The Director, Turkish National Parks installs some additional toilets for the service at Lone Pine. There is no running water except at these toilets and no power or lighting except as provided by generators for the dawn service. The weather at Gallipoli at this time of year can be variable, ranging from very cold and windy to cool and wet. Visitors remaining overnight or arriving in the early hours of the morning should be appropriately dressed. Torches should be carried and some plastic sheeting might prove useful.
Rubbish disposal is provided and visitors are encouraged to use the bins.
However, it is accepted that once visitors are in place, it is difficult to move. Rubbish will be removed from the site on 26 April. Unless accommodation is booked through travel agents, it is extremely difficult to find a hotel or hostel room in the Canakkale or Eceabat area. Many travel directly to Gallipoli by coach from Istanbul 24 April and return late the next day, thereby avoiding the accommodation problem. Ferries Ferries cross the Dardenelles between Canakkale and Eceabat on the hour heading west to the Gallipoli Peninsula from Canakkale to Eceabat and on the half-hour heading east from Eceabat to Canakkale.