TOUR INCLUDES
TRIP INCLUDES:
Tour all major New & Old Testament sites
(including BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies and Orson Hyde Gardens)
Masada and Dead Sea excursion
Sea of Galilee Boat ride
Tour guides, Larry and Jynene with 16 trip experience
Bilingual Israeli tour guide
Detailed Holy Land guidebook prepared for this group
4-star deluxe hotel accommodations
Daily full Breakfast and Dinner
All tips and gratuities
All entrance fees for events, activities & sites
Transportation in deluxe bus
Daily learning discussions in the scriptures
Individual “Whisper" headsets
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TRIP DOES NOT INCLUDE
Travel to and from the airport
Food at airport
Souvenirs and personal expenses
Daily Lunches ($15-20. per person)
Each day during lunch time you can purchase food. Some bring their own snacks from home. Breakfast and Dinners are very plentiful but do not take food from the dining room.
Planned Itinerary - may be subject to modification or change
Day 1 - Flights from the USA to Tel Aviv
Day 2 - Arrive at TLV Ben Gurion Airport
Transfer to Hotel/Check into hotel
Day 3 - Breakfast/Check out of the hotel
7:30 am Orientation in lobby/conference room
8:00 am Bus Departs
Caesarea and Roman Aqueduct
Haifa
Lunch
Mt Carmel
Mt Tabor
Check into hotel/Dinner at hotel
Day 4 - Breakfast/Bus departs at 8:00 am
Tel Dan
Caesarea Philippi, Banias Springs, then called the Hermon Stream
Lunch/Golan Heights
Bethsaida
Capernaum
Tabgha/Primacy of Peter
Mount of Beatitudes
Dinner at hotel
Day 5 -Breakfast/ Bus departs at 8:00 am
Nazareth Village
Precipice
Lunch
Ginosar - Jesus Boat
Sea of Galilee Boat ride
Dinner at hotel
Day 6 - Breakfast/Check out of hotel/ Bus departs at 8:00 am
Bet She’an
Bethabara - Jordan River, possibly Jesus’ baptismal site.
Tel Jericho
Lunch/Olive wood shop
Bethany
Overlook Jerusalem
Check into hotel/Jerusalem
Dinner at hotel
Day 7 - Breakfast/ Bus depart 8:00 am
Temple Mount (Al Aksa Mosque, Dome of the Rock, Holy of Holies)
Antonia Fortress
Pools of Bethesda/St Anne’s Church
Lunch in Old City
Western Wall/Tunnel tour
Davidson Center - Ophel gardens, steps to the temple
Old City of David, Gihon Spring
Hezekiah’s Tunnel, Warren shaft
The pool of Siloam/Pilgrimage road
Dinner at Hotel
Day 8 - Breakfast/Bus departs at 8:00 am
Dead Sea, En Gedi, Masada
Qumran/Lunch
Dead Sea stop for a swim
House of Caiaphas (St Peter in Gallicantu)
Upper Room/King David’s Tomb
Dinner at Hotel
Optional - Jaffa gate/Light and Sound Show
Day 9 - Breakfast/Bus departs at 8:00 am
Orson Hyde Memorial Garden
Garden of Gethsemane
Lunch in the old city
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Garden Tomb
Dinner at hotel
Day 10 - Breakfast/ Bus departs at 8:45 am
8:00 am Hotel conference room/BYU Jerusalem Center history
BYU Jerusalem Center outside/photos
10:30 am Sacrament meeting
Lunch in Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity/Manger Square
Shepherd’s Fields
Visit Orphanage
Dinner at Hotel
Day 11- Breakfast/Check out of Hotel
Free time and Lunch
Shrine of the book/Model city/Israel Museum
Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
Dinner in Tel Aviv
Transfer to Ben Gurion airport
Flights from TLV to USA