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Holy Land Expedition with Jesse Kelly

July 17 - 26, 2023
From$3,599
July 17 - 26, 2023
From$3,599
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Included on your tour

What's Included

  • 4-star hotel accommodations
  • Private motorcoach transportation
  • Breakfast & dinner served daily
  • Dedicated service from a tour manager
  • Licensed guiding & admission fees
  • Audio devices with tours
  • Admission fees
  • Tips for restaurant & hotel staff
  • Luggage assistance at hotels
  • 9am-5pm (EST) Reservation Support
  • 24/7 Travel Emergency Support
  • Name badge & luggage tag

Not Included

  • Roundtrip flightsCall us at (877) 234-3002 for flights.
  • Airport transfers on arrival & departure+$150/person
  • Travel insurance
  • Tips for your tour director & bus driver
  • Lunches
  • Personal expenses
Hotels
Properties are subject to change

Herods Herzliya

July 18 – 19 (1 night stay)
★★★★★

Caesar Premier Tiberias

July 19 – 21 (2 night stay)
★★★★

Grand Court Jerusalem

July 21 – 26 (5 night stay)
★★★★

Itinerary

Jordan Pre-Tour (Optional)

Explore one of the Seven Wonders of the World on a special 4-day pre-tour of the ancient city of Petra. You’ll immerse yourself in the mystery of Ancient Petra, delving into its buildings and tombs, carved straight into soaring cliffs. This extension is happening July 15 – 18 and will seamlessly connect with the main Israel tour. You’re not going to want to miss this.

Jordan Pre-Tour Extension

Day 1: Sunday, July 16, 2023Depart the USA & Arrival in Amman

Upon arrival in Amman, we are greeted by our guide who brings us to our hotel. We will enjoy dinner and spend the night in Amman.

Day 2: Monday, July 17Amman, Petra

After breakfast, we experience a tour into the breathtaking “rose-red” city of Petra which begins at the “Siq”, a winding canyon road (entrance included). At the end of the passage, you’ll see Petra’s most beautiful monument – the Treasury – carved out of solid rock from the side of the mountain. Beyond the Treasury, you’ll discover soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs, a theatre, burial chambers and water channels. Back to our hotel for dinner and overnight in Amman.

Day 3: Tuesday, July 18Madaba, Mt. Nebo, Allenby

Today we will visit the “City of Mosaics”, Madaba (entrance included). While in this city, we will visit St. George’s Church which is home to a true treasure to Christianity. This church houses the oldest map of the Holy Land which includes Israel, Palestine, and Southern Egypt. Later, we will visit Mt. Nebo (entrance included), the most revered holy site in Jordan. This mountain was mentioned in Deuteronomy 34, “Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah…”. We drive to Allenby Bridge, where we enter Israel.

Israel Expedition Itinerary

Day 1: Monday, July 17, 2023Depart the USA

The day has arrived, and we depart from our local airport on an overnight trip to Israel. Round trip flights from your local airport can be arranged by Christian Expedition for an additional charge.

Day 2: Tuesday, July 18Arrive in Israel

Today we arrive in Israel at Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion Airport. Airport to hotel transfer not included. We meet our tour director at the hotel and check-in. A welcome dinner will be held this evening with Jesse.

Day 3: Wednesday, July 19Caesarea Maritima, Mount Carmel, Megiddo, Nazareth, Tiberias

After breakfast we will check out of our hotel and travel to Caesarea Maritima. Caesarea Maritima was a magnificent city with Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader ruins. He we will elaborate on the story of Cornelius, the first Gentile convert to Christianity (Acts 10), and on the travels of Paul. Caesarea Maritima became a springboard of the preaching of Christ to the West. We will travel on to Mount Carmel, or Muhraqa, where the confrontation between Elijah and the false prophets of Baal came to a head (1 Kings 18). We will have lunch together before moving on to Tel Megiddo, or “Armageddon,” reflecting on the end of days battle between good and evil mentioned in Revelation 16:16. During our visit we will see the Solomon city gate, stables and palaces from the time of Ahab, a high place, and an impressive water system dating to the 9th century BC. We will travel to Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus. Here we will visit the Church of the Annunciation, which was built over the house of Mary where the angel appeared to her announcing the birth of Jesus. We’ll also visit the Upper Basilica and the nearby archaeological museum where we will see the remains of Nazareth from the time of Jesus. We will pass through Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first miracle, changing water into wine, en route to our hotel at the Sea of Galilee.

Day 4: Thursday, July 20Sea of Galilee boat ride, Ancient Boat Museum, Capernaum, Mount of Beatitudes, Peter’s Primacy, Magdala, Yardenit

Following breakfast we enjoy a sail on the Sea of Galilee on a replica of a boat from Jesus’ time. We dock at Ginosar where we visit the ancient boat museum containing a 2,000-year-old fishing boat. We visit the Mount of Beatitudes where we enjoy its enchanting gardens and reflect upon Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Then its on to Capernaum, where we see the house of the Apostle Peter’s mother-in-law and an ancient synagogue where Jesus taught. For lunch we enjoy St. Peter’s fish from the Sea of Galilee, which would have been commonly eaten by people in Jesus’ time. In Tabgha we visit the Church of St Peter’s Primacy, where Jesus appeared to his disciples for the third time after his Resurrection. We move on to Magdala, the hometown of Mary Magdalene, which contains the ruins of which include a 1st century synagogue. We finish our day at the Yardenit Baptismal Site, where there will be an opportunity to be baptized in the same river as was Jesus himself.

Day 5: Friday, July 21Beit She’an, Bet Arabah, Jericho, Jerusalem

This morning we head south, following the Jordan Valley Road towards Jericho. We stop at Beit She’an, which was the capital of the Decapolis. Here we see the ruins of the Roman and Byzantine cities and discuss the demise of King Saul and his sons, whose bodies were hanged on the city’s walls. We press on to Jericho for lunch before visiting Bet Arabah (“Qasr el Yahud”), which is also known as Gilgal. This is where the Israelites cross into the promised land, where Jesus was baptized, and the place from which Elijah was taken to heaven. We return to Jericho where we see Tel Jericho, where the city stood at the time of Joshua. We enjoy a view of the Mount of Temptation and a panoramic tour of Jericho, including an ancient sycamore tree which reminds us of the encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus. We depart Jericho for Jerusalem, stopping to enjoy a view of St George Monastery and to reflect on the story of the Good Samaritan. Finally we arrive in Jerusalem, where we check in to our hotel.

Day 6: Saturday, July 22Mount of Olives, Israel Museum, Shepherd’s Field, Bethlehem, Jerusalem

After a buffet breakfast we visit the Mount of Olives. From there we enjoy a panoramic view of Jerusalem. We walk from there along Palm Sunday Road, stopping at Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept over the city. We travel then to the Israel Museum, where we see a model of the city of Jerusalem as it looked in the 1st century and “the Shrine of the Book” which contains some of the Dead Sea Scrolls which were discovered at Qumran. We drive to the Shepherd’s Field, where the angels appeared to the shepherds and announced the birth of Jesus. These fields are also the setting of the Book of Ruth. In Bethlehem we visit Manger Square and the Church of the Nativity, which was build over the Cave of Christ’s birth. We return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Sunday, July 23Masada, Ein Gedi, Qumran, Dead Sea, Jerusalem

In the morning we depart for Masada, the fortress built by King Herod the Great and known as the site of the famous last-stand by the Zealots in 73-74AD against the Romans. We visit the fortress and see the ruins, which are considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After Masada we visit Ein Gedi, an oasis in the desert where a meeting between David and King Saul took place (1 Samuel 24) and where some of the psalms were written by David. We then stop at Qumran, seeing the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and buildings that formed the Essenes’ public center. We then visit the nearby Dead Sea where we enjoy a float in its salty waters (conditions permitting). We then drive back to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Monday, July 24Temple Mount, St Anne’s and Pool of Bethesda, Mount Zion, Davidson Center, Wailing Wall, Western Wall Tunnels, Jewish Quarter

Early this morning we leave the hotel for the Temple Mount, where the Jewish Temple stood until its destruction in 70AD. We reflect on Jesus’ ministry at the Jerusalem Temple and see the Dome of the Rock, a possible location of the Holy of Holies. We then make our way to St Anne’s Church, a perfectly intact Crusader church. It is traditional to test this church’s magnificent acoustics by singing a song, sometimes with others from around the world. Here we also see the Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus healed a man (John 5). We proceed to Mount Zion where we visit the Cenacle, which commemorates the Upper Room in which Jesus shared the Last Supper with his disciples. Afterwards we visit King David’s tomb. We visit the Southern Wall excavation site where we will walk on the very stones walked upon by Jesus as he made his way to the temple, and see the place where Jesus taught the Scriptures. We visit the Western, or Wailing, Wall, a section of the Western retaining wall of the Temple Mount, and Judaism’s holiest site. We enter the Western Wall Tunnels, reflecting on the massive stones which once formed the western exterior retaining wall of the temple. We reach Warren’s Gate, which is an important site for Jews as it is the closest point the Holy of Holies which they can access. We visit Jerusalem’s Jewish quarter, one of the oldest areas of the city. Here we see the Roman Cardo, King Hezekiah’s Broad Wall, Hurva Synagogue, and the Golden Menorah.

Day 9: Tuesday, July 25Gethsemane, Kidron Valley, Pool of Siloam, House of Caiaphas, Ecce Homo, Via Dolorosa, Garden Tomb

After breakfast we will begin our day with a visit to the Garden of Gethsemane, where amid the 2,000 year old olive trees we see the Rock of Agony on which it is believed Jesus prayed. We also see the nearby Gethsemane cave, where Jesus often spent nights and where he was arrested at the hands of the High Priest’s Guard. We then walk the Kidron Valley, following the footsteps of Jesus and seeing Absalom’s Tomb, Gihon Spring, and the Water Gate. We reach the Pool of Siloam which was only recently – and accidentally – discovered. This is the place where Jesus instructed the blind man to wash mud off his eyes. Then its on to the House of Caiaphas, the Church of St Peter in Gallicantu, where we see parts of the streets that Jesus was dragged on by his captors. We visit a dungeon where he was kept overnight. In the Old City we visit Ecce Homo, a site named for Pontius Pilate’s words “Behold the man,” where Jesus was beaten, crowned with thorns, and clothed in a purple robe. We see stone pavement, lithostratos, on which Jesus walked. We walk the Via Dolorosa, following the traditional route of Christ’s Passion, making our way toward the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. After lunch we visit the Garden Tomb, which is believed by many to be the site of Jesus’ burial and resurrection. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 10: Wednesday, July 26Departure

After breakfast, our tour comes to an end. The return airport transfer is not included.

Pricing per person

Israel Expedition

Double Occupancy
$3,599

Israel Expedition

Single Supplement
$+699

Airport Transfers

Roundtrip
$150

Jordan Pre-Tour

Double Occupancy
$999

Jordan Pre-Tour

Single Supplement
$+1,498
Today
$450 due per person (+$200 with Jordan Tour)
$200 is nonrefundable
May 3, 2023
Remaining payment due
100% is nonrefundable

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