DAY 1 — USA • ISRAEL
Depart from the USA on our flight to Tel Aviv. Meals and overnight on board.
After dinner relax and enjoy the on-board entertainment.

DAY 2 — TEL AVIV
Arrive at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and meet our guide who will welcome
us to the Land of the Bible and escort us throughout our stay in Israel.
Israeli guides are legendary for their knowledge and dedication. Ours will
instruct us on the many sites we will visit and their relationship to the
religion, history, archaeology, culture, and modern life in Israel. Visit
Old Jaffa, the traditional home of Simon the Tanner, and from where Jonah
sailed. Proceed to our hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 3 — CAESAREA • MEGIDDO • TIBERIAS
Refreshed from a good night’s sleep you’ll be ready for a full Israeli
Buffet Breakfast. Today we pass newly settled towns en route to Caesarea,
site of major events in the lives of Peter and Paul. It's on to Megiddo,
inspiration for James Michener’s “The Source”. Archaeological digs reveal 20
layers of civilization, including fortifications of King Solomon and the
water tunnel of King Ahab. Megiddo provides a magnificent view of the
fertile Jezreel Valley, prophesied site of Armageddon, at the crossroads of
the ancient Via Maris. We drive up Mt. Carmel to Mukraka for a magnificent
view of the region. Now on to Sepphoris, the former Roman capital of the
Galilee and the famous seat of the Sanhedrin (the highest Jewish court) in
the second century A.D. Sepphoris is comprised of a Crusader fortress, a
Roman theater and numerous impressive mosaics. Continue through the rolling
hills of the Galilee to Nazareth, site of Mary’s Well, and Cana, site of His
first miracle, before arriving at the Sea of Galilee. Dinner and overnight
in the area.

DAY 4 — SEA OF GALILEE • UPPER GALILEE
This day alone is worth the trip! We are now literally walking in the
footsteps of Jesus. We will take a most memorable boat ride on the Sea of
Galilee, in a replica of the ancient wooden boats used in Jesus’ day. We
walk into old Capernaum with the ancient synagogue; on to the site of the
Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes (Tabgha) and up to the site of the
Sermon on the Mount, the Mount of Beatitudes. You will have an opportunity
for a lunch of St. Peter’s fish (optional). In the afternoon we will journey
north to Caesarea Phillipi, (Banias Spring) where Jesus decided to return to
Jerusalem. Return via the Golan Heights to the area around the Sea of
Galilee where we will visit the Jordan River and have the opportunity for a
baptismal service, if so desired. Dinner and overnight.

DAY 5 — JORDAN VALLEY • JERUSALEM
Drive along the Jordan Valley to Beit She’an to see the expansive
excavations taking place at this ancient Roman city. Continue driving south
to Jericho, oldest known walled city, for a view of Mt. Temptation and Mt.
Nebo, from where Moses looked upon the Holyland. It’s now time to “go up” to
Jerusalem. We will enter the city as pilgrims did since ancient times to
fulfill the words of the prophet “I was glad when they said unto me: ‘Our
feet shall stand within thy Gates, O Jerusalem’.” (Psalms 122:1-2). Dinner
and overnight.

DAY 6 — JERUSALEM • BETHLEHEM
Start the day with a view of the Old City from the top of the Mt. of Olives.
Walk to the Garden of Gethsemane, the Church of All Nations and drive across
the Kidron Valley. Enter the Old City through St. Stephen’s Gate (Lions’
Gate) to the Moslem Quarter, visit the beautiful Church of St. Anne and the
Pool of Bethesda, Pilate’s Judgement Hall, and the Ecce Homo Arch. Walk
along the Via Dolorosa, into the Christian Quarter, and see the Stations of
the Cross. Drive to Mt. Zion to see the House of Caiaphas and the Upper Room
of the Last Supper. We will visit Bethlehem and see Manger Square, the
Church of the Nativity, and view Shepherds’ Fields and the Fields of Boaz
and Ruth. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

DAY 7 — MASADA • DEAD SEA • QUMRAN
Depart to Masada, overlooking the Dead Sea, where we ascend by cable car to
visit the remnants of Herod’s Palace and where from 70 to 73 A.D. the
Zealots made their last stand against the Roman Legions. Visit Ein Gedi,
fabled Spring of David, and proceed to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls
were found in 1947. Time permitting, we will go for a swim, rather a
“float”, in the salted waters of the Dead Sea. Return to Jerusalem for
dinner and overnight.

DAY 8 — JERUSALEM
We will begin the day with a visit to the reconstructed Jewish Quarter, walk
through the Cardo, the original Roman street, and see the amazing Israelite
wall. See the important excavations taking place at the Western Wall and the
Southern Temple Staircase. Our tour also includes the new Visitors Center,
highlighted by a three-dimensional virtual reconstruction of the Second
Temple. We have an opportunity to observe Jewish Bar Mitzvahs at the Western
Wall (Mondays and Thursdays only). Then on to the Temple Mount and the Dome
of the Rock, where Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac, and now the site of a
mosque. Visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and continue on to the
miniature model of Jerusalem as it was in the 2nd Temple period (circa 68
A.D.). End the afternoon at Golgotha (Gordon’s Calvary) and the Garden’s
Empty Tomb. Special time is planned for worship, communion, meditation and
inspiration. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

DAY 9 — ISRAEL • USA
Today we transfer to the airport. Our guide will assist us with check-in
procedures. Depart on our flight to the USA. We arrive home today with
wonderful memories of a visit to the Land of the Bible!