24–3 | 3–6 | (tentative dates) |
Israel | Petra |
Day 1: Mon, March 24 | JFK | Airport meeting and departure for Israel. |
Day 2: Tue, March 25 | Tel Aviv | Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport. Meet your guide and driver and drive through Old Jaffa and Tel Aviv to Netanya Check in to Hotel (Ramada Suites). Dinner and overnight. Orientation meeting after dinner. |
Day 3: Wed, March 26 | Tiberias | Check out of hotel. Caesarea, Carmel, Megiddo-Armageddon, Mt of Precipice (overlook of Nazareth). Check in to hotel (Rimonim Galei Kinnereth) for dinner and overnight. Medium-heavy walking. |
Day 4: Thu, March 27 | Tiberias | Sea of Galilee boat ride, Ginosar, Jesus’ Boat and Shopping, Mt. of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum,
Magdala, Jordan River—Baptism. Light walking. |
Day 5: Fri, March 28 Shabbat |
Tiberias | Tel Dan, Caesarea Philippi, Mt. Bental, KfarHaruv — Peace Vista. Medium-heavy walking. |
Day 6: Sat, March 29 Shabbat |
Jerusalem | Check out of hotel. Ancient Shiloh, up to Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus Overlook, Israel Museum. Check in to hotel (Dan Jerusalem), Sabbath Dinner. Medium-heavy walking. |
Day 7: Sun, March 30 | Dead Sea | Masada, Qumran, Dead Sea. Return to Jerusalem hotel for dinner and overnight. Light-medium walking. |
Day 8: Mon, March 31 | Jerusalem | Mt. of Olives, Palm Sunday Walk, Garden of Gethsemane,
Mt. Zion — Upper Room, King David’s Tomb, Jewish Quarter,
City of David, Western Wall — South Wall (Archeological Park). Medium-heavy walking. Farewell Dinner. |
Day 9: Tue, April 1 | Jerusalem | Deluxe group will check out of hotel. Yad Vashem, Friends of Zion Museum, St. Peter in Gallicantu — the house of Caiaphas, Pools of Bethesda (St Anne's Church), Old City, Fortress of Antonio, Via Dolorosa, Calvary Garden Tomb and Gordon's Golgotha. Medium-heavy walking. Deluxe Group transfers to airport for departure after dinner (7–7:15 PM). |
Day 10: Wed, April 2 | NYC | Deluxe group arrives at JFK. |
Day 10: Wed, April 2 | Eilat | Grand Petra group will check out of hotel. Depart from Jerusalem to Eilat. Visit Timna Park (Tabernacle in the Wilderness replica), visit Eilat Stone Factory. Check in to hotel (Leonardo Plaza, Eilat). Light walking. |
Day 11: Thu, April 3 | Jordan | Cross the Jordan border into Petra. (Lunch included, but drinks are extra). Return to hotel in Eilat for dinner and overnight. Extremely heavy walking (Horses, donkeys, camels and carriages available for an extra fee). |
Day 12: Fri, April 4 Shabbat |
Tel Aviv | Check out of hotel. Mitzpe Ramon Crater, Tel Be’er Sheva. Dinner in Tel-Aviv. Transfer to the airport for departure. |
Day 13: Sat, April 5 Shabbat |
NYC | Grand Petra group arrives at JFK. |