Tour Itinerary

Monday 9/30

Depart for Tel Aviv.

Tuesday 10/1 

We will arrive Tel Aviv.
Once landed, we will proceed to the hotels in Tel Aviv and enjoy dinner together. After dinner, there will be an orientation meeting with worship and prayer.

Wednesday 10/2

Our first full day will start with seeing the ancient port city of Jaffa and visit Simon the Tanner’s house. Then we will visit Ayalon Institute which houses a secret to the Israeli fight for independence.

We will see Independence Hall in Tel Aviv en route to Jerusalem. While in Jerusalem we will view the city from Mount Scopus.

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown.

Thursday 10/3 
Visit Abraham’s Bread feeding center a facility where Israel’s poor are fed daily. We will see firsthand how Eagles’ Wing is partnering with others to help meet the needs of the underprivileged.

Then we will proceed to Bethlehem where we will learn more about our Arab Christian brothers and sisters who continue to courageously stand strong in their faith in Bethlehem. Enjoy visiting the Church of the Nativity, where Christian tradition pinpoints as the birthplace of our Savior.

Friday 10/4
Today will be a full day in Jerusalem. Journey into the Old City and to the Western Wall. Get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pray and walk the ramparts of the wall.

We will be exploring the Jerusalem Market, Machne Yehuda, and then going to see the Garden Tomb.

This will be our first Shabbat together. Shabbat begins at sundown.

Saturday 10/5
Travel to Qumran, explore the Ein Gedi and see where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. We will go to Masada where we will ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress where the zealots made their last stand against the Romans in 73 AD.

We will also be exploring the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, the place where David wrote many of his Psalms, and home to beautiful hot springs, fascinating plants and wildlife along with great hiking trails.

Sunday 10/6

We will start our day with the Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane and the Palm Sunday Walk. We will then walk through Cardo, the main street of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago and along the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus carried his cross. We will visit the beautiful Church of St. Anne’s where Jesus healed the crippled man by the Pool of Bethesda and the Upper Room on Mt. Zion.

Awake Jerusalem event begins with the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

Monday 10/7

Awake Jerusalem event morning and evening sessions at Zedekiah’s Cave and the Southern Steps.

Visit Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum where we can walk through the Children’s Pavilion, visit the museum, and walk down the Avenue of the Righteous. Hear from a Holocaust Survivor. 

Tuesday 10/8
Journey to Caesarea, an ancient port build by King Herod and home to the first gentile converts. Extensive modern archaeological excavations have made viewable stadiums, theaters, temples, palaces, and a giant seaport built out in the Mediterranean.

Next stop, Muchraka, a Carmelite Monastery said to be at the site where the prophet Elijah challenged the prophets of the Canaanite god Baal to a showdown in order to prove God’s might.

We will end the day with a baptism service in the Jordan River.

Wednesday, 10/9

Exploring Tiberias, we will visit Nazareth and Magdala, site of the First Century Synagogue where it is reported that Jesus actually taught.

We will make our way to Capernaum and visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue.

Continue to the Mount of the Beatitudes where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount then enjoy a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee.  

Thursday, 10/10

Early morning departures to the airport in Tel Aviv. Fly to back to the United States.

DUBAI EXTENSION – OPTIONAL