10 Day Israel Tour

  

Israel Tour
10 Day Tour • May 08, 2010

w/ Jack Marshall

Special Guest Educator

BYU Students have returned to the Jerusalem center - It's time for you to go too.










 

Our special tour includes all of the important Sites in Israel such as Jerusalem, Garden Tomb, Galilee, Bethlehem, Masada and more. This once in a lifetime tour will visit many sites that others are not able to see when they go to Israel. For example: The City of Lehi excavations, located a short distance down from Jerusalem. This is where caves were discovered with writings on the inside walls. It was determined that the writings were by a prophet in hiding that date approx. 600 BC. The Arabs have considered the hill above the cave to be a sacred place. As they put it – “before Mohamed there was a great prophet named Lehi and he taught from that hill." Even the archeologists in Jerusalem now call the area Beit Lehi. With the Lehi excavations being on an army base, we are the only ones that have received permission to visit the site.

“Whisper Perfect” headset receivers
Everyone on this tour will have their own individual “whisper perfect” headset receiver. You will be able to hear every word clearly spoken by our guides and educators, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture.


Others Price: $3,200*
Fun For Less Regular Price: $2,295*
Fun For Less Member Price: $2,195*
($2,195 price above is a cash/check discount rates.)

Call for our deeply discounted airfare.

*Cash discount price per person double occupancy. Does not include airfare.

DAY BY DAY ITINERARY
This is a partial list, and subject to change as needed to accomplish everything we can in each area we visit. We will have local guides who will make sure we see the very best in the time we have.

Important note: This itinerary is subject to change. The times, dates and places we visit may be altered. Please understand that if a change is made, it is to ensure that you have the best tour possible.

Day 1: May 8: Fly Fly from the US to Tel Aviv

Day 2: May 9:  Tel Aviv - Galilee
Late in the afternoon we will arrive into Tel Aviv.  After clearing customs we will drive to the Galilee area and your hotel in Tiberius.

Day 3: May 10:  Galilee Area
Our journey today takes us to the far north regions of Israel. We will pass the Canaanite city of Hazor on our way to Tel Dan. Here Jeroboam erected a golden calf for the Israelites to worship. We will visit Banias, known as Caesarea Philippi in the days of Jesus. This is where the Savior asked his disciples, “Whom do ye say that I am?” We then continue on to the Golan Heights, which have been fought over since Old Testament times. Our final stop of the day is Bethsaida.  Bethsaida is the home of Peter and Andrew and the site of the miracle of the loaves and the fishes. 

Day 4: May 11: Galilee Area
This morning we will drive to Mt. Tabor where we will discuss the Transfiguration of the Savior. Here Deborah and Barak gathered their forces and defeated Sisera’s Iron Chariots. Crossing the Jezreel Valley we will ascend to Nazareth and visit the “Nazareth Village Experience” where we will ponder the early life of Jesus. We will pass Cana, where the Savior performed his first miracle, turning water into wine, and then descend to the Sea of Galilee visiting the Mount of Beatitudes and Capernaum where so many wonderful events and teachings took place. Tonight we will take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and retell the story of the Savior's walking on water and stilling the storm.

Day 5: May 12: Galilee – Jerusalem
This morning we head to the top of Mt. Carmel to the Mukrakah.  Here we will re-examine the story of Elijah’s confrontation with the priests of Baal with its dramatic conclusion.  We will then continue to Haifa and on to Caesarea, located on the Mediterranean Coast.  Here the Roman Centurion, Cornelius, became the first gentile to convert to Christianity and Paul related his account of his vision on the road to Damascus to King Agrippa. Our last stop before arriving in Jerusalem will be in Netanya where the Presidents of the LDS Church are honored in a special memorial at the Orson Hyde Park.  Overnight in Jerusalem.  

Day 6: May 13: Jerusalem Area
We will start our tour today with the birth of the Savior and Bethlehem.  We will remember the wondrous account of the Savior’s birth as told in Luke and retold each Christmas as we walk through the Church of the Nativity and sing Christmas carols.  We will also visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are located and for those that want adventure you can visit the City of David located south of the Temple Mount and walk through Hezekiah’s Tunnel.  Please note: Hezekiah’s Tunnel is filled with knee to waist high water.  You should plan on wearing clothing and shoes that can get wet and will not fall off of your feet (NO flip flops). 

Day 7: May 14: City of Lehi – Jerusalem
We have an important highlight to share today, the archeological dig at Beit Lehi.  Here we will have an opportunity to explore an actual archeological site under excavation. We will then head to Masada.  Rising above the desert floor is the fortress of Masada which we will visit via cable car.   We are now in the Judean Wilderness, home of John the Baptist and the place Jesus went to prepare for his ministry and where he was tempted by the Devil. Our last stop before returning to Jerusalem will be a swim in the Dead Sea. 

Day 8: May 15:  Jerusalem Area
Today we reach the spiritual pinnacle of our pilgrimage as we retrace the footsteps of our Savior during the last hours of his life, and feel the deep appreciation these places create for the sacrifice of the Son of God. We begin on Mt. Zion at the traditional site of the Upper Room where the Last Supper was shared with devoted apostles. From there we descend into the Kidron Valley to visit Gethsemane, the Garden of the Savior’s deepest prayers. We visit St. Peter in Gallicantu, the possible site of the cock’s crowing and the Palace of Caiaphus where Jesus was tried. We then go on to the Sisters of Sion Convent which was built on the site of the Antonia Fortress (the probable site where Pilate questioned Jesus). We will pass through the Damascus Gate to Golgotha and the Garden Tomb where we will have time to ponder the Resurrection in a most beautiful and quiet place.

Day 9: May 16:  Jerusalem
Our attention today is drawn to the Old City of Jerusalem. We will explore the foundations of the Temple Mount in the Rabbinical Tunnel and climb the Temple Mount where both Solomon and Herod’s temples once stood and where the magnificent Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosques now stand. We will also visit the BYU Jerusalem Center.  This afternoon will be free to shop in the many shops in the Old City.

Day 10: May 17:  Fly back to US & Home
In the early hours of the morning we will fly from Tel Aviv to back to the US.


 


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