Australian printed a great write up of our August Hellespont swim after one of their journalists, Andrew Fraser took part in the swim.