The Holy Land

1. Day01

   Monday, January 4

   Depart the U.S.

   Today we depart the U.S. on an overnight journey to Israel.

   Meals in flight. Overnight in flight.

   

2. Day02

   Tuesday, January 5

   Arrive in Israel

   Arrive in Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport. Meeting and assistance at airport, board your modern deluxe bus and depart airport to Tel Aviv. Time permitting, we visit the ancient town of Jaffa where Peter had his vision on the rooftop of the house of Simon the Tanner telling him that all God’s creation is clean and worthy to receive salvation through Jesus. Transfer to hotel in Netanya.

   Dinner included. Overnight Netanya.

   

3. Day03

   Wednesday, January 6

   Caesarea Maritima, Mount Carmel, Megiddo & Nazareth

   Today we travel towards Caesarea Maritima (included), where we will have a brief visit to the magnificent city with Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader ruins. Here we will elaborate on the story of the baptism of Cornelius, the first gentile convert into Christianity, and on the travels of Paul, those events that led Caesarea Maritima to become the springboard of Christianity to the West. Continue to Mount Carmel (included) and consider the contest between the Prophet Elijah and the false prophets of Baal, discussing the reasons why the Prophet chose that place for the contest, and the lessons we learn from the story. Then we depart to Megiddo (included). Lunch on your own. Travel to Nazareth where we will climb the Mount of Precipice, the brow of the hill on which the city was built. There we will reflect on the rejection of Jesus by his family and friends in Nazareth. While there overlooking the Armageddon Valley, we will also discuss the reasons why we believe this will be the setting for the final battle between good and evil mentioned in Revelation 16:16. Depart to Sea of Galilee passing Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first miracle changing water into wine.

   Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight Sea of Galilee area.

   

4. Day04

   Thursday, January 7

   Boat Museum & Ride, Mount of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Tabgha, Primacy of Peter & Kursi

   After a buffet breakfast, we will visit the ancient boat museum containing a recently-discovered 2000-year-old fishing boat (included). We will then sail on the Sea of Galilee on a replica of that boat (included). Then we will visit Mt. of Beatitudes and discuss the Sermon on the Mount; we will then visit Capernaum (included), Jesus’ Galilean ministry base. Then we drive to Tabgha and will see the Primacy of Peter where Jesus appeared to the disciples the third time after the resurrection. Lunch on your own. Our last stop of the day will be Kursi (included), which has been identified by tradition as the site of the “Miracle of the Swine”, where Jesus healed one or two men possessed by demons by driving these into a herd of pigs. We then return to our hotel.

   Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight Sea of Galilee area.

   

5. Day05

   Friday, January 8

   Beth Shean, Qumran, Jericho, Wadi Qelt & Jerusalem

   After a buffet breakfast, we leave the area of Galilee, following the Jordan Valley Road to Beth Shean (included), the capital of the Decapolis. There we will see the ruins of the Roman and Byzantine cities. We will also discuss the demise of King Saul and his sons, whose bodies were hanged on the walls of Beth Shean. We will then continue traveling south to Bet Arabah where John the Baptist was baptizing on the Jordan River. After lunch on your own, we visit Qumran (included), the location where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a Bedouin boy back in 1947. There we will see the caves and other buildings where the Essenes, the group of Jews who wrote the scrolls, lived. Then we will visit the Tel of Jericho (included) with its ancient ruins, pointing out what possibly could be the foundations of the ramparts that Joshua and the Israelites brought down. On the way to Jerusalem, we make a stop at Wadi Qelt before continuing on to Jerusalem.

   Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight Jerusalem.

   

6. Day06

   Saturday, January 9

   Masada, Ein Gedi & Dead Sea

   After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day visiting Masada (entrance & cable car included), the fortress built by King Herod the Great and made famous by the Zealots in 73/74 AD with the standoff against the Romans. We visit the fortress and see the ruins that are considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. We then continue to Ein Gedi (lookout/parking included), the oasis in the desert where the meeting between David and King Saul took place and where many of the psalms were written by David. Lunch on your own. Then you will be able to experience floating in the Dead Sea (included).

   Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight Jerusalem.

   

7. Day07

   Sunday, January 10

   Mount of Olives, Southern Wall Excavations, Bethlehem & Shepherds’ Field

   After a buffet breakfast, we will begin our day with an orientation over the holy city from the Mount of Olives, pointing out important locations within the Old City, connecting them with Biblical stories and prophecies about the return of Jesus. We will then walk down the Palm Sunday Procession Road to the Garden of Gethsemane, where the passion of Jesus began. We will then visit the Southern Wall excavations (included) where ruins of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount are still visible. We will then gather at the teaching steps, the main entrance to the Temple where Rabbis met and taught their disciples. We then travel to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. We begin with a visit to the Shepherds’ Fields where the angels appeared to the shepherds and announced the birth of Our Lord. These fields are also the setting of the Book of Ruth. Lunch on your own. We will then travel to the Church of the Nativity and view the actual place where Our Lord was born. We return to our hotel.

   Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight Jerusalem.

   

8. Day08

   Monday, January 11

   Western Wall, Temple Mount, St. Anne & Pools of Bethesda & Israel Museum

   After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day entering the Old City to visit the Western Wall (Wailing Wall), a section of the Western retaining wall of the Temple Mount, and Judaism’s holiest site. We will ascend the Temple Mount, discussing its connection to both the Old and New Testaments. On to visit St. Anne’s Church (included) and a visit to nearby Pools of Bethesda where the healing at the pool took place. Then we travel to the Israel Museum (included), where we will visit the Second Temple Period Model of Jerusalem, a 1:50 scaled model of the city from the 1st century AD, followed by a visit to the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are on exhibit, in addition to the archaeological section where many artifacts are displayed. We will pay special attention to those items that relate to Bible history. Lunch on your own. We will have free time in the Old City this afternoon.

   Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight Jerusalem.

   

9. Day09

   Tuesday, January 12

   Upper Room, Caiaphas’ House, Jewish Quarter & Garden Tomb

   After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day with a visit to the Upper Room, the place of the Last Supper, followed by a visit to the nearby location of the home of the High Priest, Caiaphas (included). We then visit the Antonia Fortress (included), where Jesus was condemned to die by Pontius Pilate. We walk nonstop from the Judgment Pavement along the Via Dolorosa to the Holy Sepulcher. Lunch break on your own. We will visit the Garden Tomb (included), where we will worship together and celebrate communion.

   Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight Jerusalem.

   

10. Day10

    Wednesday, January 13

    Arrive at Home

    After breakfast, we leave Israel on an international flight back home with unforgettable memories.

    Breakfast included.

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• How much walking is there?Expect about 2 to 3 miles of walking on a typical touring day, much of it on uneven stone paths and steps in Jerusalem’s Old City, including the walk down from the Mount of Olives and along the Via Dolorosa, with time to rest along the way. Masada is reached by cable car. Arrival, flight and departure days have very little walking, and we travel between cities by motor coach.
• Traveling alone?You can have a room to yourself, with a single supplement of $1,000, or share a room. If you would like to share, we will do our best to match you with a traveler of the same gender and a similar age. If no match is found, the single supplement applies.
• What will I spend beyond the price?Lunches, which are on your own on each touring day, tips for your guide and driver, travel insurance if you choose it, the Israeli entry authorization (ETA, about $8), and your own shopping. A typical lunch costs about $15 to $20. Tips are at your discretion: as a guide, $8 to $10 per person per day for your guide and $6 to $8 for your driver. We recommend paying for most things by credit card: cards are accepted almost everywhere you will go, and credit card purchases usually come with protection that cash does not. We suggest bringing a couple hundred U.S. dollars in cash for emergencies and small purchases. When a card machine or ATM asks whether to pay in dollars or in the local currency (shekels in Israel), choose the local currency; it is almost always cheaper.
• What if I need to cancel?Cancel in writing. Up to October 7, 2026 (the final payment date), everything you have paid is returned except $200. After that date, the $450 deposit and any costs we cannot recover are kept. Travel insurance may cover a cancellation, depending on the reason.
• Who is going?This expedition is organized for Calvary Baptist Temple and led by Pastor Park Sutton.

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