Israel Tour Itinerary, May 18 – June 1, 2019
DRAFT as of July25, 2017
Saturday May 18, Day 1 = The Adventure BeginsEvent / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Travel from MCI / Casual / (Airline) #(Flight) Departs Kansas City at PM
Arrive in (East Coast) at PM
# Departs at PM / Arrive 3 hours prior to take-off (Customs)
Sunday May 19, Day 2= Welcome to Israel! First Biblical Sites: Start To Live The Book Through The Land
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / 1 kilometer= 0.6 mile
Casual / # Arrive In Tel Aviv, Land Ben Gurion Airport / Desired land between noon & 1600 hours
Bus Departs
Arrive / 17.5km 18mins / Neot Kedumim, Biblical Landscape Reserve (2.0 hrs) /
Bus Departs
Arrive / 25.7km
26mins / Independence Hall (1 hour)
** depending upon timehotel & dinner **
Bus Departs
Arrive / 31.1km 36mins / Hotel: Beach/Dinner / Ramada Netanya
Dinner / at Hotel / Pack Suitcases for AM departure
Monday May 20, Day 3 = Magnificence and Meaning: Along the Holy Land coast to the Sea of Galilee
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject To Change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0645 / Relaxed / Pack up and Load Bus, Breakfast
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0745
0815 / 31.7km
29mins / Caesarea (2 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1015
1100 / 51.8 km
42 mins / Drive To Haifa Boat Dock
Boat/Lunch
Arrive / 1115
1230 / 60 mins / Haifa Boat Dock To Akko BoatDock (Lunch)
Walk
Arrive / 1245
1300 / 8 mins / Crusader/Jewish Underground Prison(2.5 hrs)
Walk
Arrive / 1530
1540 / 6 mins / Mosaic Synagogue (45 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1630
1730 / 63.6 km
60 mins / Livnim Village(Dinner at Roberg Restaurant, 90 minutes)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1900
1911 / 9.3 km
11 mins / Drive to Nof Ginosar Kibbutz Hotel / Dinner /
Dinner / 1950 / At Hotel
Tuesday May 21, Day 4 = Walking in the past to bring meaning to our present
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0600 / Casual / Breakfast
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0655
0755 / 64 km
60 mins / Megiddo(2 hrs)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1000
1035 / 37 km
35 mins / Tzippori- Sepphoris (1.5 hrs)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1210
1235 / 10 km
25 min / Nazareth Village & Lunch (1.5 hrs)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1405
1510 / 60 km
65 mins / Tzfat-Safed (3.5 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1840
1910 / 28 km
30 mins / Hotel (Dinner at 1930) / Nof Ginosar Kibbutz Hotel
Wednesday May 22, Day 5 = Golan and Upper Galilee
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject To Change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0615 / Relaxed / Breakfast and pick up box lunch
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0715
0733 / 16 km
18 mins / Beit Saida (1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0835
0855 / 26 km
20 mins / Katzrin Talmud Village (1 hour 30 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1025
1055 / 24.3 km
30 mins / Bental Mountain Overview (1 hour 15 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1110
1150 / 25.2 km
40 mins / Banias (Caesaria Philippi) (1 hour 15 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1305
1310 / 6 km
8 mins / Dan Nature Reserve / Biblical Dan (1 hr 30 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1440
1506 / 21 km
26 mins / Misgav Am Kibbutz (1 hour 15 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1626
1726 / 60 km
60 mins / Hotel (Dinner at 1845) / Nof Ginosar Kibbutz Hotel
Bus? Walk? / 2030 / Lag BaOmer (Starts at Sunset, Tiberius area?)
Thursday May 23, Day 6 = North-West Sea Of Galilee: Kinneret
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject To Change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0650 / Relaxed / Breakfast
Walk
Arrive / 0750
0755 / 5 mins / Jesus Boat Museum (opens 0800) /
Boat / 0915 / Boat Ride Nof Ginnosar To Capernaum (approx 1 hour)
Walk / 1015
1020 / 1.7 km
4 mins / Capernaum (approx 1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1125 / 2.4 km
4 mins / Eremos Cave (Beatitudes) (20 mins)
Walk/Bus / 1145 / 600 m / Tabgha & Primacy Of Peter Church (60 mins)
Lunch / 1245
1255 / 5.6 km
7 mins / Lunch at St. Peter’s Fish (approx 1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1415
1430 / 11.7 km
15 mins / Korazim/Korsi (1 hour 40 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1610
1635 / 23.1 km
26 mins / Magdala Synagogue (40 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1715
1730 / 8.3 km
13 min / Tiberias Shopping: Galilee Experience! (1 hr 30 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1900
1910 / 7.7 km
9 mins / Nof Ginosar Kibbutz Hotel / Nof Ginosar Kibbutz Hotel
Dinner / 1925 / at Hotel / Pack Suitcases for AM departure
Friday May 24 , Day 7 = Down The Jordan Valley “Bika’a” to the Holy City!
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0630 / Relaxed / Pack up and Load Bus, Breakfast and pick up box lunch / Take swim suit for Jordan River
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0730
0820 / 47 km
50 mins / Beit Shean (2 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1020
1120 / 60 km
60 mins / Gilgal (netiv hagedud) (1 hour)
Bus & Lunch
Arrive / 1220
1250 / 25 km
30 mins / Kasr El Yehud (Immersion Site)(60 Min)eat box lunch enroute
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1350
1440 / 25 km
50 mins / Mount Scopus overlook to view Jerusalem
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1500
1525 / 6 kn
25 mins / Shopping at Shuk Machaneh Yehudah Market
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1640
1655 / 3.1 km
14 mins / Hotel Prima Kings Hotel / Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1810
1830 / 4.1 km
20 mins / Modest / Jerusalem, Shabbat At Kotel(Western Wall)
Bus & Dinner
Arrive / 2000
2015 / 2.8 km
13 mins / Modest / Hotel for Shabbat Dinner at 2020
Saturday May 25 , Day 8 = Shabbat - Restful Reconnoitering
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Walk / 0830 / Modest / Ideas to do independently: Israel Museum (Walking 2.1km 35-40 mins), Botanical Garden (1.5km further) / Meet in Hotel Lobby
Lunch on your own
Hotel Lobby
Return / 1400
1700 / Walking tour Historic Jerusalem neighborhoods *or* Yemin Moshe & Mughrabi Quarter *or* Templer German Colony *or* 32 mini neighborhoods of Nachlaot / Meet in Hotel Lobby
Walk
Arrive / 2015
2045 / Casual / Depart Hotel (Walking 1.3km 25-30mins)
“Night Sound and Light Show Citadel of David” / Meet in Hotel Lobby
Walk/Taxi Hotel / 2200 / Shopping Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall/fair / Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Sunday May 26, Day 9 = From David To End Of First Temple
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0630 / Relaxed
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0730
0750 / 5.3 km
18 mins / City Of David / Pool of Siloam (3.5 hours)
Walk / 1135 / Southern Steps -Davidson Center (1 hour)
Lunch / Jewish Quarter
Walk
Arrive / 1300
1310 / 0.5 km
8 mins / Temple Institute (1.5 hours)
Walk
Arrive / 1440
1441 / 1 min / Wohl Herodian Quarter(1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1545
1600 / 1.6 km
13 mins / Gethsemane/Mt Olives/Garden Tomb (2.5 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1830
1850 / 3.8 km
18 mins / Hotel
Dinner (1905) / Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
Monday May 27, Day 10 = Following In The Footsteps
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0645
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0745
0800 / 1.6 km
13 mins / Casual / Mount of Olives for Palm Sunday Walk (approx 2 hours)
walk
Arrive / 1000
1010 / 0.5 km
8 mins / Modest in Churches / Stephen’s Gate, Bethesda Pools, St Annes, Lithostraphos, Via Dolorosa, Church of Holy Sepulchre (3 hours, 1 km walk)
(**Lunch**) / 1315
Walk / 1340
1350 / 0.6 km
8 mins / Casual / Zedekia’s Cave (1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1450
1507 / 2.8 km
16 mins / Casual / Citadel / Tower of David Museum (1.5 hours)
Walk
Arrive / 1635
1655 / 3.8 km
21 mins / Casual / Kotel Tunnels // 3D Temple Times (2 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1930
1940 / 1.5km
10 mins / Hotel
Dinner (1950) / Prima Kings, Jerusalem
Tuesday May 28, Day 11 = Shomron (Samaria)
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
If we need an Armored Bus, expect 1 hour delayed departure
Breakfast / 0630 / Relaxed / (Pick up Boxed Lunch)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0715
0930 / 100 km
135 mins / Elon Moreh (1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1030
1100 / 15 km
30 mins / Mt.Gerizim Lunch (1 hour)
** Eat Box Lunch **
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1200
1300 / 30 km
60 mins / Tel Shiloh (3 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1600
1700 / 40km
60 mins / Prophet Samuel Tomb And Overlook (1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1800
1830 / 8.8 km
22 mins / Dinner in the Machaneh Yehuda Market, Authentic Israeli Grill Restaurant! / Prima Kings Jerusalem
(Pack Bags for AM Departure)
Wednesday May 29, Day 12 = Herod, Mary visits Elizabeth, A Nation in Mourning to the Dead Sea Scrolls
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0630 / Relaxed / Pack up and Load Bus
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0725
0800 / 17.4 km
35 mins / Herodian (2 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1000
1015 / 1.3 km
14 mins / Meet IDF Soldiers (Food Donation, 20 mins) /
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1035
1110 / 19.1 km
35 mins / Ein Karem (1.5hrs)(Lunch/Snack) / Lunch preordered, sandwiches brought to us.
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1240
1250 / 3.4 km
9 mins / YAD VASHEM (2.5 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1520
1620 / 50.4 km
57 mins / QUMRAN (1.5 hrs)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1740
1840 / 66.1 km
51 mins / Hotel On The Dead Sea! / David Dead Sea Resort & Spa
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Dinner at Hotel / 1910
Thursday May 30, Day 13 = NATIONS PAST: Dead Sea Region
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Sunrise / 0533 / Relaxed / Watch Sunrise Over Mountains At The Dead Sea…
Breakfast / 0630 / Pack up and Load Bus, Breakfast
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0730
0745 / 17 km
16 mins / Masada, East Side Cable Car up (3 hours 30 minutes)
Walk / 1105 / Masada, West Side (25 min walk down the ramp)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1130
1146 / 11.4 km
16 mins / Camel Rides & Lunch Kfar Nokdim Encampment (90 mins)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1315
1335 / 13.1 km
18 mins / Fountain of Tears (1 hour)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1435
1450 / 13.5 km
12 mins / Tel Arad (2 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1650
1730 / 43 km
37 mins / Hotel (Dead Sea Float)
Dinner 1930 / David Dead Sea Resort & Spa
(Pack Bags for AM Departure)
Friday May 31, Day 14 = Negev to Jaffa
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject To Change) / Notes / Lodging
Breakfast / 0630 / Relaxed / Pack Up and Load Bus, Eat Breakfast (Pickup Box Lunch) / Checkout Dead Sea Hotel
Bus Departs
Arrive / 0730
0811 / 56 km
41 mins / Tamar Park, Metsad Hazeva (2 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1010
1125 / 96 km
72 mins / Tel Beersheva (1.5 hours) (Eat Box Lunch enroute)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1300
1500 / 108 km
120 mins / Jaffa Museum/Old Jaffa (3 hours)
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1800
1815 / 4.5 km
15 mins / 1830 WELCOME SHABBAT AT THE PORT?
Bus Departs
Arrive / 1845
1855 / 3.5 km
10 mins / Hotel / Tel Aviv, Dan Panorama Hotel
1930 / Farewell Dinner
Departure Ceremony (2040) Need private hall (1 hour) / (Pack Bags for Air Travel)
Saturday June 1, Day 15 = Until we meet again in Jerusalem …
Event / Time / Distance /Time / Dress / Itinerary: (Subject to change) / Notes / Lodging
Bus Departs
Arrive / 21.8 km
29 mins / Casual / Hotel to Airport
Bus departs “Take off” minus 3.5 hrs
(Airline) #(Flight)Departs Tel Aviv At PM
Arrive In USA East Coast At PM.
(Airline) #(Flight)Departs At PM
Arrive In Kansas City At PM / Depart Ben Gurion Airport