15 Day Tour

Day 1 - THURSDAY
Departure from North American or other International Gateway

Day 2 - FRIDAY
Tel Aviv
Welcome to Israel! Upon arrival into Ben Gurion International Airport, you are met and assisted by our airport representative and transferred to your hotel in Tel Aviv for overnight.

Day 3 - SATURDAY
At Leisure
At leisure Overnight Tel-Aviv.

Day 4 - SUNDAY
Caesarea / Haifa / Acre / Rosh Hanikra
Drive north to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the region. See the excavations of the crusaders' city, the aqueduct and amphitheatre which has been restored as a concert venue. Proceed to Haifa for a panoramic view from Mount Carmel and visit “AF AL PI CHEN”, the naval museum of the illegal immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate. Drive to Acre; walk along the old harbour and local market; Continue to the northernmost point of Israel at Rosh Hanikra. Descend by cable into the limestone grottoes.
Overnight at a Kibbutz guesthouse.

Day 5 - MONDAY
Safed / Tel Facher / Banias / Tel Hai
Drive to Safed, center of the Kaballa movement; visit the Joseph Caro and the Ha’Ari synagogues, the most important synagogues in the city; stroll around the Artist’s quarter. Enjoy a Jeep tour at the foot of the Golan. Continue to the Golan Heights; stop at an observation point over the city of Kuneitra and the Syrian territory. Stop at Tel Facher, a former Syrian army camp; visit the Banias springs. Next, a visit to Tel-Hai; see the “Roaring Lion” monument and learn about the heroic battle of Josef Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920.
Overnight at a Kibbutz guesthouse.

Day 6 - TUESDAY
Beit Shean / Beit Alpha / Gan Hashlosha / Jerusalem
Drive to Tiberias to visit Rambam’s grave; proceed to Beit Shean, also called "Scythopolis", the biggest archeological park in Israel with beautiful excavations from the Roman and Byzantine periods. Stop at Beit Alpha to see the beautiful mosaic floor of a synagogue from the Byzantine period. Onto Gan Hashlosha, (Sachne) where you will have an opportunity to enjoy the water springs located at the foot of the Gilboa mountain, the famous mountain on which King Saul was killed in the battle against the Philistines. Continue via the Jordan valley to Jerusalem with a stop at Mount Scopus for a blessing as you enter the city.
Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 7 - WEDNESDAY
Jerusalem: Old City
Tour the old city of Jerusalem. Start with a visit of the Tomb of King David on Mount Zion. Walk along the Cardo, the ancient Roman road; visit the four Sephardic synagogues restored after the 1967 war in the Jewish quarter. Tour the Western Wall Tunnels; visit Davidson center and walk through the Roman Cardo to the local Arab bazaar. Walk through Jaffa gate to David’s Tower museum and see the ancient remains of the city beginning with the first Temple period.
Overnight in Jerusalem

Day 8 - THURSDAY
Jerusalem: New City
Depart the hotel and arrive to the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem.

*Optional: Celebrate the Bar/Bat-Mitzvah ceremonies at the kotel.

Continue to Mea Shearim and learn about the unique lifestyle of the ultra orthodox communities. Drive by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems. Next visit the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the book where the Dead Sea scrolls are housed, and the new holy land model – a miniature replica of Jerusalem as it was during the second temple period. Drive to mount Hertzel, the military cemetery and Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust. Visit the ammunition hill, a former Jordanian army stronghold, conquered by the Israeli army in the Six Day War, and converted into a national memorial site and museum, Overnight Jerusalem.

* Optional: For families who wish to celebrate a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the Wall. This will be a perfect opportunity, while the rest of the group will tour Mea Shearim, arrangements will be made at the Wall with a Rabbi. At the end of the service, you will be transferred from the Western Wall area to meet the group at the entrance of the Israel Museum. For prices for this special option, see bellow.

Day 9 - FRIDAY
Qumran / Massada / Dead Sea
Drive through the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea. Stop at Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found. Continue to Massada, ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress; visit the remains of the walls, palaces, synagogue, the bathhouses etc. Descend by cable car. Next stop for lunch and Spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in the area.
Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 10 - SATURDAY
At Leisure
At leisure in Jerusalem.
Evening transfer to Ben Gurion or Sde Dov Tel Aviv airport for a one hour flight to Eilat. Transfer from Eilat airport to your Hotel for overnight in Eilat.

Day 11 - SUNDAY
Enjoy a Israeli buffet breakfast and day at leisure in Eilat. Stroll around the city’s streets, the beach promenade and enjoy the water sport activities – on own or take optional tour to Petra.

Optional: Tour to the Rose city of Petra.

Overnight in Eilat.

Day 12 - MONDAY
Israel to Sinai
At 10:00 a.m. after enjoying your breakfast, drive to the Red Sea on way South to the Taba border. After crossing the Taba (Israel/Egypt Border) you will be met and assisted by our representatives and transferred to your hotel at the foot of Mt. Sinai. Visit St. Catherine Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai the oldest working Christian Monastery. St. Catherine Monastery was built in 557 A.C by the Roman Emperor Justinian, and where it’s believed God appeared to Moses in the Form of a burning bush. Enjoy a time of praise and incredible views of the Sinai wilderness, where in the book of Genesis God revealed him self to Moses and where he received the Ten Commandments. Dinner and overnight at Sinai.

The options for hotel accommodation in the remote area of Mt. Sinai are very limited. The hotel used in our Exodus Tour is the best available in the area, however not equivalent in standard to other hotels we use along this tour.

Day 13 - TUESDAY
Sinai to Cairo
Breakfast. Meeting at hotel’s lobby then you will depart Sinai and drive West through the Sinai Peninsula going through the tunnel under the Suez Canal. Drive under the Red Sea, following what is thought to be the route of Exodus by the Children of Israel, continue to Cairo. Dinner and overnight in Cairo.

Day 14 - WEDNESDAY
Pyramids/Sphinx/Solar Boat/Egyptian Museum/Old and New Cairo/Coptic Cairo/Synagogue of Ben Ezra
After a good nights rest enjoy a breakfast buffet, and then meet your Egyptologist guide to start the tour and visit one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient World, the 3 Pyramids of Giza. Cheops Pyramid (the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis built in the 3rd dynasty about 2690 B.C as a tomb for Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu), Pyramid of Chechen, and at the bottom of the Pyramid Chechen lies the majestic Great Sphinx, which is the largest single block sculpture. Enjoy an opportunity to ride a camel by the Pyramids followed by a visit to the Solar Boat museum, whose main attraction is an ancient Egyptian cedar wood dating back 4500 years. Continue to visit the famous Egyptian Museum where we shall provide you with a brief but colorful insight into the five thousand years of Egypt’s fascinating history. Afterwards we visit Old Cairo, and the city’s cultural landmarks that span three millennia of Egypt’s history. We begin with you visiting the Hanging Church, Cairo's most famous Coptic church first built in the 3rd or 4th century AD. This basilica was named "Al-Mu'allaqah" for its location above a gatehouse of the Babylon Fortress. Continue to the Church of St. Sergius, a 5th century Coptic Church. This basilica is built on the cave in which the Holy Family stayed and is regarded by visitors as a source of blessing. As we stroll along, we will come to the recently restored Synagogue of Ben Ezra - the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt built in 882 AD. Next, we will explore the spices and silks in the medieval bazaar of Khan el-Khalili, one of the biggest bazaars in the Middle East and North Africa’s most famous bazaar. Lunch will be served during the tour at a local restaurant. Return to hotel. Overnight and Dinner included.

OPTIONAL EVENING ACTIVITY: Pyramids Sound and Light Tour include round trip transfers $57.00 per person.

OPTIONAL EVENING ACTIVITY: Nile Cruise Dinner with Show includes round trip transfers $75.00 per person. Back to your hotel and overnight.

Optional extra night in Cairo: To help you take advantage of an optional extra day in Cairo, we include one night stay at The Ramses Hilton including meals (breakfast and dinner) for $95.00 per person in double room, and $155.00 in single room or select the Barceló Cairo Pyramids including meals (breakfast and dinner) for $80.00 per person in double room, and $120.00 in single room, and private transfers from your hotel to Cairo International airport. When booking the tour, please advice us whether you would like to book the optional extra day in Cairo, and one of our agents will be happy to confirm the extra day.

Day 15 - THURSDAY
Departure day
Transfer to Cairo Intenational Airport will depart from the lobby of your hotel 4 hours prior to flight departure time.