2018 September (full-no seats available)
A life-changing, faith-building, 15-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land
- Cost: $3,650 from Chicago per person based on double occupancy.
- Group size: 12-18
- Sign up date: not open
Included in the price
- Round trip flight from USA to Tel Aviv, Israel
- Hotel accommodations
- Breakfast while in Jerusalem and Tiberias
- Entry to all sites
- Transportation in Israel
- Tour guide(s)
- Guidance in preparatory studies (2-3 months before departure)
- 4 hrs of college credit if desired (students)
Not included:
- Meals not specified above
- Passports
- Insurance for travel, baggage, and flight cancellation
Itinerary
Subject to change
Monday September 3
Depart 3:10 from Chicago
Tuesday September 4
Arrive on Delta Airlines to Tel Aviv at 1:55 PM. Travel to Netanya overnight at the Mediterranean Sea.
Wednesday September 5
Caesarea, Mt. Carmel, Megiddo , overnight in Tiberias
Thursday September 6
Mt Arbel, Sail the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Mt Beatitudes, overnight in Tiberias
Friday September 7
Golan Heights: Dan, Caesarea Philippi, Mt. Hermon, Valley of Tears, overnight in Tiberias
Saturday September 8
Herod Springs (Gideon), Mt Gilboa, Nazareth, Nazareth Brow
Sunday September 9 (Rosh Hashanah Eve)
Yardenit baptismal site at the Jordan River, Sussita/Hippos, east side of the Sea of Galilee, overnight in Tiberias
Monday September 10 (Rosh Hashanah)
Travel to Jerusalem: Four quarters, Church of Holy Sepulchre, overnight in Jerusalem
Tuesday September 11 (Rosh Hashanah)
Jerusalem: Mt of Olives, Gethsemene, Kidron Valley Garden Tomb, overnight in Jerusalem
Wednesday September 12
Temple Mount, Pool of Bethesda, St Anne Church, Mt Zion, Valley of Gehenna, Hezekiah’s tunnel, overnight in Jerusalem
Thursday September 13
Masada, Qumran, Dead Sea, overnight in Jerusalem
Friday September 14
West Bank/Samaria: Shiloh, Shechem, Mt Gerizim, Jacob’s Well, Sabastye , overnight in Jerusalem
Saturday September 15
Bethlehem, Valley of Elah, travel through the Negev (wilderness): wilderness of Zin, burial place of David Ben Gurion, Ramon Crater, travel to Eilat overnight in Eilat
Sunday September 16
Eilat, Tabernacle at Timna Park, Red Sea, overnight at Eilat
Monday September 17
Eilat, MSodom, overnight near airport
Tuesday September 18
Depart 5:00 AM for Chicago via Rome, arrive at 1:00 PM
There may be places visited that are not on this itinerary.