EXPLORE ISRAEL TOUR

Arrival Day

• Arrive in Israel. Transfer to hotel in Hertzlia.

• Dinner & overnight: Daniel Hotel in Hertzlia.

Day 1 - Galilee and Northern Israel

• Breakfast at the hotel and checkout 

• This morning we head up the Mediterranean coastal road to our first stop at Caesarea Maritima. 

• We continue and drive by Mt. Carmel, where the Prophet Elijah challenged the Priest of Baal (1 Kings 18:17-40). 

• Stop at Megiddo, the Armageddon of the Book of Revelation. 

• Continue our drive to the Sea of Galilee and check into our hotel. 

• Dinner & overnight: Nof Ginosar Hotel

Day 2 - Galilee and Northern Israel

• We begin this day at the 2000-year-old fishing boat known as “Jesus Boat” followed by a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. 

• We then visit Capernaum, the House of Peter, and the Ancient Synagogue. 

• Proceed for a visit at The Mount of Beatitudes, the scene of the sermon on the Mount. 

• End the day with a visit to Magdala. 

• Dinner and overnight:  Nof Ginosar Hotel
  
  

Day 3 - Galilee and Northern Israel

• This morning, we drive to Nazareth, a town in the hill country of Galilee where Jesus grew to manhood, where we will visit the “Mount of the Leap” so-called because it was from the brow of a steep hill that inhabitants of Nazareth wanted to cast him. 

• Continue and drive to Gideon Spring’s at Ein Harod, where Gideon tested his soldiers. 

• Conclude the day at the ancient Israelite city of Beit Shean, in New Testament times it became one of the 10 cities of the Decapolis.  

• Dinner & overnight: Nof Ginosar Hotel
  
  

Day 4 - Galilee and Northern Israel

• Today, we drive up to the Golan Heights and visit Korazim which was a small Jewish town, which Jesus used to visit and to preach its inhabitants, who refused to listen (Mat. 11,21).

• Then we shall visit Tel Dan, which was the northmost city town in biblical Israel, hence the saying “from Dan to Beer Sheba”. 

• Continue to Banias the location of Caesarea Philippi where the Apostle Peter made his great confession of faith in Jesus as the Christ.  

• Then stop at Mt. Bental from where there is an observation point over the whole region and onto the ghost town of Kuneitra. 

• End the day with sunset at Gerasene. Dinner and overnight: Nof Ginosar Hotel
  
  

Day 5 - Dead Sea and Southern Israel

• Today, after breakfast we check out from our hotel and drive south through the Jordan Valley toward the Dead Sea to the Baptismal site on the Jordan River (Qasr el Yahud) with an opportunity for baptism. 

• We will visit Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were written over 2,000 years ago. 

• We arrive at the Dead Sea the lowest spot on the face of Earth and drive along its shores to visit Ein Gedi, which was one of the cities of Judah where David found shelter from Saul the King. 

• Then we shall drive to our hotel in the Dead Sea. Enjoy a relaxing float in the healthful waters of the Dead Sea, the lowest, saltiest body of water on earth. Dinner and overnight: 

• Leonardo Plaza - Dead Sea

Day 6 - Dead Sea and Southern Israel

• After an early breakfast, we check out from our hotel and drive to visit the Mountain Fortress of Masada, the site of the last Jewish resistance against the Romans in 73 AD. Ascend and descend by cable car. 

• Next, we continue driving south to visit Tel Arad National Park where we can see the remains of a fortified Canaanite city and fortresses from Kingdom of Judah’s period.

• Continue to Tel Beer Sheva where Abraham lived and worked (Genesis 22:12). 

• We then drive through the Valley of Elah where David defeated Goliath, the giant, in a single combat. 

• Finally, today, we shall drive through the Judean hills into Jerusalem, the City of God. We then check into our hotel. 

• Dinner & overnight: Prima Kings Jerusalem.
  
  

Day 7  -  Jerusalem

• We will begin the day with a drive to the top of the Mount of Olives, for a majestic view over all ancient and modern Jerusalem, the center of the biblical world. 

• We shall visit the Chapel of Dominus Flevit before walking down the “Palm Sunday Road” the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed on the night of his betrayal (Lk. 22:40-46). 

• Next, we shall drive to Bethlehem and visit the Shepherd’s Field and The Church of Nativity. 

• Dinner & overnight: Prima Kings Jerusalem 

Day 8   -  Jerusalem

• Early breakfast. Begin with a visit to the Temple Mount. 

• We then walk from the Pools of Bethesda and along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. 

• Proceed to the Western (Wailing) Wall the most holy shrine for the Jewish people. 

• We then walk via Robinson’s Arch to the Garden of Ophel where archaeological excavations have revealed many remains of the Herodian period, which include the steps known as the Hulda Steps leading up to the Temple Court. 

• Followed by a visit to the excavations at the City of David Hezekiah’s Tunnel and the Pool of Siloam.

• Dinner & overnight: Prima Kings Jerusalem
  
  

Day 9   -  Jerusalem

• Today, we shall drive through the New City of Jerusalem to visit the Israel Museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book and see the 1:50 scale Model of Jerusalem from Second Temple times. 

• Then we shall visit The Garden Tomb. 

• Dinner & overnight: Prima Kings Jerusalem
  
  

Day 10  -  Jerusalem

• Mt. Zion and visit Caiaphas House (St. Peter in Gallicantu). 

• Then walk to the Cardo in the Old City and Rampart Walk

• Dinner & overnight: Prima Kings Jerusalem
  
  

Departure Day

• Departure. Transfer to Ben Gurion for your departure.