Join Rev. Dr. Michael Edwards on a 11 Days Holy Land Pilgrimage June 02 – 12, 2026 from Washington, DC (IAD)

Day 1:                     – Departure

Depart US for your overnight flight to the Holy Land. Meals will be served on board the flight.

Day 2:                     – Arrival, Tel Aviv Airport 

Meet your guide at the Airport, Drive to your Hotel in Tiberias for dinner and Overnight. (D)

Day 3:                     – Caesarea, Carmel, Meggido, Magdala

Start our visit to Caesarea Marittima, Mount Carmel, Meggido, the place Biblical Armageddon, Magdala by the Sea of Galilee.  Dinner and Overnight in Tiberias. (B, L, D)

Day 4:                    – Caesarea Philippi, Sea of Galilee

We will start our day with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee; visit Caesarea Philippi; See Mount Hermon, the highest mountain in Israel, from a distance; Mount of Beatitudes; Church of Multiplications; Capernaum.  Then we will ride to Yardenit, a possible sight of Jesus’ baptism.  Dinner and overnight in Tiberias. (B, L, D)

Day 5:                     – Cana, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Jordan River

Check out of our hotel in Galilee and head south towards Jerusalem. Stop at Cana of Galilee, then Nazareth and Nazareth village. Drive through the Jordan valley, visit the baptismal site on the Jordan River, visit Jericho, and drive up to the Holy city of Jerusalem and panoramic view over Jerusalem from Mount Scopus, and a visit to the Wailing Wall Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)

Day 6:                    – Mt of Olives, Bethlehem, Shepherds Field

Visit the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane. Visit Herodian, Herod’s summer palace and his burial place. Visit Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity, Shepherds field, shop in Bethlehem. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)

Day 7:                     – Masada, Qumran and Dead Sea

Full Day Tour in the Dead Sea area, we will visit Masada, Qumran and Swim in the Dead Sea, Elisha Spring and view Mount Temptation Monastery. Drive the Jordan Valley dinner and Overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)

Day 8:                    – Temple Mount, Davidson Centre, Mt Zion, Israel Museum

Sunday morning worship at Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. Visit Temple Mount where the Temple of Jerusalem stood. Then we will visit Davidson Centre.  Mount Zion and the upper room. On to David’s Tomb. In the afternoon Israel Museum and Yad Vashem. Dinner and overnight in your hotel in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)

Day 9:                     – Temple Mount, Garden Tomb 

Start the day with private prayer at Gethsemane Garden. On to Caiaphas Palace, Ecce Homo, biblical Gabatha. Follow Stations of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, walk through different quarters of Jerusalem and then the Garden Tomb. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)

Day 10:                     – City of David, Hezekiah’s tunnel

This morning we will visit City of David, Hezekiah’s tunnel, pool of Siloam. Free afternoon for personal reflection. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)

Day 11:                     Departure – Arrival

We will arrive back in the USA the same day. (B)