Tripology

Our spiritual Journey begins as we depart USA on an overnight flight to Tel Aviv.
Upon arrival, we will be walking where Jesus walked.

We will be welcomed to the Holy Land by a local representative who will assist us through passport control and provide transportation to our hotel in where we will check in and enjoy our first dinner in Israel.

After breakfast, depart Tel Aviv and drive along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. Visit the excavations of the ancient city, the Roman theater and aqueduct. Continue to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16); Visit the archaeological excavations.
Drive to Haifa, view the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Temple. Next, we visit Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18:20-38) where Elijah called down the pillar of fire which consumed the bullock upon the altar in front
Baal’s prophets. From Haifa, drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbor.
Drive to Tiberias to check in at the kibbutz guest house.

Breakfast at the hotel. After a short tour of Tiberias, take a boat ride to Capernaum. Visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue. Proceed to Tabgha, the place where Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes (Matthew 14: 14-21) and the Church of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor. Experience the serenity of the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus ministered and preached the famous Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5, 6, 7, 8). Drive to the Banias Springs (Caesarea Philippe), where Peter made his confession of faith and waterfalls and tour the Golan Heights.

After breakfast, drive to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee. Visit the Church of Annunciation, St. Joseph’s workshop and Mary’s Well. Drive to Yardenit, enjoy a thrilling opportunity to experience baptism in the Jordan River, following the example of Jesus (Matthew 3:12-14). Continue to ancient city of Beit She’an, (1 Samuel 31:10-12), the place where Saul and his son’s bodies were nailed to the city walls. The exquisite archaeological dig of this city is one of the largest in all of Israel. Drive along the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

After breakfast, drive to Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of the city; visit the Church of All Nations, King David’s tomb and the Room of Last Supper on Mt. Zion. Enter within the walls of the Old City and visit the Cardo, Temple Mount (entrance to the mosques not included), Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Oriental Bazaar.

After breakfast. Drive to Ein Karem to visit the Church of Visitation and from there, proceed to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the holocaust. Visit the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed, and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second
Temple period. Proceed to Bethlehem* to visit the Church of Nativity. On your way, stop at the Shepherd's field, where the Shepherds gathered and kept watch the night Jesus Christ was born.
*subject to availability

After breakfast, drive to ancient city of Qumeran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
Drive along the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Masada, the last stronghold of
the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Ascend Mt. Masada by cable car and visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace. Return to Jerusalem .

Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for your departure flight back home.