October 21-26 / Optional Extension to Petra, Jordan

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​October 25-26 / Israel Group Arrival

Depart LAX to Tel Aviv, Israel 

Meet and Greet at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv

Drive along the Mediterranean to your seaside hotel in Netanya

Dinner and overnight

Israel Only group will connect with Jordan Extension group on the evening of October 26

​October 27

Coastal Plain

Caesarea Maritima & Roman Aquaduct

Mt. Carmel and the Elijah Encounter

Cross the Jezreel Valley

Nazareth and the marketplace synagogue church

Jesus Road: Ancient route from Nazareth to Migdahl, home of Mary Magdelene and site of 1st century synagogue

Transfer to kibbutz on the Sea of Galilee for dinner and overnight

 

 

​October 28

Galilee & Northern Israel

Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee
Ancient Boat Museum

Capernaum

Tel Dan

Caesarea Philipi

Baptismal Service in the Jordan River

Return to kibbutz for dinner and overnight

 

October 29

Jordan River Valley - Dead Sea

Beit She'an Archaeological Park

Tel Jericho

Qumran, site of the Dead Sea Scroll Discovery

Dead Sea Swim

Transfer to hotel overlooking the Dead Sea for dinner and overnight

 



​October 30 

Dead Sea - Up to Jerusalem

Masada

Hike to the Springs of En Gedi

Ascend to Jerusalem

Blessing on Mount Scopus overlooking Jerusalem

Down to the Western Wall for prayers

​Transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight

(within walking distance of the Old City!)

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October 31

Jerusalem

Temple Model & Dead Sea Scrolls Museum

Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity

Shepherd's Fields and the cave

Elah Valley, location of David's encounter with Goliath
Enter into the Old City through Jaffa Gate 
Explore the Jewish Quarter of the Old City​
Return to hotel for dinner and overnight

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November 1 
Jerusalem

Temple Mount​ (Dome of the Rock)
Pools of Bethesda & St. Anne’s Church​

Eastern Gate

Temple Steps

Afternoon bus drop at following locations:

  - Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

  - Mechane Yehuda Market

  - Ben Yehuda Pedestrian mall

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight



November 2 / Day at Leisure

Jerusalem

A day to make Jerusalem your own

  - Walk the City ramparts

  - Visit Third Temple Institute

  - Hezekiah's Tunnel & the City of David

  - Explore the four quarters of the Old City

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight

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​November 3

Jerusalem

Mount of Olives

Walk Down Palm Sunday Road

Garden of Gethsemane

House of Caiaphas and the dungeon prison

Scourging Floor / Sisters of Zion

Walk the Via Dolorosa to Damascus Gate

Garden Tomb and Communion Service (private garden)

Return to the hotel for Farewell Dinner and overnight

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​​November 4​
Departure from Ben Gurion International Airport to the States

Early morning departure from the hotel for the airport and US