EGYPT & ISRAEL BRIEF ITINERARY

DAY ONE: EGYPT

Report to JKIA. Check-in and immigration formalities follows. Board your flight to depart for Cairo.

Arrival in the land of Plenty and the land of Refuge – where

•          Abraham took refuge when there was drought in Canaan (Genesis 12:10),

•          Joseph prospered after being sold by his brothers (Genesis 37:12),

•          The people of Israel were enslaved for 400 yrs.

•          Moses was born (Exodus 2:1) and

•          The Lord Jesus Christ took refuge from the threat of King Herod (Mathew 2:13).

At Cairo International airport you will be welcomed and assisted through immigration and customs by our representative, then escorted to your hotel. Check-in. Freshen up and proceed for the days sites.

• THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA
• THE SPHINX
• THE HANGING CHURCH
• CHURCH OF ST. SERGIUS
• CHURCH OF ST. MERCURIUS

DAY TWO: EGYPT

After breakfast check out of the hotel to transfer to Taba, Sites seen on the way.

• THE SUEZ CANAL
• THE SPRINGS OF MOSES
• THE WILDERNESS OF SIN
• REPHDIM

DAY FOUR: EGYPT /ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Egypt/Israel border and cross over to Eilat to enter Israel. Cross through the border- check and immigration.

Welcome to ISRAEL…Land of the Bible….Land of the faith…. the Holy Land, revered throughout recorded history as the cradle of monotheistic religion. For a person of faith whose beliefs are rooted in the Bible there is no place on earth like the Holy Land –Israel

Meet and assistance by our guide in Israel.  Proceed for the days sites.

• DEAD SEA
• JERICHO
• THE MOUNT OF TEMPTATION
• QUARANTAL - THE HOLY GROTTO OF THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
• SYCAMORE TREE
• ELISHAS SPRINGS
• BETHANY
• HOUSE OF MARY, MARTHA AND LAZARUS
• TOMB OF LAZARUS

DAY FIVE: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel.  Proceed for the days sites

• MOUNT OF OLIVES
• DOME OF THE ASCENSION
• PATER NOSTER
• DOMINUS FLEVIT CHURCH
• GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
• DORMITION ABBEY
• CENACLE (ROOM OF LAST SUPPER)
• KING DAVIDS TOMB
• ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU
• CHURCH OF NATIVITY
• THE SHEPHERDS FIELDS

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner

DAY SIX: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel.  Proceed for the days sites.

• BETHESDA POOLS
• CHAPEL OF FLAGELLATION
• CHAPEL OF CONDEMNATION
• VIA DOLOROSA - WAY OF THE CROSS
• GOLGOTHA
• THE HOLY SEPULCHER
• WAILING WALL
• EIN KAREM
• CHURCH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

DAY SEVEN: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel.   Checkout of the hotel. Proceed for the days sites

• JAFFA
• ST PETERS CHURCH
• MT CARMEL
• ELIJAH’S CAVE
• BAHAI GARDENS—VIEW ONLY
• CANA
• NAZARETH
• MT PRECIPICE
• BASILICA OF ANNUNCIATION
• JOSEPH'S WORKSHOP

DAY EIGHT: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel.   Proceed for the days sites

• KIBBUTZ VISIT
• MOUNT OF BEATITUDES
• CAPERNAUM
• TABGHA
• PRIMACY OF PETER
• MENSA CRISTI
• GALILEE BOAT RIDE
• YARDENIT(RIVER JORDAN)