Itinerary

• DAY 1:

  DEPART USA

  Depart for your overnight flight to Tel Aviv.

• DAY 2:

  TEL AVIV

  Welcome to Israel! After passport control and baggage claim, your Homeric Tours representative will direct you to your motorcoach for the short drive to your hotel.
  Dinner included

• DAY 3:

  CAESAREA / MT. CARMEL / MEGIDDO / CAESAREA PHILLIPI / SEA OF GALILEE

  After breakfast depart for Caesarea Maritima to see the ruins of the city and imagine Paul, in chains, making his defense before Agrippa and Festus. Continue our drive to Mt. Carmel, the site of the confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal...and enjoy the view over the Valley of Jezreel. We drive north to Caesarea Philippi, the place Jesus asked his disciples the very pointed question: “Who do you say that I am?” Tel Dan, with its splendid ruins, is our last stop before heading to our hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Dinner and overnight Tiberias.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 4:

  CAPERNAUM / TAGHBA / MT. OF BEATITUDES / SEA OF GALILEE

  Morning coastal drive to Capernaum to examine the ruins of Peter’s house and the synagogue where Jesus and the disciples would have gathered upon arrival into Tabgha, with the Mount of Beatitudes nearby, we see the church mosaics celebrating the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Gideon’s spring is our next visit before returning to the Sea of Galilee for an afternoon boat ride. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 5:

  NAZARETH (BAPTIST SCHOOL) / CROSS TO JORDAN / AJLOUN (BAPTIST CENTER)

  Nazareth Baptist School, considered one of the finest primary and secondary schools in Israel, is our first stop today. Hear about the history and vision of this outstanding institution established by Baptists many years ago in our Lord’s hometown. We then make our way to Nazareth Village, a rec-reation of a first-century village. Lunch on site—a meal much like the inhabitants of Nazareth in the 1st century. Then cross over into Jordan to Ajloun Baptist Center for dinner and a time of worship and an opportunity to hear a brief history of this important place in Baptist history. Over-night at the Ajloun Baptist Center.
  Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

• DAY 6:

  UMM QAYS / JERASH

  Umm Qays, our first destination, is the old Decapolis city of Gadara, where Jesus encoun-tered the demonic living in the tombs. From here overlook the Sea of Galilee in Israel, Mt. Hermon in Lebanon, and the Golan Heights of Syria. Next stop is Jerash, another city of Decapolis. The spectacular Roman ruins comprise one of the best-preserved provincial cities in the world. Hidden for centuries, and only recently excavated, this “Rome away from Rome” with its temples and colonnades is an awe-inspiring site. Dinner and overnight at the Ajloun Baptist Center.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 7:

  BAPTISMAL SITE / MT. NEBO / KING’S HIGHWAY / WADI MUJIB

  Morning stop to the Jabbok River to remember the meeting of Jacob and Esau after their long estrangement. We take the road that Gideon followed as he chased the Amorites. Passing along the modern city of Amman—and the ancient home of the Ammonites—continue to Mt. Nebo, and view as Moses did when he looked across the valley to the Promised Land. Continue to Umm ar-Rassas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the ancient St. Stephen’s Church holds magnificent mosaics. Drive along the ancient King’s Highway, pass through the ancient lands of Moab, the land that Ruth, great-grandmother of David and ancestor of our Lord, forsook. We stop at Wadi Mujib to view the border between Moab and Edom. After dinner, we will hear from the workers at the Wadi Musa Baptist Clinic. Overnight in Petra.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 8:

  PETRA / WADI RUM

  Morning visit to Petra, the Rose-red city, one of the modern 7 Wonders of the World, never fails to amaze. Afterwards, we drive to Wadi Rum for an excursion in the open bed of a 4-wheel drive truck. T.E. Lawrence, who spent many months here prior to the Arab Revolt, called the place “vast, echoing and god-like.” Dinner and overnight accommoda-tions in Aqaba.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 9:

  AQABA / TABERNACLE / MASADA / EIN GEDI / DEAD SEA / QUMRAN / JERSUALEM

  After a morning swim (weather permitting) in the Red Sea, we cross the border to Eilat, Israel to visit the scale replica of the Old Testament tabernacle. Continue north to Ein Gedi to sample the water. Continue to Masada. We make our way to Wadi Qilt, the setting for Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. Finally, atop Mt. Scopus, we gain our view of Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 10:

  MT. OF OLIVES / GETHSEMANE / BETHLEHEM / GALLICANTU / GARDEN TOMB

  Start our day at the Jerusalem Prayer Center, a site operated by Baptist representatives in Israel, where we will gain a perspective of 100 years of Baptist history in the Holy Land. Time for personal reflection. Then we head to the Mount of Olives to visit the Pater Noster. We make our way to Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations. The Church of Gallicantu, built on the site where Jesus was interrogated by Caiaphas, and where Peter denied our Lord is our next stop. From there Bethlehem is only a few miles away and we will visit the Herodium, Herod’s grand fortress, and Shepherds’ Field before going to the Church of the Annunciation. Overnight Jerusalem.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 11:

  VIA DOLOROSA / POOL OF BETHESDA / CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE

  After breakfast follow the Via Dolorosa, including the Church of St. Anne’s and the Pool of Bethesda, reaching the Church of the Sepulchre. Free time to shop and have lunch in the old city before making our way out of Damascus Gate to the Garden Tomb where we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. Overnight Jerusalem.
  Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included

• DAY 12:

  TEMPLE MOUNT / OLD CITY / BAPTIST VILLAGE / FAREWELL DINNER

  After breakfast visit then to the Western Wall and climb the stairs to the Temple Mount to see the Al Aqsa mosque, built over the ruins of the Jewish temple. Explore the various quarters of the Old City before driving to Baptist Village in Petah Tikvah for an examination of this significant site. After a farewell dinner, we transfer to the airport for our late departure. Overnight Jerusalem.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 13:

  USA

  Today we return home from our flight.
  Breakfast included