11 Days
Specific Tour
50 people
English
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Day 1: Departure from the USA
Depart for your overnight flight to the Holy Land. Meals will be served on board.
Day 2: Arrival Hotel Transfer
Arrival at Tel Aviv Airport, meet your guide at the Airport, drive to your Hotel in Galilee for dinner and overnight in Tiberius. (D)
Day 3: Nazareth/ Cana/Mount Tabor
Start our visit to the Church of Annunciation and Cana of Galilee, with the opportunity to renew marriage vows. A visit to the Mt. Tabor, the Mt of Transfiguration, follows. Dinner and overnight in Tiberius. (B, L, D)
Day 4: Caesarea Philippi / Sea of Galilee
On a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee, we will celebrate Holy Communion. We will visit the Mount of the Beatitudes, the church of Multiplications of Fish & Loaves, Capernaum, and then drive to the Golan Heights to visit Caesarea Philippi. Dinner and overnight in Tiberius. (B, L, D)
Day 5: Caesarea / Taybeh “Ephraim”
Depart the Galilee area via the coastal plains to visit Caesarea Maritima to explore magnificent Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader ruins, including a Roman theater, ancient harbor, hippodrome, and iconic aqueduct. From there, we continue to the Christian village of Taybeh (biblical Ephraim) to visit with the local Christian leaders. Enjoy lunch with a visit to the local brewery, the first microbrewery in the Middle East. Continue to Bethlehem through Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)
Day 6: Dead Sea area
Full Day Tour in the Dead Sea area, River Jordan, Qumran, and float in the Dead Sea, view the Good Samaritan Inn, St. George in the Judean Wilderness. Visit the old city of Jericho, Elisha Spring, and view Mount Temptation Monastery. Chance to meet with the ELCA YAGM (Young Adults in Global Mission). Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)
Day 7: Shepherd’s Field/ Bethlehem
Start the day with worship with the local ELCJHL congregation. Visit the shepherd’s field, the church of the Nativity, the old city of Bethlehem, and Mount Herodian. Dinner with Christian Families in Bethlehem and overnight. (B, L, D)
Day 8: Bethlehem, ELCJHL School
Today we will visit the local ELCJHL school. In the afternoon, we will visit the Tent of Nations, have lunch, and have a chance to plant trees. Visit the Walled Off Hotel, walk by the Bethlehem Refugee Camp. Optional dinner with local Christian families or dinner and overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)
Day 9: Mount of Olives/ Mount Zion
Start our day visiting Augusta Victoria and the Lutheran World Federation on top of Mount of Olives, walk the Palm Sunday Path, the Church of the Garden of Gethsemane, and the Kedron Valley. Visit the Last Supper room, Mount Zion, Saint Peter in Gallicantu, and the Shrine of the Book & Model of Jerusalem during the time of Jesus. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem (B, L, D)
Day 10: Old City of Jerusalem
Visit the Wailing Wall, Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock & Al Aqsa Mosque, then visit the church of St. Anne and pool of Bethesda, Via Dolorosa and Church of the Holy Sepulcher. We will meet with ELCA and ELCJHL leaders. We will enjoy some free time in Jerusalem. Dinner at a Tent restaurant and enjoy traditional Palestinian folklore music and dance, overnight in Bethlehem. (B, L, D)
Day 11: Departure
After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our flight home. We will arrive home on the same day. (B)
POST TOUR
OPTIONAL JORDAN EXTENSION: March 11 – 14, 2027
PACKAGE PRICE: $990
DAY 11 > DEPARTURE FOR JORDAN
DAY 12 > WADI RUM, PETRA
DAY 13 > AMMAN
DAY 14 > DEPARTURE
