Ministry Tours

Ministry Tours of the Bible Lands of Israel

Itinerary

Wednesday

Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Thursday - Jerusalem - Old City

Drive to Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of the city. Visit the Church of All Nations, King David’s Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion.  Enter within the walls of the city and visit the Cardo, Temple Mount (entrance to the mosques not included), Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Oriental Bazaar. Visit the Garden Tomb.

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Friday - Jerusalem – New City and Bethlehem

Drive to Ein Karem to visit the Church of Visitation; proceed to Yad Vashem Memorial to the Holocaust.  Visit the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period.

Proceed to Bethlehem* to visit the Church of the Nativity.

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Saturday - Dead Sea / Massada

Drive to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found.  Visit the ancient city of Qumran and drive along the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Masada, the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 73 A.D.  Ascend Masada by cable car and visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace.  Descend by cable car.  Time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea.

Return to Jerusalem for overnight.

Sunday - Beit She’an / Nazareth

Depart Jerusalem and drive via the Jordan Valley to Beit She’an, a newly excavated city, and visit the Roman theatre.  Drive to Yardenit, the baptismal site on the Jordan River, and continue to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee.  In Nazareth, we shall visit the Church of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s Well.

Overnight in Galilee.

Monday - Tiberias / Capernaum / Banias

After a short tour of Tiberias, we take a boat ride to Capernaum.  Visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue.  Proceed to Tabgha, the site of the miracle of fish and loaves, and visit the Church of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor. Continue to Mount of the Beatitudes, the place where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Drive to the Banias Springs and Waterfall and tour the Golan Heights.

Return to Galilee for dinner and overnight.

Tuesday - Acre / Haifa / Megiddo / Caesarea

Depart Kibbutz Lavi and drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbor.  Continue to Haifa to view the Persian Gardens.  Continue to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon to visit the excavations, including the well-preserved water supply system.  Drive to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans.  Visit the excavations of the ancient city, Roman theatre and aqueduct.  Drive along the coastal plain to Tel Aviv.

Overnight in Tel Aviv

Wednesday

Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure

Please note:

What is included in your tour?

Unless specified in the tour details sheet your tour will normally include the following:

4 Star Half board en-suite accommodation.

All tours & entrance fees

All transfers in Israel

Boat Trip on the Sea of Galilee

Masada Cable Car

Porterage at your accommodation.

A licensed English speaking Israeli Guide

Private Air-conditioned vehicle for the whole tour

What is not included in the cost?

Travel Insurance (prices on application, prices are normally based on age.)

Tips - US$10 per day will be added to your invoice to cover this (Currently £6.25)

Lunches

Flights to/From Israel (We can arrange these, prices vary depending on when you book and on the actual tour date chosen.)

General notes for all tours.

Travelink Group Ltd are specialist Israel and Bible Land Tour Operators with well over 25 years experience of organizing Christian Tours, Pilgrimages and Educational Tours.

All bookings, tours and holidays have full financial protection. Travelink is fully bonded holding am A.T.O.L. (License number 1886) with the Civil Aviation Authority and also a full member of A.B.T.A. (No: 60919 & V7117)

These tours are guaranteed. This means that they will operate even in the unlikely event of just one person booking.

All tours itineraries are subject to local prevailing conditions, but every attempt to fulfill itineraries as shown will be made.

Full details of individual tours can be found on the tour information sheet.

Ministry tours only

(i)             In the unlikely event numbers booking for any particular tour reaching a minimum of 9 then the tour will take place exactly as shown above, but led solely by the licensed guide.

(ii)            Individual leaders may make additions to the above itinerary.

(iii)           Ministry tours will normally include an optional Bible Study/Fellowship on most evenings at no extra charge and the tour will also include readings and devotions at appropriate sights. (Subject to a minimum of 9 people on the tour)